[jaws-uk] Re: marking up word documents
- From: "Jamie Cuthbertson" <jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:53:55 -0000
Graham,
As an extra to what Chris and Phil have already said, I think, particularly
if you are working with a scanned document, it is worth making sure that the
whole document is converted to 'Normal' style before going through it to put
in the heading levels - it just cuts down on possible areas of aggro later
on.
Which method are you planning to use for the conversion to the DAISY format?
I'm kind of assuming that it might be the Dolphin Producer or the new
Microsoft Save as DAISY feature on a beta version? Just idle curiosity on
my part. If it's the Microsoft tool, I'd be interested to hear how well it
works - off line might be best at 'jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx'.
Depending on the conversion tool that you are using, you should be aware
that, if you use outline numbering as part of your text styles, in Dolphin
Producer the outline numbering will be lost when converted to DAISY format.
Because of this, if the numbering is important, you may find it best to type
these in manually when creating the document rather than using the outline
numbering feature. If numbering is not an issue, please ignore this last
paragraph.
Nearly finished....If you are using Dolphin Producer, and you have version
1.5 or newer, in addition to the heading levels it should now be possible to
put Alt text on images and have that taken through to the DAISY version for
using with one of the DAISY software players.
Hope this all makes some sense.
Cheers,
Jamie
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Graham Page
Sent: 29 January 2008 11:34
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] marking up word documents
Hi all.
I have a scanned word document that I want to prepare as a Daisy book and
want to know about the best way to check it in JAWS. I am using Office 2003
I know I can insert headings at the appropriate level by selecting the text
I want the heading applied to and pressing alt control and the relevant
number e.g. alt control 3 for heading 3 and I can then test to make sure
that format has been applied by pressing insert f.
This is fine for individual headings but is there then a way of quickly
moving through the document, heading to heading, and finding out what the
headings are and at what level they have been set? I know there are quick
navigation keys I can use in word with JAWS but I need to examine this more
closely as I don't know how to use them yet. I just wondered if I am on the
right track here and whether anyone with experience of this could give me a
few quick pointers in the right direction.
In summary, I am happy enough with the concept of using headings and the
different levels of headings, it is just a question of finding the most
efficient way of marking up and checking the document.
Cheers
graham
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