DELETE TEXT

The following posting, regarding the use of Microsoft Word 2003 and Jaws was written by staff of the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library. While the majority of the tutorials are original, credit should be given to the authors of the Basic Word curriculum used by the DC Public Library’s Computer Lab and to the Chorlton Workshop for additional information and guidance that contributed to their creation.

DELETING TEXT

Use the Arrow Keys on the keyboard to position the cursor either to the left or to the right of the character or string of characters you wish to delete.

If your cursor is to the right of the character or string of characters you wish to delete, press the Backspace key for every character you wish to delete.

JAWS will tell you each character you are deleting.

If your cursor is to the left of the character or string of characters, press the
Delete Key for every character you wish to delete.

Again, JAWS will tell you each character you are deleting.

Exercise 13 Deleting the End of the Gettysburg Address

While holding the Ctrl Key, press the End Key
That will take you to the bottom of the document.
Tap on the Backspace Key until you hear JAWS finish saying the word People.
You have just erased the end of the Gettysburg Address.

This concludes the Deleting Text lesson.
Go to the next lesson to hear how to undo your deletion of the Gettysburg Address.

TO UNDO WHATEVER YOU HAVE DONE AND TO REDO WHATEVER YOU HAVE UNDONE

To Undo
While holding down on Ctrl tap the Z Key.
JAWS will say Undo.

To Redo
While holding down on the Ctrl Key tap on the Y Key.

Exercise 14 Undoing the deletion of the Gettysburg Address

While holding down on the Ctrl Key tap on the Z Key.
JAWS will say Undo.
You have just undone the deletion of the Gettysburg Address.
To check, hold on to the Ctrl Key and tap End to go to the bottom of the document.
Now Up Arrow until you begin hearing JAWS read the lines back to you.
Those lines should be the text you deleted.

You can also Redo you deletion.
While holding down on the Ctrl Key tap on the Y Key.
But you don’t want to delete the end of the Gettysburg Address, so press Ctrl and Z again.

The following posting, regarding the use of Microsoft Word 2003 and Jaws was written by staff of the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library. While the majority of the tutorials are original, credit should be given to the authors of the Basic Word curriculum used by the DC Public Library’s Computer Lab and to the Chorlton Workshop for additional information and guidance that contributed to their creation.

SPELL CHECKING

As you type, Word automatically checks your document for spelling errors. Spelling alerts are underlined with red, wavy lines.

To find and correct spelling mistakes using Jaws, you will have to use Jaws Quick Keys. You may already be familiar with quick keys from using jaws and the internet. However, when working in a Word document, Jaws quick keys are turned off.

Turn Quick Keys on by holding onto the Insert Key and then press Z.
JAWS will say Quick Keys On.
Now you can look for misspelled words.
To do so tap on the M Key.
JAWS will take you to the first spelling mistake in your document.
JAWS will then read the word to you.
JAWS will then spell the word as written.
JAWS will then say SPELLING ERROR in a high pitched voice.
JAWS will then read the sentence to you to give the word context.
To correct the misspelled word press the Applications Key.
The Applications Key is to the left of the right hand Ctrl Key.
From there Word will give a series of spelling suggestions.
Down Arrow to what you think the word should be.
Press Enter.
If none of the suggested words match what you had in mind, or if JAWS says No Spelling Suggestions, you may have to keep trying yourself until you have the word spelled correctly.
Remember you are in quick keys mode.
To exit quick keys mode, hold onto Insert and press the Z key again.

Exercise 12 Finding and Correcting Misspelled Words in the Gettysburg Address

This copy of the Gettysburg Address contains misspelled words.
To find them, first turn on JAWS Quick Keys.
While holding onto the Insert Key tap on the Z Key.
JAWS will say Quick Keys On.
Now you can look for misspelled words.
To do so press M.
JAWS will take you to the first spelling mistake in your document.
It should be the word remmber.
JAWS will then say SPELLING ERROR in a high pitched voice.
JAWS will then read the sentence to you to give the word context.
To correct the misspelled word press the Applications Key.
The Applications Key is to the left of the right hand control key.
From there, Word will give a series of spelling suggestions.
The correct word, remember, should be the first suggestion.
Press Enter to select it.
The word should now be corrected.
To check, hold onto the Insert Key and press the 5 key.

There is one more spelling error in this document.
With JAWS Quick Keys still on press M.
JAWS will take you to the next spelling mistake in your document.
It should be the word foret.
JAWS will then say SPELLING ERROR in a high pitched voice.
JAWS will then read the sentence to you to give the word context.
To correct the misspelled word press the Applications Key.
The Applications Key is to the left of the right hand control key.
From there, Word will give a series of spelling suggestions.
The correct word, forget, should be the third suggestion
Down Arrow twice until you hear it.
Press Enter to select it.
The word should now be corrected.
To check, hold onto the Insert Key and press the 5 key.
Remember, you are in quick keys mode.
To exit quick keys mode, hold onto Insert and press the Z key again.

CUT & PASTE TEXT

The following posting, regarding the use of Microsoft Word 2003 and Jaws was written by staff of the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library. While the majority of the tutorials are original, credit should be given to the authors of the Basic Word curriculum used by the DC Public Library’s Computer Lab and to the Chorlton Workshop for additional information and guidance that contributed to their creation.


CUT & PASTE TEXT:
Cutting and pasting is use to move text without having to retype material in other locations within a document.

For example if the Gettysburg Address looked like this, Seven score and four years ago, you know that is out of order. You can cut and paste the appropriate words to put the sentence in the right order like so, Four score and seven years ago.

To cut and paste text,
Highlight the text you wish to move.
While holding onto the Ctrl Key tap the X Key on the keyboard.
JAWS should say Cut selection to clipboard.
This means, the text will be visibly removed from its original location and placed on a virtual clipboard in the computer’s memory.
Move the cursor to where you want to move the text.
While holding onto the Ctrl Key tap on the V key on the keyboard.
Jaws should say Pasted from clipboard.
This means that the text was transferred from the computer’s memory to where the cursor was located.

Exercise 10 Cutting and Pasting from the Gettysburg Address

First we need to open a new window.
Tap on the Windows Key.
The Start Menu will open.
Down Arrow until you hear JAWS say All Programs.
Press Enter.
Down Arrow until you hear JAWS say Microsoft Office.
Press Enter.
Down Arrow until you hear JAWS say Microsoft Office Word.
Press Enter.
You have now opened a blank word document.
Now, you have Two Windows open at the same time.
You are still on the blank document.
From there, hold onto the Alt Key and tap on the Tab Key.
This feature allows you to navigate between windows.
If you keep pressing the Tab Key, JAWS will tell you which windows you have open.
At this point you should only have Two open.
One should be the Gettysburg Address and the other should be the blank document.
JAWS may refer to it as Document 2.
While still holding the Alt Key, continue to tap on the Tab Key until you hear JAWS say Gettysburg Address.
From there all you have to do is let go and you should be back in the Gettysburg Address document.

Hold on to Ctrl and press Home to get to the top of the page.
Down Arrow until you hear JAWS say Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.
That is the beginning of the first paragraph of the document.
From where you are, hold down on the Shift Key and hold down on the Ctrl Key and tap on the Down Arrow Key.
JAWS should say Selected and read the entire paragraph to you.
You have just highlighted the entire paragraph.

Hold onto the Ctrl Key and tap on the X Key.
JAWS should say Cut selection to clipboard.
This means, the text will be visibly removed from its original location and placed on the virtual Clipboard in the computer’s memory.

Remember, you have Two Windows open at the same time.
We are going to Paste what you have cut into the new blank document.
Hold onto the Alt Key and tap on the Tab Key.
While still holding the Alt Key, continue to tap on the Tab Key until you hear JAWS say Document 2.
From there all you have to do is let go and you should be back in Document 2.

Now that you are back in Document 2 you can do a number of things including writing.
However, what you will do now is Paste that first paragraph from the Gettysburg Address from the clipboard onto the blank document.

Hold onto the Ctrl Key and tap on the V Key.
JAWS should say Pasted from clipboard
This means that the first paragraph of the Gettysburg Address was transferred from the computer’s memory to the blank document

Go ahead and see for yourself
Hold onto Ctrl and Press Home to go to the top of the document
Now hold onto the Insert key and press the Down Arrow and Jaws will read the first paragraph of the Gettysburg Address to you

Now, what would the Gettysburg Address be without the words Four score and seven years ago? So you should put them back.
Hold onto Ctrl and press Home to go to the top of the document.
From where you are, hold down on the Shift Key and hold down on the Ctrl Key and press Down Arrow.
JAWS should say Selected and read the entire paragraph to you.
You have just highlighted the entire paragraph.

Hold onto the Ctrl Key and tap on the X Key.
JAWS should say Cut selection to clipboard.
This means, the text will be visibly removed from its location and placed on the virtual clipboard in the computer’s memory.

Remember, you have Two Windows open at the same time.
We are going to Paste what you have cut back into the Gettysburg Address.
Hold onto the Alt Key and press Tab.
While still holding the Alt Key, continue to tap on the Tab Key until you hear JAWS say Gettysburg Address.
From there all you have to do is let go and you should be back in the Gettysburg Address.

Hold onto the Ctrl Key and tap on the V Key.
JAWS should say Pasted from clipboard.
This means that the first paragraph of the Gettysburg Address was transferred from the computer’s memory to where it was before.

COPY & PASTE TEXT:

If you want to place text in another location without removing it from its original location, Word allows you to do this by copying, not cutting text.

Highlight the text you wish to copy.
Hold the Ctrl Key and press C Key on the keyboard.
JAWS should say Copied selection to clipboard.
Visually, it will appear as if nothing has happened.
However, a copy of the selected text has now been placed on the virtual clipboard in the computer’s memory.
Move to the place in your document where you wish to place the text.
While holding onto the Ctrl Key tap on the V Key on the keyboard.
JAWS should say Pasted from clipboard.

Exercise 11 Copying and Pasting from the Gettysburg Address

First we need to open a new window.
Tap on the Windows Key.
The Start Menu will open.
Down arrow until you hear JAWS say All Programs.
Press Enter.
Down arrow until you hear JAWS say Microsoft Office.
Press Enter.
Down arrow until you hear JAWS say Microsoft Office Word.
Press Enter.
You have now opened a blank word document.
Now, you have Two Windows open at the same time.
You are still on the blank document.
From there, hold onto the Alt Key and press Tab.
This feature allows you to navigate between windows.
If you keep pressing the Tab Key, JAWS will tell you which windows you have open.
At this point you should only have Two Windows open.
One should be the Gettysburg Address and the other should be the blank document.
JAWS may refer to it as Document 2.
While still holding the Alt Key, continue to tap on the Tab Key until you hear JAWS say Gettysburg Address.
From there all you have to do is let go and you should be back in the Gettysburg Address document.

Hold on to the Ctrl Key and press Home to get to the top of the page.
Down Arrow until you hear JAWS say Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.
That is the beginning of the first paragraph of the document.
From where you are, hold down on the Shift Key and hold down on the Ctrl Key and press Down Arrow.
JAWS should say Selected and read the entire paragraph to you.
You have just highlighted the entire paragraph.

Hold onto the Ctrl Key and tap on the C Key.
JAWS should say Copied selection to clipboard.
This means, the text will be copied from its original location without being removed and placed on the virtual clipboard in the computer’s memory.

Remember, you have Two Windows open at the same time.
We are going to Paste what you have copied into the new blank document.
Hold onto the Alt Key and pressTab.
While still holding the Alt Key, continue to tap on the Tab Key until you hear Jaws say Document 2.
From there all you have to do is let go and you should be back in Document 2.

Now that you are back in Document 2 you can do a number of things including writing.
However, what you will do now is Paste that first paragraph from the Gettysburg Address from the clipboard onto the blank document.

Hold onto the Ctrl Key and tap on the V Key.
JAWS should say Pasted from clipboard.
This means that the first paragraph of the Gettysburg Address was transferred from the computer’s memory to the blank document.

Go ahead and see for yourself.
Hold onto Ctrl and press Home to go the top of the document.
Now hold onto the Insert Key and press the Down Arrow and JAWS will read the first paragraph of the Gettysburg Address to you.

Now the first paragraph is in two places at once!

The following posting, regarding the use of Microsoft Word 2003 and Jaws was written by staff of the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library. While the majority of the tutorials are original, credit should be given to the authors of the Basic Word curriculum used by the DC Public Library’s Computer Lab and to the Chorlton Workshop for additional information and guidance that contributed to their creation.

SAVE A DOCUMENT TO A THUMB DRIVE:

Put your thumb drive into the USB port of the computer

Tap on the Alt Key
You will hear Jaws say Virtual Ribbons
Tap on the Right Arrow once.
JAWS will say File Tab Button.
Tap on the Enter Key.
You are now in the File Menu.
Tap on the Up Arrow until you hear JAWS say Save, S.
Press Enter.



File is the Menu Bar option where you want to be
JAWS will say File Name Colon Edit.
From here you can change the name of your document .
Press the backspace and Jaws will say Blank.
Name your document something relevant that you can remember.


Now, while holding onto the Alt Key press the D Key.
You will hear JAWS say Address Edit Combo.
Tap on the Escape Key.
JAWS will say Desktop Spilt Button.
Tap on the Down Arrow Key until JAWS says Computer.
Press Enter.
Tap on the Tab Key until JAWS says Computer again.
Tap on the Down Arrow until JAWS says Removable Disk and either E or F.
That removable disk is your thumb drive.
Press Enter.
Hold onto the Alt Key and tap on the S Key.
You have just saved your document.

OR
While Holding the Ctrl Key, Press S on the keyboard.
The Save As window will appear.
Note this and the following steps will only happen the first time you save a document.

JAWS will say File Name Colon Edit.
That gives you the option to name the document.
By default, Word will give you the option of naming the file the first series of
words in the document.
This selection is highlighted and can be erased quickly by pressing the
Backspace key once.
You will hear JAWS say blank.
You can now rename your document anything you want to name it.

After you have changed the name of the file,
Holding onto the Alt Key press the D Key.
You will hear JAWS say Address Edit Combo.
Tap on the Escape Key.
JAWS will say Desktop Spilt Button.
Tap on the Down Arrow Key until JAWS says Computer.
Press Enter.
Tap on the Tab Key until JAWS says Computer again.
Tap on the Down Arrow until JAWS says Removable Disk and either E or F.
That removable disk is your thumb drive.
Press Enter.
Hold onto the Alt Key and tap on the S Key.
You have just saved your document.

Exercise 15 Saving the Gettysburg Address onto the Thumb Drive

Tap on the Alt Key
You will hear Jaws say Virtual Ribbons
Tap on the Right Arrow once.
JAWS will say File Tab Button.
Tap on the Enter Key.
You are now in the File Menu.
Tap on the Up Arrow until you hear JAWS say Save, S.
Press Enter.
Jaws will say File Name Colon Edit.
From here you can change the name of your document.
Press the backspace and Jaws will say Blank.
Type the name Gettysburg Address 2.
Alt Key press the D Key.
You will hear JAWS say Address Edit Combo.
Tap on the Escape Key.
JAWS will say Desktop Spilt Button.
Tap on the Down Arrow Key until JAWS says Computer.
Press Enter.
Tap on the Tab Key until JAWS says Computer again.
Tap on the Down Arrow until JAWS says Removable Disk and either E or F.
That removable disk is your thumb drive.
Press Enter.
Hold onto the Alt Key and tap on the S Key.
You have just saved your document.

The following posting, regarding the use of Microsoft Word 2003 and Jaws was written by staff of the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library. While the majority of the tutorials are original, credit should be given to the authors of the Basic Word curriculum used by the DC Public Library’s Computer Lab and to the Chorlton Workshop for additional information and guidance that contributed to their creation.

PRINT A DOCUMENT:

To print the entire document:
While holding onto the Ctrl Key, tap the P Key
The Print Window will open
JAWS focus will be on the Print Button
Press Enter
You have now printed your document

Open a Document from Your Folder in your Thumb Drive

The following posting, regarding the use of Microsoft Word 2003 and Jaws was written by staff of the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library. While the majority of the tutorials are original, credit should be given to the authors of the Basic Word curriculum used by the DC Public Library’s Computer Lab and to the Chorlton Workshop for additional information and guidance that contributed to their creation.


Open a Document from Your Folder in your Thumb Drive

Put your thumb drive in the USB port of the computer
Wait a minute for the computer and the thumb drive to talk to each other
Tap on the Windows Key
Down arrow until you hear Jaws Say My Computer
Press Enter
The My Computer window will open
Down Arrow until you hear Jaws say Removable Disk
Press Enter
Jaws will say which icon it is focused on and will also say not selected
If that icon is your folder press the Spacebar to select it
Then press Enter
If that icon is not your folder press the Down, Left or Right Arrows until you find it
Press Enter
Another window will open representing your folder
Jaws will say the icon it is focused on and will say Not Selected
If that icon is your document press the Spacebar to select it
Then press Enter
If that icon is not your document press the Down, Left or Right Arrows until you find it
Press Enter
Your Document should now be opened

Exercise 17 Opening The Gettysburg Address from your Thumb Drive

Put your thumb drive in the USB port of the computer
Wait a minute for the computer and the thumb drive to talk to each other
Tap on the Windows Key
Down arrow until you hear Jaws Say My Computer
Press Enter
The My Computer window will open
Down Arrow until you hear Jaws say Removable Disk
Press Enter
Jaws will say which Icon it is focused on and will also say not selected
If that Icon is the Gettysburg Address folder press the Spacebar to select it
Then press Enter
If that icon is not the Gettysburg Address press the Down, Left or Right Arrows until you find it
Press Enter
Another window will open representing the Gettysburg Address folder
Jaws will say the icon it is focused on and will say Not Selected
If that Icon is your Gettysburg Address document press the Spacebar to select it
Then press Enter
If that icon is not the Gettysburg Address document press the Down, Left or Right Arrows until you find it
Press Enter
The Gettysburg Address document should now be opened

The following posting, regarding the use of Microsoft Word 2003 and Jaws was written by staff of the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library. While the majority of the tutorials are original, credit should be given to the authors of the Basic Word curriculum used by the DC Public Library’s Computer Lab and to the Chorlton Workshop for additional information and guidance that contributed to their creation.

To Delete a Document from your Thumb Drive

Put your thumb drive in the USB port of the computer.
Wait a minute for the computer and the thumb drive to talk to each other.
Hold onto the Windows Key and tap on the E Key.
You are now in Windows Explorer.
Hold onto the Alt Key and tap on the D Key.
Now, while holding onto the Alt Key press the D Key.
You will hear JAWS say Address Edit Combo
Tap on the Escape Key.
JAWS will say Desktop Spilt Button.
Tap on the Down Arrow Key until JAWS says Computer.
Press Enter.
Tap on the Tab Key until JAWS says Computer again.
Tap on the Down Arrow until JAWS says Removable Disk and either E or F.
That removable disk is your thumb drive.
Press Enter.
Tap on the Tab Key Once.
JAWS will say Items View Multi Select list Box.
JAWS will also say Not Selected and the name of a document or folder.
If that unselected document is the document you want to open, tap on the Spacebar Select it.
Tap on the Delete Key.
A window will appear and JAWS will ask you if you are sure you want to delete the item.
Press Tab until you hear JAWS say Yes Button.
Press the Enter.
You have now deleted your document.