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

[Cindy]

Yes, this does make sense. And I'm sure it will make more sense once I try it. If I have any other questions I will let you know. If anyone else has other suggestions, please share them.

Cindy Bennett

Secretary: National Association of Blind Students

B.A. Psychology: UNC Wilmington
clb5590 at gmail.com
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> On Feb 19, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, the great thing is that it gives you the comment in context,
> with the initials of the person who wrote it.
> So once you do N or shift N you can read the line per usual, and the
> comment will be read rightt where it was inserted.
> Make sense?
> Mary F
> 
>> On 2/19/14, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>>> Mary Fernandez
>>> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
>>> forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
>>> feel."
>>> --
>>> Maya Angelou
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>> Cindy Bennett
>> Secretary: National Association of Blind Students
>> 
>> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>> 
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> 
> -- 
> Mary Fernandez
> "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
> forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
> feel."
> --
> Maya Angelou
> 
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