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

  • From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:38:33 -0500

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
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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
>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
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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 
>>>>>>> 
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