I tried Jaws 16 as well, but I had the same problems. I'm using Windows 10,
so I can't go to anything less than 16 for Jaws. Feeling very frustrated, as
I know how to make this a nice visual document, but I can't get it done with
reliable accuracy. Makes me look like the one with less than par word
processing skills. And, for the record, NVDA doesn't handle this well
either. So much for job access.
Jean
-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Miller
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 1:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 17, Word 2016 and footers
Jean,
I understand you completely. I had to go back to 16 to use Excel correctly
for my work. So much for job access,huh. Once you get a monopoly, you get
what they want.
Kurt
After blindness and a double organ transplant, you can say I am as resilient
as rubber, anything you throw at me I am going to bounce back from!
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Jean Menzies
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 4:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 17, Word 2016 and footers
Hi Adrian,
Thanks for the idea. However, I have changed my plan for this project
because the workarounds I have are just too prone too error. I wanted to
compile recipes with each section being a new recipe. Then, have a footer
for each recipe, plus, if the recipe went to more than one page, a
continuation footer for that recipe. Page numbers continuous. Plus a front
section of Roman page numbers with a generated table of contents.
Honestly, I find so much that Jaws isn't reading in the various dialogues to
do this. I am struggling with section breaks, page numbering, and especially
the footers. So many steps backward in accessibility in my humble opinion.
And I'm supposed to pay for a Jaws upgrade SMA now. Just wondering why. How
many more things can they screw up or not keep up with? It always seems that
once past the basics, accessibility is somewhat lacking.
Sorry everyone for the vent, but I hate dumbing something down just to make
it work. I used to be able to do all of this with no problem. Now, not so
much.
Jean
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Spratt
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 10:39 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 17, Word 2016 and footers
Hi, Jean.
I notice that no MS Word 2016 user has responded. As a 2010 user, where I
know footers worked fine for you, I can offer only the suggestion that you
type the text you want to appear in the footer in a separate document and
paste it into the footer field. Hardly elegant, but it might be a
workaround.
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Jean Menzies
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 4:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 17, Word 2016 and footers
I’m using Word 2016 and Jaws 17.0.2619.
I want to create documents with page footers. Each page needs its own unique
footer. I know how to get to the footer dialogue, but Jaws doesn’t read any
of the text in the dialogue as I type or as it appears. Outside of the
dialogue, I can use insert F1 to hear document info, but this is a tedious
way to check footers, and doesn’t allow for editing, etc.
Is there a solution for this? It used to work in previous versions of Word
and Jaws.
Jean
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