Re: Screen Curtain (was Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover()

2013-05-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I wondered about that. If what you're saying is right, it's a real shame. I thought the screen curtain might just kill all light to the screen, thereby conserving battery. Have you actually tested this, have you? What did you do and what were the results? It's very interesting. On 06/05/2013,

Re: buying a season pass for a TV show on iTunes?

2013-05-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Aye, addictive it is. and costly, especially when you get hooked on something like Big Bang Theory which is now in its sixth season. I haven't watched TV in many years, but I love downloading shows like this, which are largely dialogue driven, through iTunes so I can watch them whenever I like.

Re: TV Series Question

2013-05-07 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Jane, Why do you want SD instead of HD? When syncing to an iDevice there's always the option to use SD for movies and TV shows. Anyway, apparently if you go to the iTunes Store, interact with the Web Content Area or whatever name it goes by, and then click on the Purchased link, down the

Re: Screen Curtain (was Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover()

2013-05-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, yes. I have a little bit of usable vision so, I turned my screen brightness up to 100%. Next, I went to settings/general/accessibility and inverted the colors and turned on the screen curtain. When you do this, you can see light from the display clearly. hth Ricardo Walker

Re: TV Series Question

2013-05-07 Thread Jane
I told it to prefer standard definition shows, but it doesn't seem to make a difference unles the shows are already in SD. I want SD becase they seem to be smaller size compared to HD. Jane On May 7, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: HI Jane, Why

Re: next/previous message in Mail?

2013-05-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If the Conversation thread is not expanded, you can do it a few ways. When you press return, the entire thread of messages will open in separate window things. If you press Delete, the top message will be deleted and the next message will gain focus. If you press cmd-w, the entire

RE: next/previous message in Mail?

2013-05-07 Thread Jamie Pauls
I turn QuickNav off and use right and left arrow keys to expand or collapse messages. When reading messages, I press enter on the first message I wish to read and then use VO+J to move to the message content area. As soon as I'm finished with the message, I hit command+delete to get rid of the

Re: next/previous message in Mail?

2013-05-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If the Preview Pane is turned off, VO-j will not jump to the Message area. That process works great while Preview Pane is active but likely will not work in Alex's situation. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-05-07, at 8:04 AM, Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@gmail.com wrote:

Feeds and the mac

2013-05-07 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi all, I have an OPML file of my podcast feeds from downcast on my mac running SL. How do I access the url's that are in this file? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

RE: next/previous message in Mail?

2013-05-07 Thread Jamie Pauls
Got it. Thanks for the clarification. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:14 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: next/previous message in Mail? Hi, If the Preview Pane is

Re: next/previous message in Mail?

2013-05-07 Thread Alex Hall
Wow, pressing enter on a closed thread, then un-interacting and moving left and right, works wonderfully! Thanks for the tip! On May 7, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, If the Conversation thread is not expanded, you can do it a few ways. When you press return,

Saving files in pages

2013-05-07 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, If I write up a file in pages, how do I send it to someone that has word? Can it be saved as a word file, or can they just open a file in word? So many people have windows, know what I mean? Any help would be appreciated. Just want the best way to handle this. Thanks, Jed -- You

RE: Saving files in pages

2013-05-07 Thread Jim Portillo
I have the same question regarding Text Edit. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jed Barton Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 1:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Saving files in pages Hey guys, If I

Re: Saving files in pages

2013-05-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Depending on how fancy your formatting is you should be able to just go to File then Export and then either Word or RTF. Of course the conversion is never perfect because Word is a proprietary format and Microsoft isn't about to share details that would enable competition. Most text

Re: Saving files in pages

2013-05-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In TextEdit, when you are in the Save, dialog, there is a pop-up menu for Rich Text Format (RTF), activate that pop-p to choose other formats. In Pages, in the Save dialog, check the box for Save a Copy, then the Word format will become active. In both the case of Pages for sure and

Saving files in pages

2013-05-07 Thread Adrienne Sinclair Chalmers
Hi If it's something where formatting doesn't matter and they just want to read what you've written, just paste the text into the body of an email and you will know anyone can read it. Other advantages of this method: a lot lighter on people's data plans if they are using a mobile device.

Re: Saving files in pages

2013-05-07 Thread Pete Nalda
They can be opened. Keep in mind though, that if you're working from a word created template, some extra formatting may be required. Also, make sure you're using a windows compatible font. A lot of pc's don't have Helvetica. Egun On, Lagunak! Basque for G'day, Mates Louie P. (Pete) Nalda

short cut to lists in safari

2013-05-07 Thread Mark Furness
I know about v for visited links, h for headings, e for edit fields. Is there a short cut for finding lists? Running lion. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

Re: short cut to lists in safari

2013-05-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Its VO command X. Add the shift key for previous list. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 7, 2013, at 6:40 PM, Mark Furness flintma...@gmail.com wrote: I know about v for visited links, h for headings, e for edit

Re: Saving files in pages

2013-05-07 Thread Rebecca Sabo
Hi all, I do not have trouble saving documents in text edit or pages. But I still have trouble double spacing my document in pages and also how do I know how many pages that I have written? Becky Sabo On May 7, 2013, at 2:39 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, In TextEdit, when

Importing all music in to iTunes, what's the secret?

2013-05-07 Thread Kliphton
Okay, the subject line says it all. I have all my music in folders organized by artist, with each of their albums in folders with their name. Now I am using the mac for this task, and when I go to import, I go to the folder, open it, let all the rows of artist to be displayed, then click open.