Hi David: Thanks so very much! This never occurred to me because I really never have done anything with RTF. Great work-around and will save me a lot of time. Thanks, Deb. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Proofreading with JAWS.
> Well one work around is to save your documents as RTF documents and have a > separate configuration file for WordPad. You could then use the Classic > scheme with font attributes announced in Speech and Sound Manager and > set > punctuation to all. > > I get rid of my initial caps problem by letting Word auto correct these > whilst I am typing. > > Depends on how complex the text is. I find rtf gives tables and most > things > I need. I have routinely used RTF as a file type rather than doc and had > never experienced a problem. > > You can then reinsert into word for any any stuff you want to do after > proof > reading. > > Alternatively you could get a freeware Word Processor to use instead of > WordPad for this task. > > Regards > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debbie > Bugella > Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2008 18:03 > To: Jaws-Users-List > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Proofreading with JAWS. > > Hi: > > I need to do a lot of proofreading and I know there is sounds manager, but > I > need certain things that I can't find there; it would be simple to just > make > my own scheme, but like I said, I can't find all the settings I need to > change. I thought there was a way to set specific settings for specific > documents, or am I just dreaming? Here is the settings I want: > > Punctuation all > Speak first cap in upper case > Say attribute changes > > I don't want to change these settings and then have to change them back > again. If I have a document and just name it "proofread" can I just have > specific settings for that document and just delete the text when I'm done > and just use that particular document over again for proofreading. > > Finally, if I use print preview, will I be able to tell what will be > hyphenated at the end of a line? There are certain words and abbreviations > I > don't want hyphenated so need to check and see if I need to put them on > the > next line. I also need to determine what line will be at the bottom of a > printed page. I actually knew this at one time but forgot how to check. > Hope > this is a little clear at least. Thanks for any help, Deb. > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
