Re: [orca-list] Reading with Orca in Open Office

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi James:

> 1. When typing in Writer, I am unable to read the first line by pressing 
> the Up arrow. If I press return at the beginning of the line I can then 
> read it. Does anyone know why this might be?

Orca tells you when the caret changes position.  When you're entering 
the very first line and press up arrow, the caret doesn't change because 
you are on the top line and there's nothing above it.  By pressing 
return, you move the caret to a new line and pressing up will take you 
to the first line, moving the caret.

> 2. How can I get in and out of the footnote's section with Orca please. 
> I am able to create a footnote but I cannot seem to escape that section 
> of the document after it's been created.

Ctrl+PageDown should toggle you between the two.  OOo has a "Keyboard" 
tab you can get to by selecting the "Tools->Customize" option.  In 
there, you can find all sorts of interesting keystrokes for OOo.

Hope this helps!

Will