Hi Flor; It worked. Now, let's see how long it lasts before it changes! Thank you very much. Take care. Mister Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Flor Lynch To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Saving as Normal.Dot, was Removing links Let us know if or how it worked, Mister Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Saving as Normal.Dot, was Removing links > Hello Mister Lynch; > > Thank you very much for the tips. Take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Flor Lynch > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Saving as Normal.Dot, was Removing links > > > Mike, > > To successfully save a new file as normal.dot, (with Word closed) > find > and delete the old normal.dot. Microsoft wod will automatically > replace > it when you reopen the program. Then make your settings changes and > save > as you have been doing. The following is subject to be verified:- > Note, > however, that (I think it may still exist, for older versions of > word) > there is a bug in recent JAWS versions that appears to alter the > normal.dot template file after every few sessions. Best not to worry > about that too much, but to be aware of it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <mb69ma...@charter.net> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:24 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Saving as Normal.Dot, was Removing links > > > > Hi Brian; > > > > I have tried to save a Word template as a, Normal.dot, several > times > > but, it > > keeps reverting back to prior settings. What i'm doing is opening > a > > new > > Word Doc, document 1, making the settings the way I would like them > to > > be > > each time I open a new Word doc, from the save as type list, I > save > > it as, > > Document Template (*.dot), & name it, Normal.dot > > > > Am I not naming , saving, or what correctly? I have tried making > > changes to > > the Normal.dot file in my templates folder in Documents & Settings > > but, it > > still the reverts back to the old settings after a short while. I > am > > running Office / Word 2002 & Jaws 10, 11, 12. All help will be > > greatly > > appreciated in getting this little issue resolved. Thanks much. > Take > > care. > > Mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brian Lee > > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Removing links > > > > > > Hello Wayne, > > > > When in Microsoft Word, you can use Alt+CTRL+V to bring up the > "paste > > special" list of choices. Use up arrow to the choice for > unformatted > > text > > and press enter key. This should paste your information without > > hyperlinks. > > If by chance you are using Alt+CTRL+V for something else such as > the > > volume > > control, in Word 2010 you can apply a keystroke to the "keep text > > only" > > function. If using Word 2010 do the following if you want to > apply a > > keystroke to the "keep text only" function: > > > > 1. Press Alt+F to use the File button and then press T to open > the > > options > > dialog. > > 2. Press C while focus is in the categories list to move to the > > "customize > > ribbon" choice. > > 3. Use tab key to the "customize" button and press spacebar. > > 4. In the resulting categories list press the letter A until "all > > commands" > > is selected. > > 5. Use tab key to the list of all commands, which might take a > > couple > > seconds to populate. > > 6. Press the letter P and then use a page down key about six > times > > and > > arrow down to the "paste text only choice. > > 7. Use tab key to move to the box where you can type in a new > > shortcut > > key. > > I use Alt+Shift+T. > > 8. Use tab key again to move to the combo box where you choose > the > > template > > to save your changes. If you save changes in the normal.DOTM > > template > > then > > the keystroke will apply in any new document where you use the > > applied > > keystroke. If you want it only for the current document then use > > down > > arrow > > in this combo box and make the appropriate choice. > > 9. Use tab key to the "assign" button and press spacebar. > > 10. Use tab key to the "close" button and use spacebar. > > 11. Use tab key to the OK button and use spacebar. > > > > Take care. > > > > Brian Lee > > brianl...@charter.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of wayne > > smith > > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:32 PM > > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Removing links > > > > Sorry for the headache. I wanted to paste an online text doc with > > links > > built in to every other word into an MS Word doc and make all the > > links > > disappear without taking out the associated word. I may resort to > > retyping > > the text. > > > > Wayne > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of David > > Ferrin > > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 01:21 PM > > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Removing links > > > > I've followed the entire thing and I got lost myself. > > David Ferrin > > I've reached the age where 'happy hour' is a nap. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan Rossi" <d...@andrew.cmu.edu> > > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:33 PM > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Removing links > > > > > > Wow did this thread take a strange turn. I was trying to help out > > Wayne, > > who was trying to cut and paste without the word link showing up > in > > his > > document. Wayne is using JAWS 11, so I was restricting my > > experiments to > > that. Then folks said that it could be done, so I wanted to know > > how, > > since I wasn't able to figure out how to do it, which you can't, > as I > > already knew. > > > > So, I wasn't trying to make it stop saying link for myself, I was > > trying > > to help out someone else. > > > > As for why you would want it to stop saying link? Well, most of > the > > time > > it doesn't matter, but there are many web pages, take a look at > any > > wikipedia article, where every other word is a link, and it is > quite > > distracting to read it with every third word being link. So, even > > though > > I might not want to turn it off all the time, it would be nice to > > turn it > > off some of the time. I do turn off the stating start and end > list > > announcements as I find that not terribly useful most of the time. > > > > The fact that you can do it in JAWS 12, is great, and I will do > that, > > but > > Wayne was working in JAWS 11 so I was going that route. > > > > Lastly, I am not even sure that suppressing JAWS from speaking the > > word > > link would prevent it from showing up in the cut and paste. > > > > -- > > Blue skies. > > Dan Rossi > > Carnegie Mellon University. > > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > Send any questions regarding list management to: > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > Send any questions regarding list management to: > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com
