The "old key" is the alt key. I suspect "old key" is a dictation oopsie.

K

On 8/5/14, Robert Hebert via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, August 5th at 4:44 P.M. Ed Marquette wrote:
> All of this is helpful.
> I think there was one error, however.
> To access the quick access toolbar, one uses the old key plus the numbers
> on
> the number row.
> So, Ed, what exactly is the "old Key?"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Marquette
> via Jfw
> Sent: August-04-14 4:42 PM
> To: Kimber Gardner; The Jaws for Windows support list.
> Cc: The Jaws for Windows support list.
> Subject: Re: JAWS and MS Word 2010 comments
>
> All of this is helpful.
> I think there was one error, however.
> To access the quick access toolbar, one uses the old key plus the numbers
> on
> the number row.
> The big problem is exiting comments.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 4, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Kimber Gardner via Jfw
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>> I feel your pain as I regularly  do the comment swap with my own
>> editors and it is a pain in the butt.
>>
>> As Doug said, editing the comment is the only way I know to move
>> through the text of a comment by words or characters. I wish there
>> were a more efficient way but alas there isn't.
>>
>> As for accessing and reading the comments themselves, there are times
>> when I prefer the ms word functions for previous and next to the jaws
>> method. The most efficient way to utilize the ms word previous and
>> next comment functions is to place them on the quick access toolbar
>> which you can then access via the control key and one of the keys in
>> the numbers row on the keyboard.
>>
>> Another helpful tip is to set up jaws to use one of the proofing sound
>> schemes. I can't recall exactly which one I use, but will figure it
>> out and get back to you if you'd like.
>>
>> In my case, my line editors use color coding to indicate various types
>> of editing, like green for repetitions and pink for unnecessary words.
>> If you have a need to know which words have been colored, the best way
>> to do this is with the ms word find highlight function. I can provide
>> instructions for this too if need be.
>>
>> That's all I can think of right now. Let me know if you need more
>> details and I will do my best to help.
>>
>> Kimber
>>
>>> On 8/3/14, Adrian Spratt via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi. An editor wants to use Word 2010's comments to send me her
>>> thoughts on a 300-page document. I've never used this feature before.
>>> She has sent me a short sample to see if JAWS can read the comments.
>>>
>>> After reading a number of posts I saved on the subject from this list
>>> and the relevant section in CathyAnne Murtha's textbook, I cannot
>>> solve the following problems.
>>>
>>> I know to bring up comments in context by pressing
> control+shift+apostrophe.
>>> With Windows key+semicolon, I can also create a text file consisting
>>> of all the comments. Here are the problems I've identified so far:
>>>
>>> 1. When reading a comment in context after pressing
>>> control+shift+apostrophe, I'd like to navigate it with the arrow keys.
>>> However, nothing happens. I can repeat the entire text to my heart's
>>> content, but not isolate words and phrases.
>>>
>>> 2. I can isolate words and phrases when I bring up all the comments
>>> in the Win key+semicolon text file. However, this is not ideal for two
> reasons.
>>> First, it will require me to do a lot of cross-referencing between
>>> the document's primary text and the comments page I've created.
>>> Second, after checking the JAWS text against a sighted person's
>>> reading of the text in the printed comments, I find there's additional
> text in the JAWS version.
>>> Additional text might be a smaller problem than less text, but it is
>>> distracting and makes me worry that the JAWS version might prove
>>> unreliable in other ways.
>>>
>>> Here's a sample comment. Everything after the peculiar word "extrahat"
>>> appears in the JAWS version but not the print original:
>>>
>>> Here's where a comment would go. My Word program identifies what
>>> words in the text this comment is about by coloring them and giving them
> a number.
>>> Extrahat the comments appear in two different places--one, in a list
>>> on the left hand sidey coloring them, and giving them a nu
>>>
>>> 3. All in all, for a JAWS user, this seems a terribly cumbersome
>>> process, especially for a 300-page document where there will be
>>> comments on nearly every page, as well as strike-through and other
>>> attributes. Am I just showing the anxiety of one new to a task? Is
>>> there a method that will work better for me and is equally convenient
>>> for
> the editor?
>>>
>>> I hope I've made myself clear. Thanks especially to Ed Marquette and
>>> Jean Menzies for their posts on this topic.
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