[macvoiceover] Re: tip: determining where page breaks are in text edit:

  • From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:42:06 -0400

That never worked for me.  I just got dinged at (happens a lot, *grin*)
Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 3:38 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: tip: determining where page breaks are in
> text edit:
> 
> in other words, when you insert paeg breaks, you can go to the top of
> the document, interact with it and then lock the vo keys and use vo-fn-
> shift-up and down arrow.
> On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> 
> No. Can you say more?
> Donna
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 2:50 PM
> > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: tip: determining where page breaks are in
> > text edit:
> >
> > Out of curiosity, did you try using vo to look for your inserted page
> > breaks?
> >
> > On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> >
> > I think that's the thing I find most odd.  I only tested with two
> > different
> > documents, but it behaved differently in each.  The other thing I
> > noticed is
> > that I tried inserting page breaks directly while in Text Edit, and
> > when I
> > used FN-Shift arrow it just zoomed right past them like they weren't
> > even
> > there.
> > Donna
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> >> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 2:13 PM
> >> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: tip: determining where page breaks are
> in
> >> text edit:
> >>
> >> Perhaps but in that case, it wouldn't honor my page numbers.
> >>
> >> On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh, I think there's an explanation too.  As I said, I think TxtEdit
> > is
> >> using
> >> the pre-set page size rather than the breaks.
> >> Best,
> >> Donna
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> >>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> >>> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 2:03 PM
> >>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: tip: determining where page breaks are
> > in
> >>> text edit:
> >>>
> >>> in my doc file, it moved through hard pages.  I know becaue I
> > created
> >>> the document and know where the page breaks are.  I don't know how
> >>> this works over all because I didn't do extensive testing but I'm
> >> sure
> >>> there's an explanation.
> >>>
> >>> On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Be very careful with this.  On my Mac, it does not work as David
> >>> describes.
> >>>
> >>> David's option number 2 doesn't work at all.
> >>>
> >>> Option number 1, the non-VO option does work, but it doesn't move
> > you
> >>> according to page breaks.  In the RTF file I worked with, it moved
> > me
> >>> two
> >>> pages at a time.  In the Word Doc I tried this with, it seemed to
> >> move
> >>> about
> >>> one-and-a-half or one-and-a-quarter pages at a time.  My guess here
> >> is
> >>> that
> >>> it thinks it's moving by page, but it's gauging not according to
> >> where
> >>> page-breaks are, but rather according to the page size set in Text
> >>> Edit
> >>> preferences.
> >>> Best,
> >>> Donna
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-
> >>>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman
> >>>> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 11:34 AM
> >>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] tip: determining where page breaks are in
> >>> text
> >>>> edit:
> >>>>
> >>>> all;
> >>>>
> >>>> There are two ways to determine where a page break occurs in a
> >>>> document using text edit.  One is with and the other is without
> vo.
> >>>> 1> if you use a notebook, press fn-shift-down arrow to go from
> page
> >>> to
> >>>> hage.  This is the non vo approach.
> >>>> 2> using vo: press control-option-fn-shift-down arrow or lock the
> > vo
> >>>> keys and press fn-shift-down arrow.  both work like a charm.
> >>>>
> >>>> I tested this with a word .97 document.
> >>>>
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