Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, that's awesome! thank you! I had looked for this in system prefs, and not found it, so thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Best, Donna > On Sep 22, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Pablo Sandoval wrote: > > Hi Donna, > You can change which application is associated

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
You can also find that in the Info box (command-I) on any file. After all the usual stuff about size and name will be the Open With menu where you can change to whatever app you want for that file. Just after that will be a Change All button which will make all other files of that type open

Re: looking for tips on cleaning up old muffled audio using Amadeus Pro

2015-09-22 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks for your help, one thing I hate about the apple filters is that for certain ones like the low pass you can't change settings and even worse there are no presets. thanks again Michael > On 23 Sep 2015, at 12:51 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hi Michael, You

Re: Why on earth can I no longer read tables in Safari?

2015-09-22 Thread Alex Hall
The first thing that comes to mind is table intractability. I know it's probably not the issue, but give it a shot. Hit vo-equals on a webpage and see if tables start working normally again. If not, hit it again to turn it back off. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 13:43, Christine Grassman

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Chris, this is good to know. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 22, 2015, at 2:39 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > You can also find that in the Info box (command-I) on any file. After all the > usual stuff about size and name will be the Open

Re: Dropbox on Mac (was: Scanning text on the MAC)

2015-09-22 Thread William Gallik
Eileen, Like you, I am in transition from Windows to Mac. One thing I have done to help this along is to migrate one activity at a time from the windows PC to my Mac. For instance, I have my Gmail going to my mac rather than to windows. There are other examples, but I don't want to bore

looking for tips on cleaning up old muffled audio using Amadeus Pro

2015-09-22 Thread Michael Marshall
hey listers, Today I received an old 1990s News broadcast from BBC radio witch was recorded on a very cheep tape recorder. The audio is extremely muffled and i'm trying to at least salvaged it. are there any equalisation of filters that I can run on this clip to make it more listenable? I

Re: Apple TV

2015-09-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
What are one of those cables Scott? I'll I message you then or something once I have the TV! I'll probably go to a local shop in my part of the world and get one of those cables. On 22 Sep 2015, at 13:42, Scott Granados wrote: I have the older model so can probably

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Anne, As always, thank you! Do you know if there is a way to configure the Mac so that Word files automatically open in Text Edit rather than Pages? thanks, Donna > On Sep 22, 2015, at 10:15 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > You can open Word files in

Odd webpage behaviour.

2015-09-22 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I am trying to download a manual from the hp website with my mac. Its a manual for the hp laserjet pro 1102W printer. http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-LaserJet-P1100-Printer-series/4110394/model/4110306/manuals/

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Pablo Sandoval
Hi Donna, You can change which application is associated with “MS-Word” documents by locating a Word document you wish to open. Hit VO + Shift + M to open the context menu. Go down to “Open with”, and press right arrow to access the submenu. Once in the “Open with “ menu go down to “other”, and

Re: Odd webpage behaviour.

2015-09-22 Thread Alex Hall
I can browse it just fine, but I can't get the download to work either. I'm not sure why, but it simply refuses to initiate the download. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 12:52, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I am trying to download a manual from the hp website with my mac. > Its

Re: Downloading from dropbox

2015-09-22 Thread Chris Moore
Hi Stacey, Have you tried the context menu Vo shift M Chris > On Sep 22, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > Hi all, > I want to download a rather large video file from dropbox. I can make the > file play, but option enter doesn’t download anything. > Is there

Re: Finally figured out how to not have every email in a thread read to me

2015-09-22 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Chris, I really appreciate the info in this message. Your steps are working well for me, with one exception. I too use the method of pressing VO+J to jump between the message list and the message itself, as I find it most efficient. However, using classic view set up as you suggest, once

Re: Downloading from dropbox

2015-09-22 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi Stacy, Once the file is playing, press command+l to focus on the address bar. The web address and the name of the file should be selected. Once it is selected, press the option+return to start the download. You can press command+option+l to open the downloads folder and check the progress

Re: Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi all, there is now a new rotor gesture available whenever you have an external sound source connected, allowing you to specify whether you want VO to go to the external sound source or stay on your phone. I have not had much success using this with Bluetooth speakers, but it does work with

Re: Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread David Chittenden
Thanks for that. It is called Audio Destination. I will test it this evening with bluetooth speakers. With my earpiece, once I select speaker, rather than external destination, the rotor selection disappears. I will attempt to figure out the parameters of this new option. David Chittenden,

Re: Why on earth can I no longer read tables in Safari?

2015-09-22 Thread Christina C.
Oh my gosh! I was having the exact same problem. I could not figure out what was going on. I tried VO plus the equal sign and all I got was a bonk sound but suddenly I could access a table that I could not before. Can you please explain what this vo plus equal sign command is for. I don’t

Re: Downloading from dropbox

2015-09-22 Thread Stacey Robinson
How do I get it to stop playing while it downloads? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Sep 22, 2015, at 5:19 PM, ROBERT CARTER wrote: > > Hi Stacy, > > Once the

Re: Why on earth can I no longer read tables in Safari?

2015-09-22 Thread Pablo Sandoval
Christina, The VO equals command seems to collapse tables. This command appears to be a toggle so will expand a collapsed table as well. I believe this command is useful for hiding tables you may not care about. I hope this helps. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 4:28 PM, Christina C.

Re: Why on earth can I no longer read tables in Safari?

2015-09-22 Thread Alex Hall
What he said. :) To add to it, the reason it sometimes just bonks is that you seem to have to be on a table, or at least a page with tables, at the time. If you're not, it may not do anything. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 19:34, Pablo Sandoval wrote: > > Christina, > The VO

Re: looking for tips on cleaning up old muffled audio using Amadeus Pro

2015-09-22 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, I looked in audacity but I cannot find a built-in low shelf filter. thanks Michael > On 23 Sep 2015, at 8:21 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm sure there's an audacity built in option for lowpassess as well, only I > didn't have time this morning to open

Re: Downloading from dropbox

2015-09-22 Thread Stacey Robinson
This did not work for me. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Sep 22, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > How do I get it to stop playing while it

Re: looking for tips on cleaning up old muffled audio using Amadeus Pro

2015-09-22 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I'm sure there's an audacity built in option for lowpassess as well, only I didn't have time this morning to open up a wave. I was sort'a hustling to get out the house. So, All of the effect menu was greyed out and I had to use my best guess on what would be a quick and dirty lowpass

Re: Odd webpage behaviour.

2015-09-22 Thread Christina C.
Did you try an actual mouse click? Sometimes when I can’t get something to download from Safari, I try an actual mouse click, where the mouse pointer actually clicks and it will work for me. I have not visited this website though to test it. Good Luck, Christina > On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:32 AM,

using drop box for photos was Re: Is iPhoto obsolete now?

2015-09-22 Thread Christina C.
Jessica, Can you please elaborate or point me to a source as to why and how you find dropBox easier for your photos. I really can’t do a darn thing with the photos themselves but I do like how apple’s photos app automatically organizes them. I suppose maybe some of my family members would want

Re: Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread Rob Bender
I would try changing the audio ducking feature. That seemed to make a difference in IOS 8 and I am not sure about IOS 9. We are listening to something right now, otherwise I would try it on our Apple TV. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > That's

Re: Downloading from dropbox

2015-09-22 Thread Jim Gatteys
sometimes option-enter does not tell you that the download has started so you might want to check the safari tool bar to see if there is a download button there. Jim > On Sep 22, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hi Stacey, > Have you tried the context menu Vo

Re: Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread David Chittenden
If using a bluetooth speaker, VoiceOver goes through the speaker. If using an airplay speaker, VO stays on the iOS device. This is how it has always worked. iOS will show bluetooth speakers as airplay speakers in the control panel. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com

Re: Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
That's good. May be I'll invest in an airplay speaker soon then, not sure yet. On 22 Sep 2015, at 15:55, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! for me it works so i guess that’s fixed. /A > 22 sep. 2015 kl. 14:16 skrev Kawal Gucukoglu : > > Is Airplay fixed on

Re: Apple TV

2015-09-22 Thread Scott Granados
HDMI is a digital cable that carries audio and high end video. You attach one end to your Apple TV, the other to your TV and that’s about all the hook up you need. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > What are one of those cables Scott? I'll I

Re: Apple car, anyone?

2015-09-22 Thread William Gallik
It is already fact that insurance companies are anticipating this development and will require people operating their own vehicles manually to pay much higher premiums. As such, you can bet that autonomously controlled vehicles will become the rule and not the exception. The's, the cost of said

Downloading from dropbox

2015-09-22 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi all, I want to download a rather large video file from dropbox. I can make the file play, but option enter doesn’t download anything. Is there a different way to do this in Yosimity Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Jamie Pauls
It is not possible to either directly save a file in RTF format or export a file in RTF format. If this has changed in a later version of the app, I will stand corrected. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 22, 2015, at 7:34 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have tried

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Donna Goodin
Wow, what a dumb miss! thanks for confirming. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 22, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Jamie Pauls wrote: > > It is not possible to either directly save a file in RTF format or export a > file in RTF format. If this has changed in a later version of the app, I will >

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I think you are correct. Could you skip Pages and open your document in TextEdit and then export to RTF from there? CB On 9/22/15 9:26 AM, Jamie Pauls wrote: It is not possible to either directly save a file in RTF format or export a file in RTF format. If this has changed in a later version

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Donna, You can open Word files in TextEdit so, for the Pages files, export them as Word then you can open them in TextEdit and save them as RTF. Cheers, Anne > On 22 Sep 2015, at 16:06, Donna Goodin wrote: > > The documents in question are either Word or pages

Re: Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! for me it works so i guess that’s fixed. /A > 22 sep. 2015 kl. 14:16 skrev Kawal Gucukoglu : > > Is Airplay fixed on the I phone now? I don't have an airplay speaker to > test. last time, when I did use airplay, Voice Over kept coming in to the > Airplay speaker which

Re: looking for tips on cleaning up old muffled audio using Amadeus Pro

2015-09-22 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Michael, You would want a low pass filter here. There are a couple of items in my audacity that look like they might do the trick. Apple AU low pass apple AU low shelf filter, and possibly one of the EQ or noise remover plugins has a setting for that. Hope this helps, Erik Burggraaf >

Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Is Airplay fixed on the I phone now? I don't have an airplay speaker to test. last time, when I did use airplay, Voice Over kept coming in to the Airplay speaker which put me off Airplay completely. However, could use Airplay using the I Mac or Mac mini, perfectly as Voice Over didn't go in

Apple TV

2015-09-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. I am getting an Apple TV (the new model) when it comes out. In the mean time, don't know of anyone knows that Samsung have a fully guidance Voice Accessible TV. I am getting one of those as well so when I get my new Apple TV to match, I will probably be asking lots of questions as

Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I have tried numerous times to do this without success. Is it possible? If yes, I would appreciate any tips any of you can provide. TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: Apple TV

2015-09-22 Thread Scott Granados
I have the older model so can probably help set up. Make sure you get an HDMI cable to hook the two together. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 8:04 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Hello All. > > I am getting an Apple TV (the new model) when it comes out. In the mean > time, don't

Re: Is there any way to save a Word or pages doc as RTF in Pages?

2015-09-22 Thread Donna Goodin
The documents in question are either Word or pages docs. I didn't think you could open those in Text Edit. Can you? Cheers, Donna > On Sep 22, 2015, at 8:41 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I think you are correct. Could you skip Pages and

Re: looking for tips on cleaning up old muffled audio using Amadeus Pro

2015-09-22 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. One of the services I offer is cleaning up/restoring audio. If you'd be interested, feel free to contact me off list. Thanks, Cameron. On 9/22/15, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi Michael, You would want a low pass filter here. > > There are a couple of items in my

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Like David, I'd use braille too on my I phone. On 22 Sep 2015, at 00:26, David Chittenden wrote: As I am extremely proficient with braille screen input, I actually use my iPhone or iPad for taking notes in meetings. I use a bluetooth earpiece for audio feedback (words)

Re: IOS 9 impressions?

2015-09-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have found one more problem. If you go to the phone in settings where you can set call waiting, call forwarding, etc. I normally forward my calls to my work number as I'm not allowed to have my mobile in the office. So when I come to turn this feature off, I am told that some settings

Re: Taking notes for meeting, Mac or iPad?

2015-09-22 Thread sadam . lists
I'd say, the Mac is your best bet here. The convenience of an integrated keyboard can't be beaten. Sent from my iPhone -- > On 23 Sep 2015, at 1:41 am, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Like David, I'd use braille too on my I phone. > On 22 Sep 2015, at 00:26, David