[nabs-l] word ribbons

[Ashley Bramlett]

Arielle,
Okay, I'll try space bar.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Arielle Silverman
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:57 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] word ribbons

I believe you can handle split buttons and group boxes the same way,
by pressing the space bar and arrowing down to the choice you want.
Now, a question: Does JAWS 11 have the virtual ribbon and if so, how
do you activate it?
Arielle

On 2/21/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Getting around the ribbons is definitely more time consuming.
> I arrow to the lower tab and then tab to see my options. But how do  I see
> my options. Jaws says
> things like split button, group box and button drop down.
> How do I use these features? IS there a  faster way than using the ribbon?
> If not, how do I see all options? For a split button, usually space bar 
> lets
> me see options and I arrow to the choices.
> These are what I was trying to use.
>
> line and paragraph spacing
> paragraph button, or the paragraph dialogue box
> increase and decrease indent buttons
> font color button
> styles group
> borders button
> shading button
>
> Thanks for any pointers! I’ll need some of this for papers and my I T 
> class.
> They don’t know how to tell me with the keyboard.
>
> Ashley
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