I was sent a link in an email. When I pressed enter on it launch google chrome and google docs launched. There were fields which I was supposed to fill out. This is what I was trying to figure out how to do. Thank you for the suggestions.
Sincerely, Lauren Snyder, Ph.D. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2016, at 8:55 AM, Michael Mote <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! Have you used Google Sheets before? Do you have any suggestions as to > how to use that? What about google forms? > > > > From: David Moore [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 6:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: working with Google docs > > Hi Lauren, > I use Google Docs with JAWS 17 and win10. First of all, You can easily get to > Google Docs from your Google drive. So, to make things easier, Just think > about Google drive, and you can get to all of the other apps from it. First > of all, the URL to type in is: > drive.Google.com > Don’t type the www. > Next, you want to be using Firefox; however, IE is close behind for working > well with Google Drive. When the page comes up, you will be put in your list > of files on My drive of Google Drive. Immediately, press insert + X to turn > off the virtual cursor. to use these Google apps, you cannot have the virtual > cursor on, because you are working in an app, and you do not want the keys > you press to activate the JAWS navigation commands like h for heading, for > example. In Google Drive, there are different default folders just like on > your hard drive. Now, if someone sends you a file, press gn to go to the > navigation area and arrow to the incoming folder and press enter. Then, you > will be able to open up the file that was sent to you. There are many key > commands you have to know to get around Google Drive. Google Docs does not > come into play until you open a Google document within your list of files > that is in your My Drive area of Google Drive. If you enter on a Google Doc, > it will open up in a separate area called Google Docs! See how Google Drive > is the hub of Google Docs, Google Sheets, and so on. When you are in Google > Drive, press ctrl + / to bring up all key commands for Google Drive, and do > the same when a Google Doc opens in Google Docs. Some of the important key > commands, In Google Drive, to get to your list of files, press gl. Press up > and down arrow to go through your files. To create a new document, press the > letter C and arrow down to document and press enter. Google Docs will then > open with a blank document window for you to Type in. When you press the > letter C to get to the new menu, you were in Google Drive at that point. You > did not go into Google docs, until you pressed enter on document to create a > new document, then the Google Docs window opened. See how everything starts > by being in Google Drive. So, You go from Google Drive to Google Docs by > doing two things. If you press enter on a Google doc in your list of files in > Google Drive, that document will open up in Google Docs, and then you can > edit it with all kinds of key commands you have to learn. Now, if you are in > Google drive and you want to create a new document, press the letter C to go > to the new menu and down arrow to document and press enter, and that will > also put you in Google docs with a blank document window and you can create > your new document. The key commands are so different, because you are using > programs that open in your browser. If you use a lot of the commands you use > in MS Office, they will activate your browser instead of the program itself. > Please email me and let me know what you need help with and maybe we can get > a hold of each other on Skype. My email is: > [email protected] > Have a great one, and hope that helps a little to clear some things up. > > > > From: Lauren Snyder > Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 11:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: working with Google docs > > Hi: > > Does anyone work with Google docs and Jaws 17 and Windows 10? I don’t know > how to sign up or how to access the document I am trying to. > > Thanks. > > > Sincerely, > > Lauren > >
