[nabs-l] Comments in ms word

[Cindy Bennett]

Yes, I am doing control-shift-apostrophe. It is so weird. JAWS says
there are no comments...Weird people using Microsoft for Mac. No
really, I wish it was accessible, but this is really interesting.

Cindy

On 1/31/13, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Cindy,
>
> JAWS should be able to read / announce the comments as you are moving
> through the document. When you reach a comment in the spot or selection
> that
> she put the comment, JAWS will say, "Has comment," and say the text. Then,
> you must navigate with control+right and control+left arrow word by word to
> find the comment. Then, when you reach the text that she put the comment
> on,
> JAWS should say something like: "Comment Reference colon Bla Bla Bla. By
> username."
> In addition, you can press Alt+Shift+apostrophe to get the "Reviewer's
> comments dialog" where you can see her comments in a listbox.
> Hope this helps you. Please let me know if you have further questions. You
> may reply directly to me if you wish: avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com.
>
> Have a nice day!
> Humberto
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Bennett
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:50 PM
> To: National Asociation of Blind Students
> Subject: [nabs-l] Comments in ms word
>
> Someone told me that they put comments on a ms word document on the
> margin of the document. I looked on the review tab and noticed that I
> was unable to view or move through comments which led me to believe
> that there were no comments in the document. Am I doing something
> wrong? I'm sure that JAWS help has directions for reading comments,
> but I don't think I'm searching with the right terms. Or, could there
> be a different type of comment? She is using Microsoft for Mac, but I
> assume that imbedded comments are the only way to comment in a
> document besides writing them within the document. Thoughts? I am
> using ms word 2010 and JAWS 13. Thanks.
>
> --
> Cindy Bennett
> Secretary: National Association of Blind Students
> Legislative Coordinator: National Federation of the Blind of Washington
>
> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
> clb5590 at gmail.com
>
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-- 
Cindy Bennett
Secretary: National Association of Blind Students
Legislative Coordinator: National Federation of the Blind of Washington

B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
clb5590 at gmail.com