Hi Ed, I'm working on a script to correct various Word short-comings or problems when it comes to window eyes users; I'll see if I can automatically enable the displaying of comments if the document has any comments, as this process you describe for enabling their display is tedious.
Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission [email protected] (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Marquette [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reading Comments in Word > > Reading Comments in Word, to do it right, should involve two steps. > The first step has nothing to do with screen readers. I'm a > big fan of comments, but sometimes my associates and partners > can't see them. Word needs to be set to "show" comments. > You should have a reviewing tool bar. Press Alt. Then > follow with presses of control plus tab. > When you come to the "reviewing" tool bar, stop hitting > control plus tab. You have arrived. > You are on a wonderful drp-down which, for the moment, we'll > skip. Hit tab once. Window-Eyes should say "Show." This is > another drop down. Hit down arrow until you come to > "comments." Be sure the box is checked by the word > "comments." Then hit escape or Enter. > Now, sighted and blind people alike can access comments. > The easiest way to read the comments, without arrowing > through the whole document, is by using a nifty Widow-Eyes > feature. Hit insert plus tab. You will find that your > document may have lots of interesting goodies: comments, > revisions, bookmarks, and so on. Just enter the comments > list, navigate up and down to the comment you want and then > hit tab to select, for example, go to comment. > You can then jump directly to the place in your document > where the comments appear. > The reviewing tool bar is a mystery to sighted users too, and > I frequently have to do a little on-the-fly technical support > for my colleagues. > I encourage you to explore the drop downs in that tool bar. > If you work with others who use track changes, being familiar > with this tool bar is essential. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and > your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending > your message to [email protected] so the entire list will > receive it. > > All GW-Info messages are archived at > http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through > and sorted using the search > form at the bottom of the page. > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body > of the message. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
