Good morning; Thanks to David and Annette for they're suggestions.
thinking about this a little further, I went to jaws help, Topic Word, protected forms, I tried following the steps, however, I couldn't get the form fields to be announced. I even used, "prompt terminators" the only way I could have the form fields announced is, while in the document, press insert+f2, arrow down until I heard, custom label, and pressed enter. now, I labelled the field. once I did this, for each field, then? jaws would read them. essentially I need, Date; Time; Message from; Message To; Message Content; for each field, my friend could type in the relevant information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 1:38 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws and a message template! >I think Annette is right in suggesting a simple Word Table for this. > > I would simply add the following suggestions. > 1. Make a message template so that your message table design is available > from the new document menu in Office. > 2. Include a date and time field in the table that automatically updates. > To do this in Word 2003 > a. Create your table. > B. Select the cell you want the date and time in. > 3. Press Alt Plus I for insert menu. > Press T for date and time. > Cursor down through the list until you hear the date and time format you > want. > Then Tab to the update automatically check box. > Press space to check this. > Then OK. > > This method will work well if she is printing out messages. > It will have the drawback of not recording the time permanently > electronically as the next time you open the document the field will be > updated to the current time. > > If you want a permanent electronic record of the time simply insert the > time fomr the Insert menu without having the update checkbox ticked. > > This would be very simple to set up but contact me off list if you want > me > to send a draft template. > > Regards > > David Griffith > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Annette Carr > Sent: Saturday, 14 June 2008 22:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws and a message template! > > Consider using Excel or a table in Word. There is a command in both of > these programs for entering the date and time. I personally like either > of > these 2 options over creating a form in Word because both the Excel and > Word > table options allow you to sort the records. So you could sort by who the > messages are from, who they are for, by date, or any other field you have. > > I must say, I do not know a lot about forms in Word, so there might be > some > really good reasons for using them over the 2 options I've mentioned. > > HTH, > Annette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of david > whitehead > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:47 PM > To: jaws-users-list > Subject: [JAWS-Users] jaws and a message template! > > hello all; this is a message on behalf of a friend. > she's started a new job, and she's using a program called, maximizer. I > have > helped her with this program. her question is? > > is there a message template in MSWord, one could use? > > she would like the time, date, too field, from field, message content. she > would like to be able to tab through these fields, so, when she's on the > phone taking a message, she could put the pertinent information in the > correct fields. currently, the messages are printed in a book, so, she's > trying to figure out another way for herself.otherwise, she would like to > hear, to field edit, from field, edit, etc. > I would appreciate anyone's input on this one. > > >> email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> messenger me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> skype me at: wild_thing1957 >> > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.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 > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.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 > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.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 Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.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]
