Hi David I will do some testing shortly under Window-Eyes and let you know. But your methods of listing, and of headers, are going to make my life easier.
Gordon On 6 Oct 2012, at 13:15, "David Griffith" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Gordon Did you get my previous tip about using asterix in lieu of a bullet on the first line of a list to force Word to insert actual bullets? I never use ribbons or even menus to insert bullets in Word. In general I agree with you that the ribbon interface is extremely nasty for us and I am eternally grateful that apple show no sign yet of abandoning a menu interface. There is a virtual menu feature in jaws which is supposed to rectify some of the problems encountered with ribbons. This is an option to turn on in the start up wizard. I do not know if a similar feature exists in Window eyes. David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith Sent: 05 October 2012 20:48 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: Microsoft Office 2010 Query Hi Mary OK, to be honest, I would be interested to know how you navigate those ribbons at all. I still find them very confusing and I'm really not looking forward to Windows 8 which, I am told, uses them in its base interface. On 5 Oct 2012, at 20:41, Mary Stores <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Gordon, JAWS does announce the different bullet types that Word uses. Unfortunately, I cannot find a shortcut key to easily get to the bullets button. There is none announced by JAWS anyway. The option is in the Home ribbon. You can choose from filled round, hollow round, cross, diamond, filled square, and none (I might be missing one). Whe reading the bullets in a document, JAWS announces most of the bullets correctly except for the hollow round bullet. That is read as an o. Mary Quoting Gordon Smith <[email protected]>: > Hi Mary > > I think you're notified instantly under Window-Eyes when something > becomes a heading. But I will test that and let you know. This is, > however, good news. I now have sufficient information to make the > document on which I am working more presentable. Incidentally, do > the "Bullet" characters, ( ? ) get verbalised under either Jaws or > Window-Eyes, and for that matter do they appear as bullet characters > under Windows and, therefore, in your Windows documents at all? 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