[nabs-l] Using Comments in MS Word 2010 and JAWS 15

[Cindy Bennett]

Hi Mary,

Yes, this is very helpful! When you press n, can you read the text
around a comment? Can you know exactly which text the comment is
referring to?

Thanks,

Cindy

On 2/19/14, Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cindy,
> As to your first question, after learning about Jaws quick keys in
> Word, I've actually grown to love comments. Seriously!
> Do Insert+Z, and if you press N it will take you to the next comments.
> Shift +N does previous comment. You can navigate footnotes, )O)
> revisions (r), and a few other features this way. Also, if you have
> tracked changes on, I always view the documents in final, no mark ups,
> view, so Jaws doesn't announce every deletion and insertion.
> Hope that helps.
> Mary F
>
> On 2/19/14, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a project where I must use a plethora of comments to code text
>> in a word document. The most efficient way for me to do this is by
>> inserting comments. I know that I can select text and insert a
>> comment. However, how can I view a list of comments? Does the selected
>> text appear beside the comment in the list that I pull up? Is there
>> anything else helpful to know about comments? In my experience, they
>> seem annoying and I much prefer parenthetical inline text. However, I
>> have to use so many codes for this data that it would cut up the flow
>> of the document significantly, and it is easier for my teammates to
>> use comments. So I'll take any suggestions.
>>
>> My other question is about searching for information regarding using
>> JAWS with an application. For some reason, I seem to have a difficult
>> time using the proper search terms to get what I want. I can solve 99%
>> of my problems by Googling the answer. For some reason, I can try
>> multiple phrases having to do with JAWS 15 and whatever application I
>> need assistance with such as ms word 2010 and comments, and I have a
>> very hard time finding info on the web. If anyone has good,
>> comprehensive web pages, that would be great. I'm sure Freedom
>> Scientific has helpful web pages, and that I can of course look at a
>> JAWS manual. I have just found that clicking through a ton of pages is
>> not efficient, and I would love to bookmark a few good resources.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Cindy Bennett
>> Secretary: National Association of Blind Students
>>
>> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>>
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Cindy Bennett
Secretary: National Association of Blind Students

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