[blindlaw] reading power point slides

[Ross Doerr]

Yes there is a way to read Power Point slides with Jaws -- I give 
presentations with PPT all the time and it works.
In general, if you tap the F5 key, that will begin the slide show, and each 
time you tap the spacebar it should take you to the next slide.
When a slide is open, you should be able to read the text on the screen 
using the standard JAWS navigation keys.
Having said this, if there are pictures in the slide, or if someone got a 
bit carried away using tyext boxes, you may have a bit of a problem reading 
them.
Another way to read what is in the slides is to simply pull the slide show 
up, but do not "start it" - arrow to the slide you want to read, and then 
tap the enter key - this will open the slide up for editing. Don't edit 
anything, while you are in it, but you can now use the Keys to read what is 
in the slide.
Caution - the version of Power point you use may have different ways to 
access the slides, so you may need to adjust what you do according to what 
you find on the screen That is the "hidden treasure" factor.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Gilmore" <m_b_gilmore at yahoo.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 7:36 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] reading power point slides


> Is there any way to read power point slides with JAWS? When I open a group 
> of slides, it'll tell me how many slides there are and I can use down 
> arrow to hear the titles. Is there any way to read them that saves 
> printing them out and scanning them?
>
> Thanks.
>
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