1. Highlight the portion you wish to hide
2. Right-click and select Font
3. In the Effects section, select Hidden
4. Click OK
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Cohn
Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 3:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] ATTN FS Hidden Text in Word
How do you hide text? Is the behavior still work in jaws 14? P
Jonathan Cohn
On Apr 8, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Jean Menzies <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all, and hopefully to any FS Staff on list.
Starting with JAWS 16, JAWS was no longer able to read Hidden Text in
Word. I went through the somewhat arduous task of documenting this and
opening a ticket with FS Support. The issue was escalated beyond the
initial evaluation of the problem, but sadly, JAWS still cannot read
hidden text. This is now Version 17.0.1806. I am using Word 2013. This is
very easy for you to reproduce. Simply open Word, type some text, and hide
it. Under Options, indicate that you want hidden text visible. JAWS will
not read it.
I gather this issue is not high on the priority list for FS, as it is not
a sexy or much-used feature. But it does impact me and my ability to use,
in particular, the Duxbury Word template, which depends heavily on the use
of hidden text for braille coding.
I realize I could once again open a Support ticket, but I’m not convinced
that would make much difference in the outcome. I know companies do
communicate with each other. In my humble opinion, it would be easy enough
for FS to obtain a copy of the Duxbury Word template, and open a document
based on that template. The problems would soon be apparent. Perhaps the
problems are with the template, but the template creator says nothing has
changed in that regard for years. The change has been something with JAWS
starting with V16.
I am putting this on a public list in hopes of just that, making my
concern and frustration public. I would appreciate it if you would deal
with this issue.
Jean Menzies
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