Ian, I would rule out a setting issue in this case especially since it does work but does not some times. I would try two things. 1 turn voiceover off then on again to refresh it. 2 switch windows briefly and make sure the edit field is in focus. Sent from my iPhone 4S! On Mar 21, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Brian, > > I was in Text Edit when the page up and down commands stopped working. I was > simultaneously working in Pages, and it worked fine there. Then it started > working in some documents in Text edit and not in others. That's why I > wondered about a setting issue. > > Thoughts? > > Ian > > On 2012-03-21, at 5:35 PM, Bryan Duarte wrote: > >> Ian we all go through this. The page up and page down commands are set to >> work in apps like word processors i.e Pages and Text Editor. For Safari >> there are other methods of navigation. If in something like iTunes scrolling >> through somgs try different things like first character navigation and hit >> or miss with paging up or down. >> >> Sent from my iPhone 4S! >> >> On Mar 21, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Oh wise list, please enlighten me, how come sometimes my standard >>> navigation keys like page up and page down work, and sometimes they just go >>> bing without oving anything? Likewise, my VoiceOver navigation sometimes >>> moves things around, say in Text Edit, and sometimes just goes bing. I try >>> interacting and not interacting. >>> >>> Ok, just to be clear, on my MacBook Air I press FN command option up arrow, >>> which keyboard helper tells me is to move the VoiceOver curosr up one page, >>> but it goes bing and nothing happens. Sometimes it actually does it, and I >>> can't tell the difference. All my cursor tracking it set to track each >>> other. >>> >>> Ian> >>>> 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 >