Hello Leonard,
First of all, I am using Word 2013 but I think the steps are pretty much the same in Word 2010. One thing you might consider is using a symbol field. It would be a little awkward so you might want to make a macro to do the steps. You can use this approach if you know the number representing the symbol. 1. In Word 2010 use Alt followed by N followed by Q followed by F. You will be in a list of field names. 2. Press S followed by Y quickly to move to the symbol field name in the list. Otherwise, just keep pressing S until you hear the symbol choice announced. 3. Tab to the character number and type in 42. 4. Press enter key to insert the symbol. Pressing the enter key enters the symbol without any changes from the default such as font type, size and whether or not it affects line spacing. In Word 2013 it uses the default Calibri 11 point. The inserted symbol using the number 42 is pretty much identical to the appearance of the asterisk. You would have to do the above steps four times to get the four characters so the macro might be a good idea. You could also use the redo function three times. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] From: "Leonard Morris" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: January 31, 2014 at 3:01:44 PM PST To: "jaws" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [JAWS-Users] MS word 2010auto correction for **** I want to be able to use **** as my separator between news articles I pasted in a ms word 2010 document. However, when I type **** and hit return **** gets erased. The only work around which I don't like is to type ** ** so that the * symbols don't get erased when I hit return. 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/
