Hi Ken; Try these steps that I just received from David Ferrin's Jaws-Users list.
From: "Brian Lee" < [email protected]> Hello Mike, I don't have a copy of Word 2002 but in Word 2003 and Word 2007 the process is pretty automatic. If you type in an Email address or web site address Word should change it to a hyperlink. It is actually a hyperlink field. The hyperlink can be activated by moving the cursor into the field, pressing the application key, and using the "open hyperlink" choice in the context menu. Insert with F7 can also be used in Word to list links and then enter key on the link will move to the destination that the link points to. If this is not the case with Word 2002 then first select the text that is to be changed to a link, press CTRL+K to bring up the dialog box for specifying the type of link to use. If the link is for a web page then be sure the entire address is in the edit box and use tab key to a list of choices for determining the type of link. It will likely be a choice for current file or web page that you want to use. Use the OK button to make your text a hyperlink. If it is an Email address then from the list of choices choose Email instead of "current file or web page." You can also have a bookmark in your document being pointed to by the hyperlink, in which case you would use down arrow in the list of choices to the bookmark choice. Headings in a document is another destination that hyperlinks can point to. When you create a table of contents Word uses headings as contents entries and creates links to the headings in a document. If CTRL+K doesn't work then look for "insert hyperlink" in the insert menu. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "ken d" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 8:01 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] URL not linking in word I am using XP and Win Xp word. I tried all your suggestions, with no success. Is ther a Jaws setting that could be over-riding. I even tried "Past as hyperlink", but I get no paste at all, yet I can just "Past" or CTRL+v and the URl will paste, but no link. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ishe Chinyoka" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] URL not linking in word > Which version of MS Word are you using? > Otherwise this behaviour is automatic: there are no special settings. > I suggest that you check the document view you are using: make it either > Print View or Web View. > You can also try doing the same action by using menu items instead of hot > keys and see what happens. > > Take care, > > Ishe > > Knowledge humbles great men, astonishes the common man, and puffs up the > little > man. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ken d" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:30 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] URL not linking in word > > >> When I type a URL (web address) or E-mail address in a .doc (MicroSoft >> Word), a link is not automaticly created, even upon saving. The CTRL+k >> feature does not create a link, as well. >> >> What is the setting that activates this feature? >> 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/
