[jaws-uk] Re: A Chemical Question
- From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:06:45 +0100
The characters for one quarter, one half and three quarters exist within
most fonts, and these can be entered by typing 1 slash 4, 1 slash 2 and
3 slash 4 respectively. As soon as you press any other key after
entering any of these, the three characters are replaced with the
correct single character.
If this doesn't work on your PC it is because a default setting has been
changed. To change it back, open the Tools menu and choose AutoCorrect.
Press Control + Tab to move to the second page of this multi page
dialogue, and then Tab to a checkbox with a label beginning with the
word Fractions. Press SpaceBar to check it and then Enter to close the
dialogue, and you should find you can enter these fractions.
I'm not aware of a way to enter any other fractions in the same way.
The nearest you can come to getting them in a document so that they look
right is to put the first number in superscript and the second in
subscript. On the Font dialogue, the shortcut for toggling the
supercript checkbox is Alt + P. The result will look okay to a sighted
user, but it will still comprise three characters and JAWS will read it
as such - it might even mistake it for a date so that 1/8 may be read as
August 1st!
I think there are some maths packages which will allow you to create
fractions as single characters that can then be pasted into a Word
document, but I don't think JAWS would deal with these very well.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Roger Fordham
Sent: Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:41
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: A Chemical Question
Hi,
Thanks. I have one follow-up question too. Is it possible to right
fractions in Word 2k, and if so, how.
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shirley and Bob Gould" <gould.elmley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:23 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: A Chemical Question
> Hi Steve
> This is interesting and I tried out your short-cut keys for obtaining
> sub-script characters. It worked fine except I found that in order to
> return to normal characters I had to highlight from the next character
> after the one just sub-scripted to end of document , otherwise just
> unsetting the option in format didn't change the following text.
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:57 PM
> Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: A Chemical Question
>
>
>> Roger,
>>
>> The 2 of a chemical formula like C O 2 should be in subscript. The
>> quickest way to do this is type the C and O and then press Control +
D
>> to open the Font dialogue and press Alt + B to toggle the subscript
>> checkbox on. Press Enter to close the dialogue and type the number 2.
>> Then repeat the process, Control + D to open the dialogue, Alt + B to
>> toggle the subscript setting off, Enter to close the dialogue and
you're
>> back in your document and ready for the next bit!
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Roger Fordham
>> Sent: Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:27
>> To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jaws-uk] A Chemical Question
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> In a document in Word, I've got to write a couple of chemical
formulas,
>> like, C O 2. Can anyone tell me how this is correctly done?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>> Roger@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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