Yes, Pages certainly has its uses, and it's a very good word processor. I like TextEdit for formatting documents for Brailling. Cheers, Suzanne On Feb 17, 2011, at 11:03 PM, James Dean wrote: > Ah, cool. Yes, I do like text edit and actually it has quite a number of > functions that make it a pretty powerful little tool considering it comes > with the Mac, but I know there are formats and templates that can't be used > with Text Edit. > > James A. Dean > > > On Feb 17, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Keith Reedy wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> Pages is fine, I use it here in the office most days. It will allow you >> headers and footers and many other things. I do use TextEdit as well. >> Because it is lighter in nature, it is quite easy to use, however, that >> said, Pages is a word processor and a good one and works fine with VO. >> Keith Reedy >> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> On Feb 17, 2011, at 7:49 PM, James Dean wrote: >> >>> Oh, dear, that is not a good sign. I obtained iWork 09 today and haven't >>> actually tried any of the applications out, just installed the program. Is >>> Pages, the program I need most when school starts soon, a bear with >>> Voiceover? I will of course try it out myself, as I consider myself to be >>> quite good at using the Mac and Voiceover, but always nice to have some >>> other feedback. >>> >>> James A. Dean >>> >>> >>> On Feb 17, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Suzanne Erb wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Macsters, >>>> >>>> Does anyone know how to make TextEdit the default word processor? I also >>>> have Pages, but I like TextEdit better. Currently, my documents open in >>>> Pages, and I'd prefer them to open in TextEdit. >>>> Thanks so much for your help. >>>> Suzanne> >>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>>> >>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >