[stylist] Formatting

Donna Hill penatwork at epix.net
Sun Nov 9 04:04:39 UTC 2008 

Angela,
My thoughts precisely.  I'm old fashion, so I like my paragraphs 
indented.  For letters, I go back and left-align (control l) the date, 
greeting, salutation and contact info.  For manuscripts, I also go back 
and center the title/author lines.  One thing I have found with Jaws is 
that if you select by line using shift + down arrow, you often get more 
than just that line.  I hold down shift and use left arrow to unselect 
till I'm at the end of the line.
Donna

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Angela fowler wrote:
> Judith, on a long manuscript, wouldn't it be quicker to format the whole
> thing and them reformat the title? Selecting a long thing line by line can
> be tedious. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 6:09 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Formatting
>
> Donna, The one thing you didn't mention is that before you perform any
> action on the document in your edit field, the entire document that you want
> to perform the action on has to be selected.  When selecting, I would advise
> doing it under the title, by line and any introductory material in your
> manuscript.  Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
> To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 8:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Formatting
>
>
>   
>> Hi RJ
>> I use Jaws 9 & Word 2003.  In Word, the default format is 12 point, 
>> Times New Roman, single-spaced, aligned left.  You can determine the 
>> format of a document or passage by selecting it and then using the 
>> Jaws key (Insert on the calculator pad) and the letter "f."
>> If you want to change the format -- and I encourage you to use double 
>> spacing for your writing, as it is the standard for submissions -- you 
>> can use the format menu (alt + o).  The first thing on the menu is the 
>> Font dialog.  If you wish to change font type, style (bold, italic 
>> etc.), point size or color, press enter and use the tab key to move 
>> through the choices.
>> If you want to change the paragraph formatting, do alt + o, down arrow 
>> once to Paragraph and press enter.  The dialog opens on "Indents & 
>> Spacing page, Alignment: combo box which is set by default to "left."  
>> You can down arrow to choose "centered, right or justified."
>>
>> Next tab to Outline Level which is set to "Body Text."  The other 
>> choices are levels 1 through 9.  I've never used them; I assume 
>> they're for making outlines.
>>
>> The next two tabs are left and right edit spin boxes; by default they 
>> are both set to "0." I don't know what these are for.
>>
>> Next is one of the two most likely things you'll want to use, the 
>> "Special" combo box, which is set by default to "none."  This means 
>> that, when you press the Enter key to go to a new paragraph, there 
>> will be no indentation.  If you use this setting, you must either use 
>> a tab or and extra blank line to seperate the paragraphs.  If you down 
>> arrow, you will
>> find: "First line" which automatically indents the beginning of a new 
>> paragraph.  Down arrow again gets you to the "Hanging" indent, which I 
>> believe is used in outlines or lists where you number something and 
>> want the second line to fall directly under the beginning of the text 
>> rather than under the number/letter.
>>
>> The next tab says"By edit spin box," which refers to the amount of 
>> indent for the paragraph.  By default, wen "Special" is set to "None," 
>> this box is empty.  If you choose "First Line," this box automatically 
>> changes to
>> 0.5 inches.  You can use the arrow keys to select a different amount, 
>> if you choose, but I've never done it.
>>
>> The next two tabs are the Before & After edit spin boxes which are set 
>> to "0 PT" for both the Special" and "First" line choices, and I have 
>> no idea what they are for.
>>
>> Next, tab to the "Line Spacing" combo box, which is at "single" by 
>> default.  Down arrow through the choices: "1.5 lines, double, at 
>> least, exactly, multiple."  My sighted friends tell me that "at least" 
>> is a nice compromise for reading print for letters, since it is easier 
>> than single spacing, but doesn't leave the large amount of space that
>>     
> double leaves.
>   
>> Next there is something called "At" and then "Tabs."  After that are 
>> the OK and Cancel options.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Donna Hill
>>
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>>
>>
>> rjs059 at peoplepc.com wrote:
>>     
>>> What is this Pragraph formatting tool in word I keep hearing sighted 
>>> people talking about? This is a Jaws question. I was taught when 
>>> begainning a new paragraph, to use the tab key, however I was told by 
>>> a sight friend, that I needed to use this paragraphing tool. What are 
>>> they talking about? RJ 
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