Hi again, I have one more question regarding track changes. When I arrow through my document, and come to a line that has a comment, the Jaws voice changes to Rocko when reading the comment. Is there a way to prevent the Jaws voice from changing when it reads a comment?
Thanks, Russell On 5/14/15, Russell Solowoniuk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Thanks so much! You saved me a lot of time combing through the archives. > > You guys are great! > > Russell > > On 5/13/15, Ed Marquette via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >> Russell: >> I just reviewed Paul's very thorough tips on using track changes in Word. >> I >> think I was in that thread with Paul, and I cannot think of a thing he >> left >> out. >> You should know that turning on the quick access keys with JAWS key plus >> z >> is pretty much useless in large documents. So, don't rely on that. >> Also, don't rely on JAWS to give you the colors of the added and deleted >> text. In the end, that's not all that important because the colors >> depend >> on everyone's computer. So a deletion that is in red on your computer >> may >> be green on someone else's computer. >> In the verbosity settings, turning on "count" is crucial. That way >> you'll >> know if there has been a change in a line if you are reading by line. >> This >> is not too reliable if you are jumping by paragraph. JAWS won't always >> tell >> you when an entire paragraph has been deleted if you are jumping through >> a >> document with control plus down arrow. >> Paul is also right about sighted users having some of the same problems, >> especially in identifying who made what changes. JAWS will actually >> announce the names. Sighted users have to jump through way more hoops to >> figure out who made what change -- particularly when there have been 4 or >> 5 >> people editing a document. >> Good luck. >> Ps >> As frustrating as JAWS is on track changes, the other screen readers >> either >> don't attempt to follow track changes or do so crudely. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Russell >> Solowoniuk via Jfw >> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 10:53 PM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Cc: Russell Solowoniuk >> Subject: Re: Track changes in Word 2007/2013 >> >> Hi Kimber, >> >> Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions… very helpful. You and >> Paul suggest the same trick of using the Quick Access toolbar… a great >> idea. >> >> Take care, >> >> Russell >>> On May 13, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Kimber Gardner via Jfw >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Track changes are, quite honestly, a pain in the butt with any version >>> of jaws. It can be done, but you will need patience and perseverance. >>> >>> Now having said that, what I've done is place accept and reject >>> changes on the quick access toolbar so I can use control key >>> combinations to perform these functions. The whole operation is still >>> a bit clunky, and there are times when you will need to use your jaws >>> functions to list revisions and the like. But it can be done. >>> >>> Kimber >>> >>> On 5/12/15, Russell Solowoniuk via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> What is the most efficient way to use track changes in MS Word 2013 >>>> or >>>> 2007 using Jaws 16? It seems a little tedious to bring up a list of >>>> revisions with shift + Insert + R and then work through all the >>>> listed insertions and deletions one by one, especially in a long >>>> document. Is there a way to accept or reject a change and then jump >>>> directly to the next revision and so on without having to bring up the >>>> list again? >>>> >>>> Any suggestions for using track changes more efficiently would be >>>> greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks all. >>>> >>>> Russell >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Russell Solowoniuk >>>> tel: 473-5819 >>>> e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Jfw mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kimberly >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > -- > Russell Solowoniuk > tel: 473-5819 > e-mail: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
