But everything is not just fine if you have to type multi-line addresses in a letter. You will get double spacing between the name line, street address line and city/state/zip line every time you hit Enter to type the next line of the address. That's certainly no way to format a letter. The only solution is to change the default line spacing between paragraphs to single spacing, which shouldn't even be necessary. I guess MS believes its customers never use Word 2007 to type letters. Truly asinine.
Gerald----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:50 PM Subject: RE: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007
Well, in my 2007 it defalted to single spacing but does add an extra linefor a paragraph, only hit inter when you want a new paragraph, or to start anumbered or bulleted list and everything is just fine. Rose Combs rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:31 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007Because of the quirky line spacing defaults in Word 2007, the Letter Wizardwould certainly come in handy. In Word 2003 and earlier, line spacing is defaulted to single spacing, so that whenever you hit Enter to skip to the next line, you skip only one line. But in Word 2007, whenever you hit Enter, you skip two lines by default. So when you type each line of areturn or delivery address in a letter, you get double spacing between eachline, which is definitely not what you want. The first time I composed a letter with Word 2007, I was totally unaware of this quirk until a sighted family member proofreading my letter pointed out to me that the addresses were double spaced instead of single spaced as I had expected them to be. Because when I proof read my letter with the JAWS Say All command,JAWS didnot announce the blank lines between each line in the addresses, so I had noway of knowing . The Letter Wizard eliminates the need to worry about line spacing because it automatically creates the correct spacing. And changingthe default line spacing in Word 2007 is not as simple as it could be. In fact, my computer crashed twice when I tried to select Classic Word 2003 spacing to fix the problem. Using Word 2007 is just a lot of aggravation and frustration. Gerald----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Alternative Word-2003 menus for Word 2007As someone who has never used the magical letter wizard, what does it do that is so time-saving? Whether I'm writing full block style, semiblock, personal etc. it's a matter of do I hit tab or not at the start of paragraphs, do I want things double- or single-spaced, and other simple decisions. If the wizard is just a form that prompts you for address, salutation etc. that sounds like it would only be useful if you had never been told how a letter is formatted for a given situation. Chris -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact thelist owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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