[bksvol-discuss] Re: Reading the Proofreading Manual
- From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:02:18 -0500
Thanks. I'll try this.
On Jul 25, 2011, at 10:16 PM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> Maybe Jaws isn't reading page numbers because the book doesn't have any. I
> checked out a book the other day that didn't have any. It also had 65+
> extra page breaks, which I only know because I have a hard copy of the book
> here, by the way.
>
> I'll give you instructions to make Jaws announce page breaks as it passes
> them. Thank Larry, I think for the instructions. He has given them lots of
> times and I finally copied them to share when folks need them.
>
> Here are the instructions:
> To Make JAWS say "Page Break" in Word, you need to add the entry "page
> break" to your dictionary If you use word, do the following
> 1. open your document in word (any document will do for this).
> 2. do insert-d to open the dictionary manager.
> 3. There should already be a jaws word dictionary but jaws will ask to
> create the file if not.
> 4. space on the "add" button.
> 5. in the "actual word" field,type the backslash symbol and then 012
> unspaced from each other.
> 6. in the "what you want jaws to say" field, type "page break"
> 7. save with control-s and check in your document to see if page breaks are
> announced now.
>
>
> Hope that helps some!
>
> Let us know if it doesn't help, and keep asking questions! I know how
> frustrating things not working properly can be! We'll help!
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 6:58 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Reading the Proofreading Manual
>
> I am using Jaws 10.05 or something less than 11 or 12. It isn't readhing any
> information about going to new pages such as page numbers.
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2011, at 8:38 PM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:
>
>> Hi Cindy,
>>
>> If your netbook isn't reading page numbers, is it skipping any other
>> printed text on the page? Or do you mean that your screen reader
>> isn't announcing page breaks? If you need page breaks announced, what
>> screen reader do you use? We can't tell you how to have those
>> announced without knowing that first, or else we might, probably will,
>> given Murphy's law, give you instructions for the wrong screen reader.
>>
>> The symbol that you'd use in find and replace for a section break is
>> ^b The symbol that you'd use in find and replace for a page break is
>> ^m The symbol to type in find and replace for a paragraph mark is ^p
>>
>> I don't know how those things will help all on their own, but there
>> they are.
>>
>> Keep asking questions, and we'll help you out!
>>
>> Computers can be very frustrating when they aren't doing what we want
>> them to! I know this very very well!
>>
>> Mayrie
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 5:45 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Reading the Proofreading Manual
>>
>> I can't read the proofreading manual, and I need some really basic
>> information. 1) my stupid little NetBook doesn't read page numbers any
> more.
>> 2) I can't remember how to find whether there are page breaks,
>> paragraph breaks, section breaks. I am using MS Word 2003. I'm having
>> about the same luck I was having with TextEdit on the Mac.
>>
>> CL
>>
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