Hi al, a quick way to add bullets are if you hit shift 8. This give you a star
which turns into a bullet once you hit space. I know this happens to me
everytime I try and put a star in a document.
From Shaz.Sent from my android.On 20 Jun 2017 2:20 p.m., Steve
<pipeguy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, they don't necessarily help in using Jaws. The point is if you are
> writing a Word document and you want to make some specific points that will
> stand out as they are read in a printed format in particular, although I
> have embossed bulleted text in Braille before.
>
> Thinkk of it as being similar to an outline, except that they are unnumbered
> and generally all at the same level.
>
> Even if you have a documented that is bulleted, you can set Jaws using the
> speech schemes to not read those if you want to ignore them.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vicky Vaughan" <vrvaugha...@gmail.com>
> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Bullets in MS Word 2013
>
> > How do the bullits help in using Jaws?
> >
> > The reason I ask, is because to me, just listening to them, they don't add
> > anything to the understanding of the material and just are a form of
> > verble clutter.
> >
> > Vicky
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Annette Carr
> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 8:43 PM
> > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
> > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Bullets in MS Word 2013
> >
> > When using the bullet feature in MS-Word, it provides a very clean visual
> > appearance. Let me see if I can explain. The bullet will be up against
> > the
> > left margin, or most frequently ¼ of an inch to the right of the left
> > margin. This is called the hanging indent. The start of the text will be
> > a
> > little to the right of the bullet. As an example, let's say that the
> > bullet
> > is 1/4 of an inch wide, and the space between the bullet and the start of
> > the text is 1/4 of an inch. This means that the text is starting 1/2 of
> > an
> > inch away from the left margin. This is called the left indent and is .5
> > of
> > an inch from the left margin. If the text you are typing is longer than
> > the
> > line and needs to wrap down to the next line, the start of that subsequent
> > line will be positioned right under the start of the previous line’s text
> > at
> > the 1/2 inch mark from the left margin. When you are at the beginning of
> > a
> > line, you can use the Insert+f command to learn about the hanging indent
> > and
> > left indent positions. If JAWS announces Aligned left, then you know the
> > text is flush against the left margin and there is not a bullet at the
> > start
> > of the information.
> >
> >
> >
> > The use of bullets makes it easier for the visual reader to quickly move
> > from one item to the next. Personally, I find it also allows me to
> > quickly
> > move through bulleted information with JAWS.
> >
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Annette
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
> > Behalf Of Judy Jones
> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 6:46 PM
> > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
> > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Bullets in MS Word 2013
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> >
> >
> > I always type an asterisk with a space where I want my bullet. For me
> > this
> > is in bulleting paragraphs or sentences, and at the beginnings of lines.
> >
> >
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: JAWS-Users-List [ <mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com>
> > mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of
> > <mailto:jyandt.mar...@comcast.net> jyandt.mar...@comcast.net
> >
> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 1:09 PM
> >
> > To: <mailto:jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
> > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
> >
> > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Bullets in MS Word 2013
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks. Will this take me to the list of choices of bullets?
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: DGH
> >
> > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 2:55 PM
> >
> > To: <mailto:jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
> > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
> >
> > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Bullets in MS Word 2013
> >
> >
> >
> > Control shift L will begin insertion of bullets.
> >
> > Pressin
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