[macvoiceover] Re: Question about APA formatting with the mac
- From: Candie Stiles <cstiles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:24:22 -0500
If you go into VO utilities, you can select an option to have voice over let
you know when text atributes change.
On Feb 26, 2010, at 1:34 AM, Olivia Norman wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
> As I stated in my introduction, I am a graduate student, and my classes
> require the use of APA formatting when I write papers. This is a standard
> type of formatting widely used in the social sciences, and I have had some
> trouble using voiceover and iWork to accomplish all the requirements of the
> bibliography. So far, I have not figured out a way to tell whether text is
> bolded, italicized, etc, while I am reading it, which is important because
> certain points of my bibliography need to be italicized, and bolded. Also, I
> have not figured out a way to do a hanging indent in pages, which I also need
> to do in order to create bibliographies correctly. I have considered
> purchasing software like ref works, but am not sure whether it would work
> with Voiceover.
> I would really appreciate hearing from other students who might be in the
> same situation. How have you figured this out? Is there a way to get
> information about fonts, etc, while reading text with Voiceover?
> Some have sugggested that I switch back to Jaws and Windows, but I refuse! I
> am an apple girl and that's that. I will not purchase a PC and jaws for my
> personal use. If I must use it when I graduate on the job that's one thing,
> but I absolutely will not shell out hundreds of extra dollars for
> accessibility in addition to a computer when apple offers a much better
> solution in my opinion.
> Sorry for the rant, I would really like to hear your formatting tips and
> tricks!
> Thanks so much!
> Olivia
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