RE: Text Editors that work best with Jaws?
- From: Adrian Spratt <Adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:16:28 -0400
Brandon,
I'm going to leave it to others to make suggestions in response to your
specific MS Word questions, since I use another word processor, but a few
thoughts.
Your third concern is about fonts. Undoubtedly the cause is that you are
copying quotations from other sources, such as the Internet. It is important
to clean up any copied passage before pasting it into a Word document. The
program I use is Text Monkey, available at
www.jfwlite.com
I don't know which OS you're using. Text Monkey works on XP. I can't speak
for later operating systems.
As discussed in a previous exchange, Notepad will also strip out codes,
including formatting controls. You might use that application for your
initial paste, then copy the result into your Word document.
for your second concern, open MS word and then look through your insert-v
options.
Some of your points are confusing to me. In your fifth, are you asking about
a template or how to insert works cited within a document so that JAWS will
read it during, for example, say all?
In your seventh point, what exactly are you looking for JAWS to report? I
know I'm at the end of a document when the status line (JAWS key-3) tells me
the page and line number that matches the number for the entire document.
I'm at a loss to answer your ninth point. A double asterisk always works for
me. Could it be that your annotation appears in a different format that
confuses either Word or JAWS? I sometimes encounter something like that.
Finally, I think you need to clarify your tenth point. You talk about the
document name changing while switching between documents. Can you explain
step by step what occurs?
_____
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Brandon Keith
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 11:08 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Text Editors that work best with Jaws?
I'm using word 2003.
I'm also wondering if there is any way to get rid of a few problems I've
been having.
First:
in word when I copy and paste a word that is misspelled word freezes up.
Second:
When I copy WebPages or emails into word I have to remember to do that paste
special and even then http links don't work always. Is there a way so ctrl V
always does paste unformatted text in word? (I never have ever needed
formatted text).
Third:
I'm told that sometimes my papers are at least 5 different fonts and sizes.
I'm wondering if there is any way to easily fix this without removing say
the MLA formatted titles or page numbers?
Fourth:
Are there any settings that should be on in word for writing MLA?
Fifth:
where is the best place to make a works sited page done that is very
accessible with Jaws?
Sixth:
is there any way to jump to headings in a word document?
seventh:
sometimes my word doesn't read the last line on the page when I'm writing
and alt tabbing through different windows. When I arrow up it takes like a
second before it starts reading and then when I hit ctrl end I can't confirm
I'm actually at the end of the document.
eighth:
is there any way to easily navigate an e-text book in Word? Jump to pages or
find out what page of the book you are on without having to arrow through
the pages hoping the page numbers are actually there?
And if there are 7 different 34s in the book it can be really hard to find
out which number is the actual page, especially if all of them are at the
end of the lines.
ninth:
Has anyone been able to find a way to efficiently annotate books in a word
document? I've used cymbals such as *~* to mark quotes, but on the find it
doesn't always read the quote it's marking when I go through them.
Tenth:
Does anyone know how to tern off the function that replaces a document's
name in the save feature? If I go over another document when I'm trying to
save something the name I have already typed in the title field gets
changed. I hate this the most about my computer atm... So if this could be
fixed it would be a godsend!
Sorry for all the questions, I've just been thrashing walls trying to answer
many of these questions for the last 3 years and never have found the
answers Sad smile emoticon.
Thank you,
Brandon Keith
Check out
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brandonkeithcom
Also add me on facebook!
brandonkeith
From: Yadiel Sotomayor <mailto:yadosotomayor@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 7:35 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Text Editors that work best with Jaws?
Didn't knw that bit of paste special. I will remember that for next time.
Yadiel
From: Robert Logue <mailto:bobcat11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 10:03 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Text Editors that work best with Jaws?
http://www.jarte.com/
Jarte has a nice spell checker but not a thesaurus. However, you can press
control+d on a word to go to the wordweb entry for that word.
Jarte detects screen readers and configures it's interface for blind users.
There is a free version and a low cost paid version. I used the free one
for a long time. Check it out.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Brandon Keith <mailto:brandonboy13@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 7:00 PM
Subject: Text Editors that work best with Jaws?
Hello,
I was told and found that Notepad works way better with Jaws than Word does.
But I'm writing papers and whatnot in Notepad, but there is no thesaurus and
I don't believe any spellchecker.
Is there any way to beef up Notepad? Or are there any other text editors
that have the features of word?
Thank you,
Brandon Keith
Check out
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brandonkeithcom
Also add me on facebook!
brandonkeith
_____
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 9.0.864 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3226 - Release Date: 10/29/10
12:34:00
Other related posts:
