[macvoiceover] Re: formatting in pages or text edit
- From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:24:51 -0500
Interesting…I just tried doing as you suggested and that does not work for me.
When I do VO J I just hear Edit Text and when I use the item chooser, I have
nothing in there that let’s me bullet selected items. I’m intrigued. *Grin.
Nicole
On Jan 30, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> First off, are you using the new Pages released with Mavericks? It behaves
> slightly differently that Pages 09. And by slightly I guess I mean radically.
>
> For Pages 09 you can select text and activate the Inspector. There is a hot
> key but I can’t remember it and it’s not the same in new Pages. It’s in the
> view menu though I think. It’s something like command shift I. Once in the
> inspector you can Vo arrow around to the different elements.
>
> For new Pages, maybe we should call it Pages The Next Generation, you select
> text and jump to a formatter area with VO J, or you can stop interacting and
> VO arrow to it. It works pretty much the same as the inspector. There are
> different areas for styles and text etc. Most or your formatting will be done
> inthe text tab.
>
> One thing I’ve found by trial and error is that command A to select all
> toesn’t let you format an entire document. The formatting just dosen’t take.
> I’ve found that I need to go to the bottom and do a command shift up arrow to
> select to the top of the document and then use the formatter.
>
> When you’re done formatting you VO J to get back to your document area.
>
> One other thing, I’ve found the VO I item chooser to be my friend in the
> formatter, saving a bunch of arrow navigating. If I’m bullet pointing a list
> after the fact I’l select it, jump to the formatter and then VO I for the
> item chooser then hit bu and jump to the bullets section.
>
> Apparently in the latest update of Pages The Next Generation you can set hot
> keys for styles, but I havn’e checked that out yet. Anyone have a go with it
> yet?
>
> Ian
>
> On Jan 30, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>> I am having much difficulty with formatting documents. I’ve been given
>> resumes by people to look over and when I make any kind of edits or changes
>> to the documents (This isn’t just resumes), and send them back I’m always
>> told that the original formatting is off or the fonts are two different
>> sizes. Any way I can fix this? I don’t really know how to use any formatting
>> on the Mac, but I was good at it with MS Word.
>>
>> Nicole>
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