[nabs-l] word ribbons

[David Andrews]

Those names tell you what kinds of controls they 
are -- which in turn gives you hints as to how to 
use them.  The JAWS documentation can probably 
give you better specifics then I could though.

Dave

At 06:01 PM 2/21/2012, you 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