Re: Word processing Q and intro
Hi, I purchased Pages a few years ago, maybe in 2009, and at that time it did not work well with VO. While I was able to work within the application VO had difficulties with focus and with continius reading from one page to another. Perhaps things have been improved in subsiquent releases? What version are you using? On Jul 25, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Larry, What are your problems with Pages? If you could be specific, I might be able to help you. Cheers, Anne On 25 Jul 2011, at 15:56, Larry Wanger wrote: Hi, I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac since at least 2006. My question relates to finding a good word processing program. I'm starting graduate school in a few weeks and a big part of that will be research and writing. I currently have Pages and Text Edit on my iMac. Pages has ongoing Voiceover issues and Text Edit seemingly is very basic and lacks the tools I might need. I've tried Open Office with mixed results. That could be an option as I may not have spent enough time with it. I wonder if anyone has other suggestions for fully accessible word processing programs that are equivalent to MS Office in terms of functionality? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Word processing Q and intro
Hello Larry, I'm using iWork09 with all updates applied. I would never use Pages just for reading, I prefer TextEdit for that. I can achieve most things I want using Pages, but there are problems. VoiceOver Find commands (find next, find previous, etc for bold, italic, colour change, font change, and so on) don't work at all, but VO-t will provide the information. As far as I'm concerned, this is the worst problem with Pages. Cheers, Anne On 26 Jul 2011, at 16:28, Larry Wanger wrote: Hi, I purchased Pages a few years ago, maybe in 2009, and at that time it did not work well with VO. While I was able to work within the application VO had difficulties with focus and with continius reading from one page to another. Perhaps things have been improved in subsiquent releases? What version are you using? On Jul 25, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Larry, What are your problems with Pages? If you could be specific, I might be able to help you. Cheers, Anne On 25 Jul 2011, at 15:56, Larry Wanger wrote: Hi, I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac since at least 2006. My question relates to finding a good word processing program. I'm starting graduate school in a few weeks and a big part of that will be research and writing. I currently have Pages and Text Edit on my iMac. Pages has ongoing Voiceover issues and Text Edit seemingly is very basic and lacks the tools I might need. I've tried Open Office with mixed results. That could be an option as I may not have spent enough time with it. I wonder if anyone has other suggestions for fully accessible word processing programs that are equivalent to MS Office in terms of functionality? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Word processing Q and intro
Hi, I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac since at least 2006. My question relates to finding a good word processing program. I'm starting graduate school in a few weeks and a big part of that will be research and writing. I currently have Pages and Text Edit on my iMac. Pages has ongoing Voiceover issues and Text Edit seemingly is very basic and lacks the tools I might need. I've tried Open Office with mixed results. That could be an option as I may not have spent enough time with it. I wonder if anyone has other suggestions for fully accessible word processing programs that are equivalent to MS Office in terms of functionality? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Word processing Q and intro
Hello Larry, What are your problems with Pages? If you could be specific, I might be able to help you. Cheers, Anne On 25 Jul 2011, at 15:56, Larry Wanger wrote: Hi, I used to be on this list and with the release of Lion and some issues I'm having I decided to begin participating once again. I've been using a Mac since at least 2006. My question relates to finding a good word processing program. I'm starting graduate school in a few weeks and a big part of that will be research and writing. I currently have Pages and Text Edit on my iMac. Pages has ongoing Voiceover issues and Text Edit seemingly is very basic and lacks the tools I might need. I've tried Open Office with mixed results. That could be an option as I may not have spent enough time with it. I wonder if anyone has other suggestions for fully accessible word processing programs that are equivalent to MS Office in terms of functionality? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
