Re: Pages 6.1 And Headings

Hi, Yes, that is great news. Just a note of clarification though, the update is to Pages, not VoiceOver, although it does affect VO. This emphasizes the consideration that if apps have the proper accessible elements, then they are, by default, accessible to VO. This is also not disputing

Re: Pages 6.1 And Headings

as unaware, you can now navigate by headings in a pages > document using Voiceover. > Just bring up the roter with vo-u and there is a headings list as well as > book marks. I really haven't been paying close attention to Pages lately so > I don't know how long the heading rotor has b

Pages 6.1 And Headings

Incase anyone was unaware, you can now navigate by headings in a pages document using Voiceover. Just bring up the roter with vo-u and there is a headings list as well as book marks. I really haven't been paying close attention to Pages lately so I don't know how long the heading rotor has

Re: Need to contact the My Mac pages book urgently

ll: > > I need to Contact the Creaters for the My mac pages book so urgently, > I'm studying the book, but I need some things very urgently. > Can anyone point me if you have any contact details? > > Thanks > > > -- > Ramy MoustafaSaber > Music instructor @

Need to contact the My Mac pages book urgently

Helo all: I need to Contact the Creaters for the My mac pages book so urgently, I'm studying the book, but I need some things very urgently. Can anyone point me if you have any contact details? Thanks -- Ramy MoustafaSaber Music instructor @: Faculty ofmusical education Music arranger

Re: Navigating Pages

ve works better. I also usually use > command-J (jump to selection) after doing a search and find that helps with > VoiceOVer usage. If you plan on using Pages extensively, do Ann, Jonathan > Mozen and yourself a favor by purchasing her book. It is great to have a > guide read

Re: Navigating Pages

with VoiceOVer usage. If you plan on using Pages extensively, do Ann, Jonathan Mozen and yourself a favor by purchasing her book. It is great to have a guide readily available when you need it. It sounds like perhaps the next book in that series should be about iTunes? Best wishes

Re: Navigating Pages

Hello Sharon, You don’t say which application you’re using to create your document. If you’re using TextEdit, make sure that you’re interacting with the text area or the VO commands for reading text won’t work. If VO-FN-Down Arrow doesn’t take you to the next page and start reading it, press

Re: Navigating Pages

y > Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2017 12:58 PM > To: Mac Visionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Navigating Pages > > Hi, > > I’m creating a very long document on my Mac Book Air with OS 10.11.6. In the > keyboard shortcuts list in Help, I see the comma

RE: Navigating Pages

: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Hooley Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2017 12:58 PM To: Mac Visionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Navigating Pages Hi, I’m creating a very long document on my Mac Book Air with OS 1

Re: Navigating Pages

> > I would like to know this as well. I've tried going up and down pages in > preview, mail, and pages, and pressing the function key along with control > and option doe'sdoesn't move the cursor at all. The mac keyboards I have > don't have specific page up and page down k

Navigating Pages

Hi, I’m creating a very long document on my Mac Book Air with OS 10.11.6. In the keyboard shortcuts list in Help, I see the command to go to read at the top, but where is the Home key to go down? And, while we’re at it, where are the end, page-up and page-down keys? The FN + control +

Re: A Good Comparison Between Microsoft on windows with jaws and Pages on mac With VOice over

Interesting, reading Eric's message I would be more tempted to use the Microsoft products. I regularly though not intensely use Microsoft on Windows and MacOS and also occasionally bring up Pages. Some of your decision needs to be based on how much you need to collaborate with others and how

Re: A Good Comparison Between Microsoft on windows with jaws and Pages on mac With VOice over

Erik: Thanks so much for your Excellent Comparison. Really you make me know what to decide. I will stay with Mac and start put more concentration into Pages On 2/24/17, Erik Burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: > Ultimately this is up to you, though you will have a bit of a

Re: A Good Comparison Between Microsoft on windows with jaws and Pages on mac With VOice over

Ultimately this is up to you, though you will have a bit of a learning curve regardless since you are considering a move to office 2016. Pages gives you a similar range of short cut keys to office. Both allow you to track changes, spell check inline, and read format attributes. Both provide

Re: A Good Comparison Between Microsoft on windows with jaws and Pages on mac With VOice over

OS > and/or app you are interested in will do the things you need and want to do > with them. > > Cait > >> On Feb 24, 2017, at 6:48 AM, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello all my friends: >> I need your expert Advice, a

Re: A Good Comparison Between Microsoft on windows with jaws and Pages on mac With VOice over

iends: > I need your expert Advice, as you know i have my Macbook, and am > running pages on it, all i need from my laptop is to write my > Researches inside my Colledge, and i bought the pages book, to study, > But am thinking all the time even before studying, what is the best rea

A Good Comparison Between Microsoft on windows with jaws and Pages on mac With VOice over

Hello all my friends: I need your expert Advice, as you know i have my Macbook, and am running pages on it, all i need from my laptop is to write my Researches inside my Colledge, and i bought the pages book, to study, But am thinking all the time even before studying, what is the best really? I

Re: Pages on iCloud

Hi Chris, I'm not the most experienced Pages user, but I have found it to be quite accessible on the Mac. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 20, 2017, at 3:29 PM, Chris Moore <chris.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > How accessible is pages under iCloud on the mac? > When you log in

Pages on iCloud

Hello, How accessible is pages under iCloud on the mac? When you log into iCloud, you can go into a web version of pages. I brought up a document but couldn’t do much of anything with VO. Any similar experiences? I’m trying to avoid buying pages since it didn’t come with my 2012 mac mini

Re: Need to Learn Pages

; desdelgadi...@gmail.com <mailto:desdelgadi...@gmail.com> >> (562) 652-3415 >> >>> On Jan 31, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com >>> <mailto:ioani...@me.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Anne Robertson, who is a member

Re: Need to Learn Pages

e: >> >> Anne Robertson, who is a member of this list, has written a comprehensive >> manual for Pages on the mac. You need to buy it but it is not expensive. I >> cannot remember the web site from which you could purchase. it. I hope >> somebody else on the list

Re: Need to Learn Pages

Lamanche <ioani...@me.com> wrote: > > Anne Robertson, who is a member of this list, has written a comprehensive > manual for Pages on the mac. You need to buy it but it is not expensive. I > cannot remember the web site from which you could purchase. it. I hope > someb

Re: Need to Learn Pages

Anne Robertson, who is a member of this list, has written a comprehensive manual for Pages on the mac. You need to buy it but it is not expensive. I cannot remember the web site from which you could purchase. it. I hope somebody else on the list will chip in. > On 31 Jan 2017, at 12:20, B

Need to Learn Pages

Can anybody suggest a blind-friendly tutorial for the Pages app? For now, I’m more interested in learning the app on MacOS than iOS. Thanks in advance! Bill - "It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his

Re: pages

Use a service like icloud or drop box. > On Jan 19, 2017, at 2:20 AM, Gabe Griffith <gabrielgriff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > here I am with more editing type questions that I can't figure out. I have > now decided to get and start using pages on both my mac an

Re: pages

Hi, Check in your iCloud Preferences to ensure that iCloud Drive is enabled. There's also an Options button beside the iCloud Drive item which allows you to go more granular and turn on or off specific apps within iCloud Drive. Make sure that the apps like Pages are checked. Later... Tim

Re: pages

t; the Finder. Just press cmd-shift-i and focus is taken directly to the root > of the iCloud Drive. When you set iCloud as the default, these documents > will automatically be placed in the Pages folder in your iCloud Drive. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurr

Re: pages

y to the root > of the iCloud Drive. When you set iCloud as the default, these documents > will automatically be placed in the Pages folder in your iCloud Drive. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 19, 2017, at 06

Re: pages

t; of the iCloud Drive. When you set iCloud as the default, these documents > will automatically be placed in the Pages folder in your iCloud Drive. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 19, 2017, at 06:48, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.co

Re: pages

directly to the root of the iCloud Drive. When you set iCloud as the default, these documents will automatically be placed in the Pages folder in your iCloud Drive. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 19, 2017, at 06:48, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: H

Re: pages

Hi Gabe, This is accomplished by setting your default storage location. I'm not a Pages expert, but if you VO-arrow left from the scroll area, you should see a button. I think what it will say will depend on how you have it set, but it might say something like Gabe's Mac. Press VO-Space

RE: pages

Hi Gabe, A great resource for pages is a book written by a member of this list Ann and the book is available from the website of Jonathan Mosem I don't have the full details but Ann may be able to up date on the correct information might be a great resource to have. -Original Message

pages

Hi all, here I am with more editing type questions that I can't figure out. I have now decided to get and start using pages on both my mac and iPhone. I think I'm figuring out the editing part of it but how can I make it so that a document created on my computer is available in pages

Trouble with Pages and VO

Good day list, I am working on a book in Pages, and noticed that if I go passed page number 9, and I go to incert a page number, VO no longer reads the page number. For instance, I start on page 10, and when I finish on page 10, I insert a page number, then go down 1 line and insert a page brake

RE: more on problem opening docs in Pages

Hi Donna, Have you tried the option of deleting pages and then re installing? You shouldn't of course have to but possibly it's a way around the issues. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Yes its good to find this out and file it away in the dusty archives of our minds. I think it was Skype that did this to me but its been a couple months now. And this may explain why I did not see this with Pages as I added it to the dock very recently. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . Many

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

e that. > Cheers, > Donna > > On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:03 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote: > > > > Did not have issues with updating Pages back in October. Did have another > > app chew up its dock shortc

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

nt.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > > > Did not have issues with updating Pages back in October. Did have > another app chew up its dock shortcut, replacing the shortcut took care of > that. > > > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > > Without H2O there is no life! > > anc

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

was just curious as to what would cause that. Cheers, Donna On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:03 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: Did not have issues with updating Pages back in October. Did have another app chew up its dock shortcut, replacing the shortcut took care of that. From E.T.'s Ke

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Interesting. Have never had that happen before. There are worse things, of course, I was just curious as to what would cause that. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:03 AM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Did not have issues with updating Pages back in Oc

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Did not have issues with updating Pages back in October. Did have another app chew up its dock shortcut, replacing the shortcut took care of that. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life! ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/15/2016 6:27 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, So I

Pages problems resolved and a question

Hi all, So I finally got my Pages problem resolved. After trying again to download the update this morning, I went into the applications folder and checked the date on the pages app. It was the most recent date, which suggested that the update had been successful. And, when I opened it from

Re: more on problem opening docs in Pages

the brains of the Apple engineers have all gone out to lunch. As for Anne and John's book, meaning no disrespect to their hard work, my word processing needs are pretty simple. If I need a book just to do the basic things I want to do, then Pages isn't worth it. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2

RE: more Pages woes

Of Donna Goodin Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2016 10:02 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: more Pages woes OK, so Pages has been deleted. However, I'm being prompted to buy Pages, not download it. Why would this happen if I've already purchased it? Donna > On Dec 14, 2016, a

RE: more on problem opening docs in Pages

Hi Donna, Try updating yoru os to the latest version if you haven't got it already. As for using pages I believe Jonathan Mosem has a book for sale on his site that is a great guide to using Pages, It was written by one of the members of this list Ann Robertson I think it is. I cant

Some Pages Info

Hi all, I hope this is helpful to anyone else who may run into the difficulties I have. I have finally gotten to the point in the App store where I'm able to update Pages. However, the update process has been underway for about a half hour now, and since I can't read the progress indicator, I

Re: more Pages woes

t; > OK, so Pages has been deleted. However, I'm being prompted to buy Pages, not > download it. Why would this happen if I've already purchased it? > Donna >> On Dec 14, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On the Mac ru

Re: more Pages woes

OK, so Pages has been deleted. However, I'm being prompted to buy Pages, not download it. Why would this happen if I've already purchased it? Donna > On Dec 14, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On the Mac run your update process in the A

Re: more Pages woes

gt; wrote: > > Hi all, > > So, I checked in settings on my phone for Pages, and iCloud was turned off. > I've turned it on, and now all my documents are listed when I Open Pages on > the Mac. But, when I click on a document that I created on my Phone, I get > the messa

Re: more Pages woes

Well, I'm out of things to try. Like you said, it can't hurt. *sigh* Donna > On Dec 14, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would think that deleting pages off the Mac first, would let you download > it from the App Store. But I don't know for sure,

Re: more Pages woes

On the Mac run your update process in the App Store to see if an update is available. If not then I would delete pages from the Mac and click on the download / install option under purchases which will restore the latest version of pages to your machine. Just a guess but that’s how I’d

more on problem opening docs in Pages

OK, so this all just gets weirder and weirder. If I open the docs I created on my phone from iCloud drive on my Mac, they open in Pages just fine. It's only when I try and open them from within Pages that I get the error message described earlier. Also, I'm still unable to write

Re: more Pages woes

I would think that deleting pages off the Mac first, would let you download it from the App Store. But I don't know for sure, can't hurt to try it. Sent from my IPhone > On Dec 14, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > So, I checked in

more Pages woes

Hi all, So, I checked in settings on my phone for Pages, and iCloud was turned off. I've turned it on, and now all my documents are listed when I Open Pages on the Mac. But, when I click on a document that I created on my Phone, I get the message that I need a newer version of Pages to open

some pages questions

Hi all, For the first time in a long time, I am trying to give Pages on my Mac a go. I've found Pages on my phone to be quite useable, but I have to say that on the Mac, it looks like about the lousiest, most unintuitive word processor I've ever seen. So, I'm hoping that someone here can

Re: Information request about using flash in web pages

retti1...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello, I'd like to know if there is somebody in the list that can give me advices how to use flash contents in web pages. In particular, my online university uses flash to supply contents. I can see that there are flash contents but interacting with that, I cannot

Re: Information request about using flash in web pages

t;> On Nov 23, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Sauro Cesaretti >> <saurocesaretti1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to know if there is somebody in the list that can give me advices >> how to use flash contents in web pages. >> In particular, my online un

Re: Information request about using flash in web pages

VM for flash content. Best wishes, Jonathan > On Nov 23, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Sauro Cesaretti <saurocesaretti1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to know if there is somebody in the list that can give me advices > how to use

Information request about using flash in web pages

Hello, I'd like to know if there is somebody in the list that can give me advices how to use flash contents in web pages. In particular, my online university uses flash to supply contents. I can see that there are flash contents but interacting with that, I cannot do anything. Could you give

Re: Pages: What's the best way to deal with this dilemma?

OK. Thank you. That's very helpful. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. i...@gillandmarketing.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Cohn To: Macvisionaries Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 6:47 PM Subject: Re: Pages

Re: Pages: What's the best way to deal with this dilemma?

My memory of the status cells is a bit old, but I believe there is a way to indicate the text attribute of the current cell. Also of use vo-command-o Find font change vo-command-p find plain text vo-command-i find next italic text vo-command-u find next underlined text I don't believe

Re: Pages/Tables acting really screwy

day, November 08, 2016 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Pages/Tables acting really screwy Hi, It may also be possible that when using only the arrow keys, you are navigating through the textual layer of the document. The table that is present is actually a separate layer to the textual content. There

Re: Pages/Tables acting really screwy

Hi, It may also be possible that when using only the arrow keys, you are navigating through the textual layer of the document. The table that is present is actually a separate layer to the textual content. Therefore, when you use VO navigation, all elements of the page are announced, but

Re: Pages/Tables acting really screwy

Hello Chris, When you first interact with the document, before interacting with the body, VoiceOver should tell you how many items are on the first page. Unfortunately, this is the only page for which it will do so. I reported this problem to Apple about a year ago but nothing has been done.

Re: Pages: What's the best way to deal with this dilemma?

Thank you, Phil! You know… I didn’t even think about looking in there. That’s a really excellent suggestion! I wonder if we somehow can get my braille display to indicate what tet is highlighted, maybe by using dots 7 and 8 or something. I’m not talking about it showing the VO cursor; I know

Pages/Tables acting really screwy

OK, I don’t get this. I have a document which has a table in it. When I interact with the document layout, then with the body, I can move with my arrow keys, not using quick nav mind you, just fine. When I up and down arrow, I’m able to read line by line in the file. However, right before I

Re: Pages: What's the best way to deal with this dilemma?

I believe that feature is also available from the voiceover quick settings. vo plus command plus arrowing to attributes, and then up or down arrow to speak changes or something like that. Sent from my IPhone > On Nov 7, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Aleeha Dudley wrote: > >

Re: Pages: What's the best way to deal with this dilemma?

Chris, I wonder if it might work to change the “when text attributes change” option in the text tab in VoiceOver verbosity settings. This should allow VoiceOver to speak the attributes that change as you read them. HTH, Aleeha > On Nov 7, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Pages: What's the best way to deal with this dilemma?

So, a friend of mine sent me a Microsoft Word d o c x document via e-mail which contains a list of certain items. For confidentiality reasons, I won't go into the specifics of the document, but within this list, certain items have been highlighted in yellow. My friend wasn't the creator of this

Re: No text displays on Braille display on some pages in Safari

raille display on some pages in Safari I use Focus 40 usb display - almost 10 years old but I shouldn't think it matters. Andrew On 26 Oct 2016, at 15:27, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: Which display are you using? That info would be very helpful. --- Christopher

Re: No text displays on Braille display on some pages in Safari

d > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > i...@gillandmarketing.com > Phone: (704) 256-8010. > - Original Message - From: "Andrew Lamanche" <ioani...@me.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 201

Re: No text displays on Braille display on some pages in Safari

glegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:12 AM Subject: No text displays on Braille display on some pages in Safari Since upgrading to Sierra, I've noticed that on some web pages, it is impossible to read the text using my refreshable Braille display. Voiceover reads the text but my B

No text displays on Braille display on some pages in Safari

Since upgrading to Sierra, I've noticed that on some web pages, it is impossible to read the text using my refreshable Braille display. Voiceover reads the text but my Braille display remains empty. I tried to interact with the text but it makes no difference. I'm pasting a link below

Re: Formatting a document in pages

big issue that i searched but can not find a >> solution is the input source, i need to change my input source between >> arabic and english keyboard, pressing Command space opens the spot lite, so, >> how can i switch between he 2 languages? >> Thanks >> >>>

Re: Formatting a document in pages

; >> On Oct 24, 2016, at 9:59 PM, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello all: >> I start Reading the My mac pages, and i created a new document, and i >> checked the document setup inside the inspector under the view menu, but i >>

Re: Formatting a document in pages

the spot lite, so, how can i switch between he 2 languages? Thanks > On Oct 24, 2016, at 9:59 PM, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all: > I start Reading the My mac pages, and i created a new document, and i checked > the document setup insid

Formatting a document in pages

Hello all: I start Reading the My mac pages, and i created a new document, and i checked the document setup inside the inspector under the view menu, but i followed the book, it said that i will find a place to choose the page size, printer name etc, i can’t find this menu at all. did i miss

Re: Help with Pages

amp <http://www.twitter.com/brandtsteenkamp> > > On 13 Oct 2016, at 8:38 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello Brandt, > > There is no shortcut provided for word count in Pages, but it is in the > View menu. When it is shown, you stop interac

Re: Help with Pages

enkamp> > On 13 Oct 2016, at 8:38 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello Brandt, > > There is no shortcut provided for word count in Pages, but it is in the View > menu. When it is shown, you stop interacting with the layout area and do &g

Re: Help with Pages

Hello Brandt, There is no shortcut provided for word count in Pages, but it is in the View menu. When it is shown, you stop interacting with the layout area and do VO-Right Arrow to find it. It’s a popup button with various options. Cheers, Anne > On 12 Oct 2016, at 22:55, Brandt Steenk

Help with Pages

Hi there folks, I am writing a document for which I need to know the word count. I know that command Shift W shows this, but I cannot find it anywhere on the screen. Please help? Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my Macbook Pro Contact: Phone: Private: +27 (0)60 525 9181 For

Re: Selecting text from web pages in Safari

se various strategies for selecting text in Safari because different pages > behave differently. > 1. Using Quick Nav, set the rotor to Lines and hold down the Shift key and > press the Down Arrow. > 2. Without Quick Nav, press VO-Return to start selecting text, navigate right > with th

Re: Selecting text from web pages in Safari

Hello Larry, I use various strategies for selecting text in Safari because different pages behave differently. 1. Using Quick Nav, set the rotor to Lines and hold down the Shift key and press the Down Arrow. 2. Without Quick Nav, press VO-Return to start selecting text, navigate right

Selecting text from web pages in Safari

Before the latest update to Safari in El Capitan, I was able to use shift and arrow keys to select text on a web page and copy it to the clipboard. This could be done on any text, not just that inside of edit boxes. After the upgrade, this almost never works. pressing the arrow keys doesn’t

Re: research papers with Pages

g, simple language. > and all this. > Thanks > > > On 10/4/16, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> Hello Ryan, >> >> We cover everything you need for formatting a research paper in our book “My >> Mac Pages”, available from: >> http://mose

Re: research papers with Pages

research paper in our book “My > Mac Pages”, available from: > http://mosen.org/mymacpages/ > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 4 Oct 2016, at 03:23, Ryan Mann <rmann0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello. I’ve started a Master’s program and I’m think abou

Re: research papers with Pages

Hello Ryan, We cover everything you need for formatting a research paper in our book “My Mac Pages”, available from: http://mosen.org/mymacpages/ Cheers, Anne > On 4 Oct 2016, at 03:23, Ryan Mann <rmann0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello. I’ve started a Master’s program and

Re: research papers with Pages

I use pages for university and work. When sharing word doc files with others, formatting gets strange. However, if all editing is done in pages and only the final product is exported to word, I have not had any problems. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21

research papers with Pages

Hello. I’ve started a Master’s program and I’m think about using Pages on my Mac to do the research papers. Has anybody done this? If so, did you have any trouble with formatting? I will need to upload it in Word format. Thanks. -- The following information is important for all members

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

tell application "Finder" > set thename to name of lvar > end tell > set x to the offset of "." in thename set nuname to > text 1 thru text item x of thename >

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

Sorry guys--I misread the message. Other than avoiding the need to specify a name and location for the newly created Pages document upon first save, I'm not sure I see the advantage in doing a batch conversion given that Pages will read both file formats just fine. Word files tend

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

Grant, Good thought, but the idea here is that we're trying to open a Word document and save it to Pages format. So, if one has a Word document, manually opens it in Pages, then chooses Save, the Save dialog will pop up and will be ready to save the document as a Pages document

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

Hi Tim, This is just a guess on my part, but Pages of course doesn't "save" to Word format; it "exports" to Word. Do you think that could be why your app doesn't function as expected? It actually causes features like auto-save to work differently, too. Grant > On S

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

t;." in thename set nuname to text 1 thru text item x of thename set nuname to text 1 thru text item x of thename tell application "Pages" activate set filname to (path to desktop fold

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

Hello Simon, Yes, Pages can read and export to plain text. I agree that it’s very strange that Pages can’t handle RTF. Cheers, Anne > On 26 Sep 2016, at 07:35, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Hi Ann > > Really Pages doesn't handle RTF? > >

RE: Word to pages batch converter?

Hi Ann Really Pages doesn't handle RTF? Crazy wht about txt files? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Sunday, 25 September 2016 11:42 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

I don't see a automator library for Pages, but certainly I would expect that the standard save action in AppleScript should work. The question is how would you want your batch processor to work probably the easiest would be to create a folder and then create a folder action AppleScript

Re: Word to pages batch converter?

Pages does not handle RTF, but opening a Word document in Pages and then saving it will convert the document to Pages format. Maybe Automator could be used for batch conversion. Cheers, Anne . > On 25 Sep 2016, at 03:51, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > W

RE: Word to pages batch converter?

What about using an RTF format document? Surely RTF would be picked up by Pages -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Miller Sent: Sunday, 25 September 2016 12:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

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