Agreed, Tim, and I'll definitely check all of the options out. Thanks again, everyone, for all the help in addressing a very frustrating situation this morning.
As you know, I don't get on this list often, but when I do, I have found everyone to be extremely helpful, and I truly appreciate that. Sincerely, Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ford, Tim (CDPH-OLS) via Jfw Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 10:09 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: RE: Stopping Jaws From Announcing Paragraph markers and other Headings Great! When you have time, I suggest going through those Word options, not just the display options, but the 7 or 8 other categories. You can really tailor Word, and I bet some of those settings will be of interest. Tim Ford -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler via Jfw Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 6:26 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Stopping Jaws From Announcing Paragraph markers and other Headings Tim and all: Sorry for my delayed response on this issue. I had an out-patient medical procedure this afternoon, and am just getting back to e-mail. My wife, who is sighted, figured out the problem, and it seems to correspond to what has been suggested already. I must have had some sort of windows update here which suddenly caused all of the unwanted characters to be displayed in Word 2010 documents without my knowledge. Why Microsoft seems so obligated to mess with our internal program settings is beyond me, and is incredibly frustrating. Thanks to all for your help, and I'll keep these steps in mind, should the problem arise again. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ford, Tim (CDPH-OLS) via Jfw Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 12:00 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Stopping Jaws From Announcing Paragraph markers and other Headings I also had a day back a few years ago when those stupid display characters suddenly appeared. That was in Word 2003, but here is how to get to those settings in 2010. Go to the file tab. Arrow down until you get to options, then press enter. Use the tab key, shift tab to go back, through the various checkboxes, which will be self-explanatory. Tab to the OK button, and that is it. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler via Jfw Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:04 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: FW: Question On Stopping Jaws From Announcing Paragraph markers and other Headings All: As an additional note to my post below, Jaws now announces space markers, which it did not do previously. I need to turn these unnecessary announcements off in order to effectively read and edit documents. Don't mean to be a pest here, but this problem just cropped up this morning. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan From: Tom Behler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 9:43 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: Question On Stopping Jaws From Announcing Paragraph markers and other Headings Hello again, everyone. I have recently noticed that in Word 2010 files, Jaws now announces paragraph markers and other headings. Although this info can be helpful, it is very annoying when trying to read through an entire document. I have some instructions here that tell me to use insert V for Jaws quick settings, and to turn new lines and paragraph settings off in the editing options, but this only works for the document I'm currently in. Is there a global setting via which I can turn the paragraph and heading announcements off completely for all MS Word documents? I am not sure how these announcements got turned on, so I have to believe a global adjustment to Jaws can be made somewhere. I'm using Jaws 14 with Windows 7 and office 2010 here. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201405 19/8d703a2e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
