[GUI-Talk] Headings in word

Rafal Charlampowicz rafalchar at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 10:33:39 UTC 2018


You can use it to change formatting of any text. For example it's
comfortable when you want to end the list. 
BTW, another fancy shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+l - it starts a list.

Raf
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GUI-Talk <gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ben Fulton via
> GUI-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 5:10 PM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Ben Fulton <bluezinfandel at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GUI-Talk] Headings in word
> 
> 
> Control shift N worked great, Thanks
> 
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 16:26:04 +0200
> From: "Rafal Charlampowicz" <rafalchar at gmail.com>
> To: "'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,	GUI Talk Mailing
> 	List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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-----
> > From: GUI-Talk <gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rasmussen,
> > Lloyd via GUI-Talk
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 4:09 PM
> > To: 'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'
> <gui-
> > talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: Rasmussen, Lloyd <lras at loc.gov>
> > 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
> > Washington, DC 20542   202-707-0535
> > http://www.loc.gov/nls/
> > The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those
> > of
> the
> > Library of Congress, NLS.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: GUI-Talk <gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ben Fulton
> > via GUI-Talk
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 9:37 AM
> > To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> > 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
> 
> 
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