[Njtechdiv] accessible formatting of documents

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Wed Sep 14 02:56:49 UTC 2016


There is a quicker way to add a heading, highlight the text then 
press alt-control-number, such as 1 for h1, 2 for h2 etc.  That is 
the numbers on the top row.

Dave

At 08:10 AM 9/13/2016, you wrote:
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>Okay.
>
>If you want to make text a heading level, do the following:
>1. Highlight the text
>2. Press ALT+H to open the Home tab
>3. Press L to open the Styles drop-down menu
>4. Press the left or right arrows until you find the style you want 
>(such as heading 1, heading 2, heading 3, etc.)
>
>My best technique so far in regards to adding ALT text to pictures 
>in Word is the following:
>1. Locate my cursor with my handheld Ruby magnifier
>2. Move the cursor to where the picture is located
>3. Right click on the picture
>4. Arrow up or down until you hear "Format Image" or something along 
>those lines
>5. Press CTRL+TAB until you hear ALT text
>6. Press the TAB key once to get into the edit field
>7. Type what you want as your ALT text
>8. Press the TAB key until you hear "OK" and press ENTER
>
>Someone might have a better suggestion for formatting pictures with 
>ALT text. Or there might not be a better one until the general 
>release of JAWS 18.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Brian A. Mackey
>
>Brian A. Mackey
>Owner, Mackey Enterprises, LLC
>Treasurer & Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
>609-953-6988
><mailto:Bmackey88 at gmail.com>Bmackey88 at gmail.com
>www.mackeyenterprisesllc.com
>
>"Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price 
>to make those dreams come true"
>       -Vince Papale
>
>
>
>From: Patricia Ebel [mailto:patriciaebel0302 at comcast.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 8:44 AM
>To: bmackey88 at gmail.com
>Subject: RE: accessible formatting of documents
>
>Word documents
>
>From: Brian Mackey [<mailto:bmackey88 at gmail.com>mailto:bmackey88 at gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 8:38 AM
>To: 'Patricia Ebel'
>Cc: NJTechDiv Listserv
>Subject: accessible formatting of documents
>
>Dear Trish,
>
>What type of documents are you referring to? Maybe that will help 
>determine what material to provide.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Brian A. Mackey
>
>Brian A. Mackey
>Owner, Mackey Enterprises, LLC
>Treasurer & Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
>609-953-6988
><mailto:Bmackey88 at gmail.com>Bmackey88 at gmail.com
>www.mackeyenterprisesllc.com
>
>"Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price 
>to make those dreams come true"
>       -Vince Papale
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