Contextual Services. How to activate them?

[Germwise]

So I upgraded to SL. I did a fresh leopard install right before doing my SL upgrade so that I would have a fresh OS.

I'm excited about contextual services such as right clicking, convert to spoken word etc etc.

Well I go right click some text and nada.

I right click some pictures and nada.

do I have to activate this feature? I've even made my own service with automator and it doesn't pop up either.

--Marcelo

 

[Germwise]

I found my answer for anyone interested.

I was under the impression that contextual services would be permeated throughout all programs since it is the OS architecture that takes care of it.

It turns out that contextual services are dependent on each software.

SO Services menus do not work on:

Firefox
Microsoft 2008 suite.



You guys may add to this list as they come up. This is rather disappointing.

 

[rdowns]

You can create your own services.

http://www.macworld.com/article/142419/2009/08/snowleopardservices.html

http://www.macworld.com/article/142601/2009/09/makeaservice.html

 

[Brammy]

You can create your own services.

http://www.macworld.com/article/142419/2009/08/snowleopardservices.html

http://www.macworld.com/article/142601/2009/09/makeaservice.html

Yeah, but in Office 2008, only the "general" services show up. If I select a block of text in Word, I don't get the text-based services.

 

[Kate.]

Yeah, but in Office 2008, only the "general" services show up. If I select a block of text in Word, I don't get the text-based services.

The services work in cocoa applications. Firefox and Office aren't cocoa apps.

 

[Brammy]

The services work in cocoa applications. Firefox and Office aren't cocoa apps.

right. But I was disputing "you can create your own services" as a solution.