Hello again, One other thing I might suggest is that if you create a form in the way I mentioned in my earlier message, you might want to create a macro to activate the form with a keystroke. This makes starting the filling in of the form a lot faster than going through the creating of a new document based on a template procedure.
Take care. Brian Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws and a message template! > Hello, > > It is quite easy to have form field help prompts read to you. I would > suggest that if you use simple edit boxes from the forms toolbar that you > add help text in the properties. If you are using Word 2003 and you have > the forms toolbar active then use Alt key to bring up the menu bar and > CTRL-Tab until you hear "Edit box.: If you have not put an edit box in > the > form then press enter to place it at the cursor's position. You might > consider creating a table with headings and then just put edit boxes in > the > cells that need to be filled in. Once the form is protected then the tab > key will move you between the edit boxes in the table. This might be a > good > method if you only want to fill in a message for one person at a time and > print it. Remember that you will have to remove the protection from the > form to spell check the document. When you put an edit box at the cursor > position by pressing enter on the choice from the forms toolbar, you can > then add help text to the edit box. Move back to the forms toolbar and > use > the tab key to move to the "properties" button and press enter. Use the > tab > key to move to the "add help text" and press enter. There are two page > tabs > in the resultant dialog, one for using status bar help and one for using > the > f1 help key for help information. The active page should be the status > bar > choice, which is the one I would suggest you use. Use tab key to move to > the blank edit box and type in the help text you want to hear when you tab > to that edit box when using the form. After typing in the text use tab > key > once to move to the OK button and press enter. Press enter again on the > OK > button that appears. After the help messages have been applied to the > edit > boxes and all boilerplate information is in the document, save it as a > Word > template. Press F12 to bring up the "save as" dialog box. Name the > template and then tab to the "files of type" combo box and use down arrow > to > move to the "document template" choice and press enter to accept it. use > Alt-I to move to the "save in" combo box and save it in your Word > templates > folder. You should then protect the form so that when you create a new > document based on the template only the fields that you tab between are > presented. To protect the form use Alt to bring up the menu bar, then use > CTRL-Tab to move to the forms toolbar, and then use left arrow twice to > move > to the "protect form" button and press enter. Use the same button to > remove > protection when you need to. > > If you use edit boxes in a table you will find that when you start a new > document based on that template that the help text will be read just fine > as > you tab through the form. Of course that is providing the form has > protection turned on. > > The above is based on the assumption that you are using Word 2003. > > Take care. Have a nice Sunday! > > Brian Lee > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "david whitehead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:23 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws and a message template! > > >> 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] 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