[GUI-Talk] Headings in word

[Ben Fulton]

Control shift N worked great, Thanks

Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:26:04 +0200
From: "Rafal Charlampowicz" <rafalchar at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [GUI-Talk] Headings in word
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It's enough to select the line or lines with Shift+Down arrow and then, as you wrote, use Ctrl+Shift+n

Raf


> -----Original Message-----
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> Lloyd via GUI-Talk
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> Subject: Re: [GUI-Talk] Headings in word
> 
> You could change the format of the paragraph to "normal text" and then
mark
> the line that should be a heading. I think that the shortcut key is
ctrl-shift-N.
> This might not be the same font as your other body text; you should 
> check this.
> When you want to create a multi-line heading and determine where the 
> line breaks will occur, shift-Enter creates a line break.
> 
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer National Library Service for 
> the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library
of
> Congress
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> via GUI-Talk
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> Cc: Ben Fulton <bluezinfandel at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [GUI-Talk] Headings in word
> 
> 
> 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