I agree that the find command, which works in other applications with the VO keys and f, should work in Numbers as well. Since Apple is busy making changes to iWorks, I hope that's on our wish list for VoiceOver for this to be fixed.
Regards, Gigi On Jun 21, 2013, at 12:01 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ann, I will definitely try all this, and it good to hear that Find > works, but seriously are you kidding me, that is a little ridiculous to have > to do all of that for a simple find/search in a document. Again, glad to hear > it works, but there has got to be a much easier way. > On Jun 20, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Brian, >> >> It's perfectly possible to search for content with VO in Numbers. I just >> tried it and it works in Mountain Lion. >> >> >> To find specific content, >> Turn cursor tracking off; >> Press Command-f and enter search term; >> Navigate down and interact with scroll area; >> Interact with table: >> Find desired result; >> Bring mouse to VO cursor and do a mouse click (VO-Shift-Space); >> Stop interacting with table and scroll area; >> Navigate up to next scroll area; >> Interact with scroll area, Layout area, and Layout item; >> You will be on the selected cell; >> Press VO-Shift-T to identify the cell. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> On 20 Jun 2013, at 21:45, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You can get all the memory upgrades you want, but it is still not going to >>> make numbers fully accessible. I have spoken to Apple countless times about >>> Numbers and Accessibility. If you have a large spread sheet, there is no >>> way to do a find or search to jump to a cell, as they broke that function >>> in mountain lion. Apple is aware of this issue, and they told me numbers >>> and pages have not been updated since before Voiceover came out, so it >>> doesn't fully work with Voiceover. Kind of frustrating when you consider >>> productivity. I used to use numbers all the time, and several times a day >>> all of the sudden I couldn't enter any data into the spread sheet. I would >>> have to quit numbers and restart. I have switched over to a database >>> program as numbers got so frustrating to use. >>> On Jun 19, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Chris, >>>> >>>> You can select a column or row in Numbers by going to the first cell in >>>> that row or column and holding down the Shift key, use either the right >>>> arrow key for a row, or the down arrow key for a column. >>>> >>>> As for your Busy problem, are you by any chance running Windows as a >>>> virtual machine? If so, you'll need more memory. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 19 Jun 2013, at 17:09, Christopher Edwards >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I have just started using Numbers on my Macbook Pro running Mountain >>>>> Lion and, so far, have two questions. >>>>> >>>>> 1. How can I select a whole row or column? A trainer at the Apple Store >>>>> says you have to click on the row number or column letter. I cannot find >>>>> a keyboard shortcut to do this nor can I find a way of navigating to >>>>> these points with the touch pad or keyboard. I am sure there must be a >>>>> solution so please can someone tell me what it is? >>>>> >>>>> 2. Even though my spreadsheets have been very small so far I keep getting >>>>> "busy" messages and often have to force quit the program and on one >>>>> occasion even this solution did not work. I seem to remember someone >>>>> saying that increasing RAM makes a big difference. 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