[bksvol-discuss] Re: JAWS Question About Spellcheck
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:20:22 -0700
Christina:
Today's a little hectic for me, so, if you're gonna be home tomorrow,
say about 2 pm your time, that might be better. Here is 1 thing I'd
like u 2 do:
1) Open word, then go to tools, then options, (press alt t, then o);
2) Ctrl tab till u hear it say spelling & grammar;
3) Make sure the option to check spelling as u type is off, also make
sure grammar check is off.
Let's see if that helps.
If things free up a little for me today, I'll log into the classroom,
so if u just wanna hang out there while you're doin' other stuff, we
might be able to catch each other, but no promises.
On 7/3/08, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Jackie.
> I'm just telling you what JAWS told me.
> *Smile* The spellcheck reads everything it's supposed to in a .doc though.
>
> I'd love to talk to someone about this in person. Is there a specific time
> I should log on to the Friends of Bookshare Chatroom?
> Thanks.
> Christina
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:11 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: JAWS Question About Spellcheck
>
>
>> Christina, I hate to dispute what you're saying, but the red & white
>> highlight of the spellcheck is the same for both rtf & word documents,
>> else there would be no differentiation between the highlighted word &
>> the surrounding text, which is also black on white.
>>
>> If u can't get this working on your own, perhaps a trip to the friends
>> of bookshare community or classroom tomorrow would be in order.
>>
>> On 7/2/08, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi, Jackie.
>>> I tried that and it did not work.
>>> It will read the suggestions when I tab over but it won't spell the
>>> misspelled word.
>>> When I followed your instructions in a regular .doc document it told me
>>> that
>>> I was using red on white and, when I checked the colors in an RTF file,
>>> JAWS
>>> told me I was using black on white. Not sure if this makes a difference
>>> or
>>> not.
>>> Do you have any other suggestions?
>>> Thank you for your help so far. I threw a fit when I got an "I don't
>>> know.
>>> Just update to JAWS 9" from the tech support guy.
>>> Christina
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:55 PM
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: JAWS Question About Spellcheck
>>>
>>>
>>>> O, Lord, I cannot believe that! O, well, yeah, maybe I can--never mind.
>>>>
>>>> I think you'll find the solution may be as simple as making a custom
>>>> highlight. Here's how to do that.
>>>> 1) open a blank document in word;
>>>> 2) Put in 1 deliberately misspelled word, e.g., fatige instead of
>>>> fatigue;
>>>> 3) Open the spell checker (f7);
>>>> 4) It'll flag fatige--activate your jaws cursor, either by pressing
>>>> numpad dash on a desktop or jawsKey p if using a laptop, route the
>>>> jaws cursor to the pc cursor, & press home;
>>>> 5) Press ctrl jaws key h (usually insert if using a desktop, often
>>>> capslock if on a laptop);
>>>> 6) Press enter to clear the dialog, usually 3 times;
>>>>
>>>> This will make the color used by the spellchecker highlighted, & it'll
>>>> speak from now on. Let us know if that works/not for u.
>>>>
>>>> On 7/2/08, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Hello, all.
>>>>> Today I am looking for help with JAWS. I am using Microsoft Word 2003
>>>>> and
>>>>> JAWS 7.1.500. When I try to spellcheck an RTF document, JAWS tells me
>>>>> the
>>>>> nature of the problem. For example, it will say "Fragment" or "not in
>>>>> dictionary." But, it will not actually read me the fragment or the
>>>>> misspelled word. The spellcheck works just fine in .doc documents. I
>>>>> called JAWS tech support and they told me to upgrade to JAWS 9, which I
>>>>> don't want to do because it doesn't have the Legacy Support internet
>>>>> setting.
>>>>> Are there any settings that you all know of that I can change so that I
>>>>> can
>>>>> use spellcheck more conveniently with the version of JAWS that I have?
>>>>> I didn't have this problem a couple of weeks ago, which was the last
>>>>> time
>>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>> spellchecked an RTF document. Since then, the only change to my
>>>>> computer
>>>>> was an update to my Microsoft XP; I updated to Service Pack 3. If that
>>>>> caused it, do you know of any workarounds?
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> Christina *Who seems to be technically challenged*
>>>>>
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