The "link to previous" button that unlinks sections is in the Navigation group of the Design tab when you're in the footer field. It's straight after "previous" and "next" in the tab sequence. JAWS reads it correctly and indicates whether it is checked.
I think you probably have corrupt files somewhere on your system, or an outdated version of Microsoft Word 2016. If you don't have any luck in tracking down the issue, try contacting whoever can provide you with either Microsoft technical support or JAWS technical support. Jean Menzies <jemenz...@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > I have now upgraded to Jaws 18, but I am not getting the results you get. I > can get to the footer area in both ways as you describe. Once in the footer > edit area, text is not spoken as I type, and nothing is readable in the > field. > > Then if I exit the footer dialogue and use insert-F1, I know that footer > text was entered. Going back in to edit, I again cannot hear anything in > terms of what the footer text is. > > I also can't seem to find ribbon controls for adding date, time, etc. > > On this same topic, can you go under Layout and insert a section break and > see if you can unlink it from other document sections? I can't identify the > button to do that either. > > The good thing is that you can do this. I just have to figure out why I > can't. > > I'm using Office 365, if that might be different. > > Jean > > -----Original Message----- From: Jason White > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 9:13 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 17, Word 2016 and footers > > I'm trying to test this with JAWS 18, Windows 10 and Word 2016. > > I can edit a footer by typing Alt+N, O, E. Alternatively, I can work my way > through the Insert tab of the ribbon to find this command (Insert -> Footer > -> > Edit Footer). > > At this point (having invoked the above command), I'm in a footer field into > which I can type text or edit existing text. While editing the footer, there > are commands in the ribbon to insert the time and date, document > information, > etc. > > JAWS is reading everything as expected. > > Are your steps different from mine? If not, this might have been fixed in > JAWS > 18 or in a Microsoft Word update. I'm running Word 2016 Pro Plus as > downloaded > from Office365, so it's always kept up to date. > > Jean Menzies <jemenz...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I’m using Word 2016 and Jaws 17.0.2619. > > > > I want to create documents with page footers. Each page needs its own > > unique footer. I know how to get to the footer dialogue, but Jaws > > doesn’t read any of the text in the dialogue as I type or as it appears. > > Outside of the dialogue, I can use insert F1 to hear document info, but > > this is a tedious way to check footers, and doesn’t allow for editing, > > etc. > > > > Is there a solution for this? It used to work in previous versions of > > Word and Jaws. > > > > Jean > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
