[mac4theblind] Re: Problem with Voiceover when dealing with editing/navigating more than one page in a document on the Mac
- From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:58:48 -0400
You can send them to me directly. I'd be happy to look at them.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On Apr 20, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi David, Jon and Sarah. I do have documents I can send but they are stuff I
> do for college. Is there a way I can send a couple of them to you for you
> guys to have a mess around with? I don't want to clutter up the list.
>
> To be honest, it is happening to me more when i'm creating these documents
> for assignments etc. I haven't really had it happen when I'm reading a doc
> but once I start editing it that's when it happens.
>
> Sarah, I don't think its a permissions repair because its been happening for
> quite a while now and I've did one recently last week in fact and I'm still
> having the same trouble.
> I'm interested in this curser tracking thing you mentioned. Is there a
> particular setting I should try in this section of the VO utility? I have all
> the options checked and haven't touched them because quite honestly I'm
> confused to what they do.
>
> Could this possibly be the issue?
>
> Thanks for bearing with me guys! I really appreciate it!
>
> Daniel
> On 19 Apr 2013, at 18:41, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Also if you do have all of your cursers following and tracking each other
>> it's time to try a permissions repair. You will not loose data, but maybe
>> something got screwed up some how, some ware, some way.
>>
>> Take care.
>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 10:27 AM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> As David asked, do you have examples of documents doing this. Also, is it
>>> happening to all documents. Lastly, do you have your cursors tracking one
>>> another? This seems to indicate that the VO cursor and mouse pointer are
>>> not in sync.
>>>
>>>
>>> Take Care
>>>
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>
>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION
>>>
>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>
>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 1:48 AM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Jon and Sarah, thank you both to getting back to me.
>>>> Sarah, I've tried re-starting my Mac when I get this issue but it still
>>>> comes back when my Mac Book Pro is up and running again. However, I'll try
>>>> your other suggestions to se if that resolves anything. I'm not holding my
>>>> breath though.
>>>> Jon, I always interact with my document before making edits to it anyway
>>>> so that isn't the problem. Thanks though I completely forgot to mention
>>>> that one.
>>>>
>>>> So if I can ask you both, say you have a document opened in front of you
>>>> and lets say it has a minimum of 4 pages, are you both telling me that you
>>>> really both don't start to encounter VO issues?
>>>> I was wondering if you could both test something out and report your
>>>> finding back to me because if it's this, then it will explain my problem.
>>>> Basically I'm terrible at spelling words! LOL So when I come across one of
>>>> my mis-spelt words I highlight it with the shift and option and the arrow
>>>> key and perform the context menu command to get the right spelling.
>>>>
>>>> Can you guys test this out in a large document and see if VO ever gets to
>>>> the point where you have to use the tab key and backspace and after that
>>>> the arrow keys start working again. I know it's really weird! :(
>>>> But that's what's happening to me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Daniel 2013, at 19:55, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The only thing that comes to mind is always be sure you are interacting
>>>>> with the text area. Even though you might be able to type, that does not
>>>>> mean you are interacting. That is the only time I experience navigation
>>>>> in text becoming an issue.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>
>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>
>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION
>>>>>
>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>
>>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 18, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all, I'm using Mountain Lion V8.3 and the free word processor Bean
>>>>>> V3.2.4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For me, I am frequently encountering this occurring problem where
>>>>>> Voiceover becomes unable to navigate with the arrow keys.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before I try to attempt to explain this which will be hard and
>>>>>> complicated I just want to ask have anyone else experienced this in any
>>>>>> shape or form with any word processing app on Mac OSX? I get this same
>>>>>> problem with Text Edit, Bean and Pages too.
>>>>>> If anyone knows what I'm talking about or would like to have a guess
>>>>>> when one is dealing with at least 2 or more pages in a document with VO
>>>>>> and the above Word Processors that would be brave of you! Also you might
>>>>>> be able to explain it far better than I can.
>>>>>> It is the sort of thing where showing it rather than writing about it
>>>>>> makes more sense.
>>>>>> This is the only annoyance I am having with my word processing
>>>>>> experience with my Mac and it is really unproductive too! Sorry for the
>>>>>> rant! LOL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Look forward to those who can guess! :) Or not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
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