[nabs-l] reading comments in a paper

Tue Nov 3 03:44:56 UTC 2015

Abby 
What version of Microsoft wordare you using?
The comments feature is a great tool, and there are some awesome shortcuts that are useful.

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> On Nov 2, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Abby Bolling via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> the biggest problem I seem to be having is that Jaws will lock up on me and not read anything in the paper at all. I can get it to read some comments if I go to the top of the file and do an insert down arrow, but that's it.
> I can't edit or do anything like that
> 
>> On 11/2/2015 2:46 PM, Jordy Stringer via nabs-l wrote:
>> Salutations, I hope this message finds you well.
>> You can find shortcuts like the ones below by pressing Insert + H from
>> within an application.
>> Best,
>> 
>> Set Quick Settings JAWSKey+V
>> Say the current field  Control+JAWSKey+NumPad5
>> Say the line and column of the caret  JAWSKey+Delete
>> Toggle the writing mode from Insert to Overtype  Alt+Control+I
>> Say the first cell in the current column  Insert+Space, T, Alt+1
>> Say the first cell in the current row  Insert+Space, T, Alt+5
>> Close the office assistant (Office 2003 and older)  Control+JAWSKey+F4
>> Say the version of MS Word being used  Control+JAWSKey+V
>> Move the focus to the first form field  Control+JAWSKey+Home
>> List fields  JAWSKey+F5
>> List tables  control+JAWSKey+t
>> List words marked as misspelled  Alt+Shift+L
>> List grammatical errors  JAWSKey+Shift+G
>> List document revisions  JAWSKey+Shift+R
>> List bookmarks  ALT+JAWSKey+B
>> List objects such as clipart  and textboxes Control+Shift+O
>> List reviewers' comments  Control+Shift+apostrophe
>> List document footnotes  JAWSKey+Shift+f
>> List document end notes  JAWSKey+Shift+e
>> List headings in the current document  JAWSKEY+F6
>> List hyperlinks in the current document  JAWSKey+f7
>> List ms word short cut keys  JAWSKey+W
>> Describe the border around the active cell, table, paragraph or section
>> Alt+Shift+B
>> Convert all drawing layer objects to text layer objects  Alt+Shift+C
>> Say the column title for the current cell  JAWSKey+Alt+Shift+C
>> Say the row title for the current cell  JAWSKey+Alt+Shift+R
>> Say the current table column Alt+Windows+Period
>> Say the current table row Alt+Windows+Comma
>> Move to and say the prior table column Windows+Alt+LeftArrow
>> Move to and say the next table column Windows+Alt+RightArrow
>> Move to and say the prior table row Windows+Alt+UpArrow
>> Move to and say the next table row Windows+Alt+DownArrow
>> Announce the detected language  CONTROL+ALT+a
>> Announce the comment referenced at the cursor location  Alt+Shift+Apostrophe
>> Announce the footnote or endnote referenced at the cursor location
>> Alt+Shift+e
>> Announce the revision referenced at the cursor location  CONTROL+JAWSKEY+R
>> Toggle revision detection on/off when document is in original or final view
>> without showing markup  JAWSKEY+ALT+r.
>> Show comments, footnotes, endnotes, or revisions in virtual viewer
>> Windows+Semicolon.
>> Switch between open panes and the main document text  F6
>> Mark place in the current document  Control+Windows+k.
>> Return to the marked place in the current document  Alt+Windows+k.
>> Select text between the marked place and the current position in the current
>> document  Insert+Space, M.
>> 
>> List smart tags in this document  JAWSKey+Alt+Shift+S
>> Show Smart Tag Actions menu  JAWSKey+Control+Alt+S
>> 
>> For Office 2003:
>> If F1 is pressed for Help, press F6 to move between the Task Pane and the
>> document window.
>> Press ESCAPE to close this message.
>> 
>> Jordy D. Stringer, Treasurer, Blind Vision United
>> Phone: 317-629-4639
>> E-mail: jordystringer83 at gmail.com
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>> them, and strong enough to correct them." John C. Maxwell
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Abby Bolling
>> via nabs-l
>> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 2:05 PM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Abby Bolling
>> Subject: [nabs-l] reading comments in a paper
>> 
>> Hi there.
>> I turned a paper into my english professor, and he emailed it back to me. He
>> used the comments feature in MS word to write in the paper, but my jaws
>> doesn't like it.
>> Has anyone ever had to deal with the comments part of MS word? If so, how
>> did you resolve it?
>> How did it work, and if not, what are your suggestions to help me figure out
>> an alternative way of receiving my professors comments?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Abby
>> 
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