Good point liz, about the "mobile" versions of web pages. it's a great way to get to your comcast email, which is otherwise inaccessible, for instance. to get to the comcast mobile pages, just go to: http://m.comcast.net Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elizabeth S. Bowden > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:13 PM > To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [tabi] Re: steps for getting the full text of an > article from the Democrat web site > > thanks Chip, > That's really a good way to access those things which can > sometimes get lost > in the clutter. Also, another way to do things that works > occasionally, is > to choose the mobile version of the web page. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darla J. Rogers" <djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:49 AM > Subject: [tabi] Re: steps for getting the full text of an > article from the > Democrat web site > > > > Thanks, Chip; I must be missing one of these steps, so I'm > going to save > > them. > > > > Gratefully, > > > > Darla > > > > > > Darla J. Rogers, B.A., M.S. > > > > Skype ID." wildflower0628 > > "Today, I will search for my own truth and will allow > others to do the > > same. I will place value on my vision, as well as on the vision of > > others. We are each on the journey, making our own discoveries--the > > ones that are right for us today." > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:42 PM > > Subject: [tabi] steps for getting the full text of an > article from the > > Democrat web site > > > > > >> Hi Darla and all, > >> > >> if you want to get the full text of an article that you > know something > >> about, from the Democrat's web site, you can follow these steps: > >> > >> * go to google; I prefer the version optimized for screen > reader use at: > >> http://labs.google.com/accessible/ > >> > >> this version places each "hit" in the heading format, so > you can use > >> your screen readers feature for moving between headings to > easily move > >> from one "hit" to the next. in window eyes, you just keep > pressing the > >> letter "h" to go to the next heading. > >> > >> * go to the editbox where you enter your search terms. > add the words > >> which should bring up the article you're after (in Darl's > request, I > >> used "restaurant" and "close", but I did not enter the > quote marks). > >> > >> * before you submit this search, add a term which makes > google search > >> only the Democrat's site; you add "site:tallahassee.com", but again > >> without the quote marks. the operator I just added tells > google to only > >> search the tallahassee.com web site. > >> > >> now, when you press enter, you'll have a list of hits, each one a > >> heading; move between them until you find one which sounds like the > >> headline of the story you want, and press enter on it to go to it. > >> > >> on the Democrat's page you go to, you can press the "h" > command again to > >> move between headings until you find the one which is the > title of the > >> story, and you can read some of it from that point to > verify that it's > >> what you're looking for. > >> > >> once you know it's what you want, use your browsers option > which brings > >> up a list of links on the page; in window eyes it's insert > plus tab. > >> find the link for "print", and choose it. > >> > >> this will reformat the story without any advertising or > extraneous text, > >> and then it will automatically start the printing process for your > >> browser. you'll see a dialog open, and controls allowing > you to choose > >> a printer, how many copies you want, etc. don't print, > just press the > >> escape key to close this dialog. > >> > >> finally, you're now in a web page that's the story, and > only the story, > >> that you want. you can go to the top to read it all, or > use control a > >> and control c to copy and paste it into an email. you may > have to trim > >> off the very bottom line of the page, which isn't part of > the story. > >> > >> hth, > >> > >> Chip > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> Chip Orange > >> Database Administrator > >> Florida Public Service Commission > >> > >> Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> (850) 413-6314 > >> > >> (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not > >> necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service > Commission.) > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darla J. Rogers > >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:56 PM > >>> To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> Subject: [tabi] 4 Resturants to Close in Tallahassee > >>> > >>> I still haven't figured out the Democrat's website, but > >>> several people I > >>> encountered today said 4 restaurants are closing, including > >>> Anthony's. Any > >>> light someone could shed on this? I'd sure hate to go out to > >>> dinner at a > >>> nonexistent restaurant. > >>> > >>> Darla & Seeing Eye Dog Roxy > >>> > >>> > >>> Darla J. Rogers, B.A., M.S. > >>> > >>> Skype ID." wildflower0628 > >>> "Today, I will search for my own truth and will allow > others to do the > >>> same. I will place value on my vision, as well as on the > vision of > >>> others. 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