[Menvi-discuss] JAWS question

[Bettie Downing]

On Mar 3, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Dale Lieser wrote:

> Stephanie,
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> The settings you’ll need to change are in the Format menu of MS-Word. I do not currently have the version you have, but I remember experiencing the same thing you describe. Might a sighted person have used your computer? They often like to have the options set as you now tell of, which do not work well for JAWS users. I’m sorry I cannot tell you the specific menu choices you will need, but I think it’s under Style, or some such item. Poke around and you’ll find it.
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> Dale
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> From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of STEPHANIE PIECK
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 6:02 PM
> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] JAWS question
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> Hi,
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> I am having a problem with JAWS. In Microsoft Word documents, it is reading every blank space and return, so , it will say "space marker" between every word of every sentence.
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> It says "paragraph marker" for each blank line.
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> Does anyone have any ideas on how I can make it stop doing this? I am currently using JAWS Version 7.0, with Windows XP Home Edition and Office 2003 on a desktop computer.
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> The problem has arisen quite suddenly--about two days ago. It does not do this in SONAR files or e-mail messages (thank God!).
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> Thanks if anyone can help me with this--it makes reading and editing really cumbersome and annoying, and it also confirms that, when it comes to technology, I have a low tolerance for my own ineptitude!
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> Stephanie Pieck
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