[mac4theblind] Re: help on help!

  • From: "Julio C. Perez" <jcperez11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:27:19 -0500

VO-left or right arrows only take me (line by line) to the top or bottom of the 
object I'm interacting with. Either links to other topics or groups. Not 
explanatory text.
On Mar 3, 2012, at 1:04 PM, John Panarese wrote:

>   If you vo space on the clickable item, try navigating right with the VO and 
> right arrow keys.  See if that reveals anything for you.
> 
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 3, 2012, at 1:02 PM, "Julio C. Perez" <jcperez11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks John for the detailed clarification. I guess I did not get it when 
>> David said it the first time. I can get back to the proper window within the 
>> application by using the command-f2 twice. 
>> 
>> Now I can get back to the issue I started this thread with.
>> 
>> So here I am in the help topic that is supposed to explain how to select and 
>> deselect single and multiple items. I have here a list of clickable objects 
>> that say "show" group with two items. When I interact with the group, I find 
>> two clickable items within (as expected). When I click on the "show" 
>> clickable, I expect to get to some text or html window that explains how to 
>> do this. The only thing I seem to find is that there now appears a "hide" 
>> clickable. Where do I go to find the instructions for selecting or 
>> deselecting one or more items? The window chooser command only gives me the 
>> "help" and "utilities" child windows. Could this have something to do with 
>> the navigational mode or something? 
>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:40 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>> 
>>>  The command-accent combination, which is the key below the escape key, 
>>> will cycle you through open windows in an application.  Command-tab cycles 
>>> you through your open applications.  For the help, try the command-accent 
>>> or David's suggestion of using the window chooser menu with VO-F2 twice and 
>>> then using the up and down arrows to see a list of your currently open 
>>> windows.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:36 PM, George B wrote:
>>> 
>>>> hummmm what is a grave key, please??
>>>> 
>>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Duffy
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 09:32
>>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: help on help!
>>>> 
>>>> You can also try command along with the grav key. This will move you from
>>>> window to window within an application. At least it does in Snowleopard. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:30 PM, George B wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> good job david i am not on my mac and could not remember that command
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-
>>>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 09:27
>>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: help on help!
>>>> 
>>>> try vo-f2 twice to bring up a list of open windows.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Julio C. Perez wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> So, when I press command-tab twice, it doesn't bring me to the
>>>> previously open help topic I left. It only switches me to the other
>>>> application windows or brings me back to the same VO utilities window.
>>>> If I go to the menu and arrow down the windows options, I only see one
>>>> applications window available to choose from. Is one of those other
>>>> options on that windows drop-down the one I need to take me back to the
>>>> topic I left? How does one switch to different windows within an
>>>> application window?
>>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:00 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> try command-tab twice.
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:47 AM, George B wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> First of all command tab changes your application from one to another
>>>> not
>>>> windows within a application.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-
>>>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julio C. Perez
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 08:44
>>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: help on help!
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, here is an example..
>>>> 
>>>> I am currently in a help window that has . here is an even better
>>>> example of not having a clue of something that should be (and needs
>>>> to
>>>> be) understood by a neophyte.
>>>> 
>>>> As I am writing this message, I switch to another window where I'm
>>>> working with a help topic. I switch back to this window to write
>>>> something and when I use the "command-tab" hoping to return to the
>>>> help
>>>> window. I end up back in the VoiceOver utilities area. Not the help
>>>> topic I thought I would be going to. How do I make this simple
>>>> switch
>>>> from one window to another without having to navigate back to the
>>>> topic
>>>> layer after linked layer?
>>>> 
>>>> This is the sort of thing that I never had to think about before.
>>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:24 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> can you give us an example?  I believe I know what you need to do
>>>> but
>>>> rather than searching through help for an item, it would speed up
>>>> the
>>>> process having an example.
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Julio C. Perez wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> It seems like the more I think I've learned, the more I know I've
>>>> missed!
>>>> 
>>>> Right now I'm going through the VoiceOver help menu seeking areas
>>>> I'm
>>>> weak on and hoping to learn more. When I get to a "show" clickable
>>>> object, I select it. and nothing seems to happen except that it
>>>> changes
>>>> from a "show" to a "hide" area. Where does the related information
>>>> get
>>>> shown? What part of this process am I not getting?
>>>> 
>>>> I can freely admit that navigation and safari navigation in
>>>> particular are my weakest areas. This makes learning via the
>>>> provided
>>>> help topics slow. Does anyone know of a good tutorial for
>>>> transplanted
>>>> windows/internet explorer/JAWS users? I mean, there should be enough
>>>> of
>>>> us by now to have, at least, an email list that can serve as a place
>>>> to
>>>> trade and ask for information that might bore those of you for whom
>>>> the
>>>> mac environment is natural.
>>>> 
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