Hi Flor Now you see that is exactly what I meant by "getting more complicated".
In the early days of learning typing on a manual typewriter (giving away my age) we used to do it that way. My main problem now is where the cursor is standing once text has been centred. It says the number of the column as "one" although it is somewhere in the line. It is this position I would like to determine. I've tried all the commands provided for making sure that it is indeed centred (it all works like a charm) but knowing on what column in the line the first letter of the centred text is is still a mystery to me. So, in fear of the moderator closing this subject I should rather just believe that it is centred according to all the JAWS commands telling me so and forget what the column number in that line is where the centred text starts or stops. I think we are so spoilt with JAWS allowing us to know every little detail on the screen that it is difficult for me to accept that this one I will not know. Thanks again to all the listers who have given their input; it is appreciated indeed!!! DERICK -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch Sent: 16 October 2010 12:33 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Centering text and JAWS It gets more complicated still when you include font size, and non-proportionate fonts, which are standard, making such points less relevant. It'll all come out fine in the printout - or, visually, the Print Preview. So, for a verbal or surface understanding, let's use a typewriter and insert a sheet of A4 paper where a full line might be 60 or 65 characters in width (depending on margin settings, particularly the right margin), and subtract the number of characters in the centred text from 65 and then divide the remainder by two, allowing for one more space to the right if the centred text has an odd or even number of characters - depending on what the margin settings are. thus, where the right margin was half-an-inch (5 spaces), the left margin 1 inch (10 spaces), you have 65 spaces (or 6.5 inches) width to play with on an A4 standard sheet of paper. If the centred text is 20 characters, it will start from a position 22 spaces in from the left margin. (this is how we used to do things.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "DERICK GREEFF" <zs1...@cybersmart.co.za> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Centering text and JAWS > So "Thus Column 1 tells you only that you are on the first column of > text, > not your position in the actual line." But how do I then determine > where > this text is situated in a particular line in the indicator only tells > me > that I'm on the first column of the text; I thought this was going to > be > simple but it gets more complicated!!! > > DERICK > > -----Original Message----- >>From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Ann Byrne > Sent: 14 October 2010 03:06 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Centering text and JAWS > > >>Just as a blank line in a document is not a line filled with blanks, >>centered text is not blanks plus text plus blanks. A line space >>indicator is a single character, and a centering indicator is >>likewise a single character. Thus Column 1 tells you only that you >>are on the first column of text, not your position in the actual line. > > >>Stinks, doesn't it? > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
