[mac4theblind] Re: What are some good word processor programmes that are free, work with Voiceover and Lion?

  • From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:32:03 -0500

Hi Daniel,
    That's good to know.  I have to get a new version anyway because as I said, 
I think mine was really outdated.


Take Care

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On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:

> Hi John, I do hope you haven't already gotten the version I have because by 
> accident I have now found the get statistics option.
> I found it in the file menu. An odd place in my opinion expecting to find in 
> either the view or possibly the format menu but there it is. 
> 
> Thank you and everyone else for helping me out. Its really helping! 
> 
> Daniel     ˜ 
> On 29 Dec 2011, at 18:03, John Panarese wrote:
> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>>   All right.  I'm going to have to try to get your version.  According to my 
>> About dialog, I have version .92, so I guess mine is quite out of date.
>> 
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 29, 2011, at 5:33 AM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi John, many thanks for that information it even shows me the page 
>>> numbers! 
>>> I have just one question.
>>> Hopefully I won't forget the keystroke you told me to do but lets assume 
>>> that I have forgotten it for a minute. This is where my question comes in. 
>>> On the view menu I couldn't find the "get info" menu to hit enter on. 
>>> If it helps I am using Version 3.0.2
>>> 
>>> It says its the latest version when checking updates for the app. I am 
>>> giving you this info because I don't know what version you have. Just 
>>> trying to be as helpful as possible.
>>> 
>>> Daniel   
>>> On 28 Dec 2011, at 23:38, John Panarese wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>> Under the view menu, select, Get Info, or type, command-option-g, and you 
>>>> will see a word count.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Take Care
>>>> 
>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>> Director
>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
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>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 28, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all, many thanks for all your feedback. So far I have downloaded and 
>>>>> installed Beane. I like what I see so far but if anyone knows where the 
>>>>> word count thing is then please let me know because I can't figure it 
>>>>> out! LOL 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>> On 28 Dec 2011, at 23:22, John Panarese wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, I believe it was iText as well.  I might have even had it for a 
>>>>>> time.  I, too, use Bean more than Text Edit these days.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>> Director
>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Dec 28, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I seem to remember that there was another texteditor called something 
>>>>>>> like itext or something. It pretty much looked exactly like textedit 
>>>>>>> except with a lot more options.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> El 28-12-2011, a las 12:41, John Panarese escribió:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Is it only Text Edit?  That's a good point.  I've only used Nano Count 
>>>>>>>> with Text Edit so far.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> And I forgot about Bean.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Dec 28, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Justin Harford wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Bean will give a word count. It also does basic formatting. Voiceover 
>>>>>>>>> will give you info on the formatting. You might find that accessing 
>>>>>>>>> the pdf through print preview works to count pages.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I always understood that nanocount was a sort of extension program of 
>>>>>>>>> textedit and didn't work with other word processors. I have found the 
>>>>>>>>> nanocount/textedit a good combination though.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>> Justin 
>>>>>>>>> El 28-12-2011, a las 11:25, John Panarese escribió:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Daniel,
>>>>>>>>>> Text Edit should be able to handle most popular formats.  I don't 
>>>>>>>>>> know if there is a word processor app that will give you a word 
>>>>>>>>>> count, though I believe you can get the page information and such 
>>>>>>>>>> from the document properties.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> For a word counter, there is a free app in the Mac App store, Nano 
>>>>>>>>>> Count, that does a good job.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>>>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>>>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>>>>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 28, 2011, at 6:32 AM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all, subject says it all really. Recommendations will be 
>>>>>>>>>>> greatfully appreciated. I am looking for the word processor to do 
>>>>>>>>>>> the following. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 1. How many pages are in a document and to be able to see how many 
>>>>>>>>>>> pages I have written.
>>>>>>>>>>> 2. This one is important I want to be able to see my word count for 
>>>>>>>>>>> any given document.
>>>>>>>>>>> 3. Also just as important file formats. In theory, I would like a 
>>>>>>>>>>> word processor to be able to switch between Windows and Mac without 
>>>>>>>>>>> any compatibility issues. So that I can open a document up on my 
>>>>>>>>>>> Mac and like wise do the same on my windows computer.
>>>>>>>>>>> 4. Finally I would like to be able to hear the text attributes when 
>>>>>>>>>>> making such changes. What I mean by this is that If I want to 
>>>>>>>>>>> select some text and e.g. bold it, I would like voiceover to 
>>>>>>>>>>> announce that what I have selected has been bolded. I don't want it 
>>>>>>>>>>> to read such changes when performing a say all, but it would be 
>>>>>>>>>>> good to know if it can do that as well. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry if this sounds a lot of information that I want a free word 
>>>>>>>>>>> processor to do but I would like to be able to do all this stuff 
>>>>>>>>>>> and hopefully do it without paying for anything but if it comes to 
>>>>>>>>>>> doing that, then I will do that. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I look forward th hearing your suggestions and comments on what you 
>>>>>>>>>>> use for your word processor programme. 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Many Thanks 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Daniel thaup   ************
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