[GUI-Talk] Headings in word

[David Andrews]

When you make something a heading, just highlight the portion you 
want to be a heading, it works best on a separate line, then use the 
alt-control-number command to make it a heading. It should only use 
what you highlighted.

Dave

At 08:36 AM 10/3/2018, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm just wondering how to turn off a heading in ms word.
>
>I know I can make a heading by hitting alt control and the number of 
>the heading I want. The thing I noticed is that the entire paragraph 
>gets turned into the heading.
>
>I frequently read line by line, by using the down arrow. I am using 
>Jaws 18 with Windows 10. I find when I try to read an entire 
>paragraph sometimes I will miss an important detail, and have to use 
>the arrow keys anyway, and it ends up taking more time than if I 
>just read line by line.
>
>If the entire paragraph is marked as a heading then jaws will say 
>"heading level 1" or 2 or 3 etc, at the beginning of each line, 
>which I find annoying, distracting, and time consuming.
>
>I've been trying to make headings, where just the first line is 
>marked as a heading. If I make sure to separate out that section and 
>then mark it as a heading it works, but on a number of occasions I 
>have inadvertently turned a long passage into a heading.
>
>I tried hitting alt control and the number of the heading to toggle 
>the heading off, but that did not work. I also went to the place 
>where I wanted the heading to stop, and then hit enter, but the new 
>paragraph ends up with the same heading as it had before, and then I 
>have two paragraphs with the same heading.
>
>If anyone knows how to undo a heading selection I would appreciate 
>knowing how to do this. I tried looking it up online, but all I 
>found were examples using the ribbon and "clickin" on the clear 
>format button. How do I do this with hot keys.
>
>So far, I've had to exit the document without saving to undo the 
>mistake, and this is very time consuming, and has resulted in lost work.
>
>Kind regards,
>Ben