What gives with Spotlight and opening documents with the new software update?

2012-11-09 Thread Christine Grassman
Is it my imagination, user error, or both? I am growing increasingly frustrated this morning with my inability to open documents quickly from Spotlight or from the Documents folder. Before, I would search for a title or phrase, find it with Spotlight, and open it. Alternatively, I would choose

Re: What gives with Spotlight and opening documents with the new software update?

2012-11-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
You might have the toolbar of the application in focus when the file opens. Try stopping interaction with the toolbar with VO-shift-up-arrow and then navigate the text area. HtH, Teresa On Nov 9, 2012, at 7:17 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: Is it my imagination, user

Re: What gives with Spotlight and opening documents with the new software update?

2012-11-09 Thread Christine Grassman
Hmm. Tried that. But I'll try again. Don't know what is going on here. Christine On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: You might have the toolbar of the application in focus when the file opens. Try stopping interaction with the toolbar with

Re: What gives with Spotlight and opening documents with the new software update?

2012-11-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It may be that somehow your keyboard focus has gotten messed up. Try turning voiceover off and on again. Also, are you opening from spotlight with vo-keys or just with return. I always open items from spotlight with return only; to use vo-keys-space requires that both your voiceover cursor and