[blindlaw] Track changes via JAWS

[Tim Elder]

It is in the ribbon.


-----Original Message-----
From: Tai Tomasi [mailto:TTomasi at driowa.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:07 AM
To: tim at timeldermusic.com; Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Track changes via JAWS

What is the keystroke for toggling the view? 

Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
Staff Attorney
Disability Rights Iowa
Email: ttomasi at driowa.org
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.

> On Mar 15, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Tim Elder via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> I regularly toggle the track change view between final showing mark-up 
> and final.  This process helps you sort out some of the complexity 
> when reviewing track changes.  There is also a JAWS quick nav key to 
> navigate directly to a track change edit.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelby Carlson [mailto:kelbycarlson at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 8:43 AM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Track changes via JAWS
> 
> The Windows key moves to the start menu.  Do you use it in conjunction 
> with something else?
> 
> I have similar issues with using track changes.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Webb via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> To: "'Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org Date sent: Mon, 14 
> Mar
> 2016 10:30:42 -0500
> Subject: [blindlaw] Track changes via JAWS
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I know this topic comes up from time to time, but I'm wondering if 
> anyone can provide any guidance on effective use of the redlining 
> feature with track changes turned on in a MS Word document, in 
> combination with JAWS? I find that I have a rudimentary command of the 
> track changes feature, and that I have no problems navigating among 
> and reading comments posted in balloons within the text.  What I have 
> trouble with is reviewing redline revisions, where people mark 
> specific blocks of text for deletion or replacement.  Even though I'm 
> able to navigate from revision to revision within the text, I often 
> find it disorienting to locate what particular text has been marked for
deletion, and what it has been replaced by.
> Am I missing
> something fundamental, or does anyone else struggle with this as well?
> 
> 
> 
> Just to avoid rehash, or perhaps because it may be instructive to some 
> on the list, here are the commands that I know and which constitute my 
> repertoire as far as track changes for now:
> 
> 
> 
> Control Shift E - Toggles track changes on and off
> 
> Quick keys (JAWS key plus Z) - M to move to the next comment, R to 
> move to the next revision
> 
> Windows key; - Provides lists of all comments, footnotes, endnotes and 
> revisions
> 
> Alt R A - Accept revision
> 
> Alt R J - Reject revision
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Beyond this, if anyone has any guidance to help me master and make 
> more effective use of redlining, or can point me to any articles or 
> online resources that are helpful, I'd be most grateful.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
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