I'm copying instructions on how to create columns/tables in Word 2013 that were posted on another list. I know the listers only by their first names, otherwise I'd give them the credit they deserve.
Press alt-n, t. Theresa. Press enter or space bar. Then you will find a list of different table you can create such as 1x1, 1x2. And so on then 2x1, 2x2 and so on. The first number refers to number of rows, the second the number of columns. For example, 1x2, would be one row and two columns. George expands. There are many variations of this but here is one way. 1. Press ALT and then arrow to the right to Insert and press space bar. 2. Now TAB over until you hear Tables, it will be 3 or 4 TABS. 3. Press Space Bar and it brings you into a grouping of boxes. You will be in the top left box. JAWS will say something like "1x" which is your row number. 4. Now ARROW down an JAWS will say "2x" then "3x" and so on. Arrow own to 5. Now arrow to the right twice. This will give you a beginning Table 5 rows long and 3 columns across. Press Enter. 6. This brings you back into your Word document and you are in the upper left cell of your new Table. If you want to mess with the width of your columns then from here press Applications key. 7. Arrow down to Table Properties & press enter. 8. You land in the Table properties TAB where you can set many parameters for your table. 9. ALT + U moves you to the Columns TAB and then ALT + R takes you to the Row properties TAB. There are also TABS for Cell and All Text. 10. In the Column TAB once an you land on Preferred width and it is checked by default. 11. TAB once an you land in the Spin Box to set your preferred column width. 12. I forget the keystroke to move between TABS but you could use that to move through the TABS as well. This sounds a little complicated but like most things it is fairly straight forward and gets easier the more you practice at it. Don't be afraid to create tables modify them then dump the document and begin again until you get just what you want. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 3:29 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] text columns I hope this at least gets you started. To create columns in word, you create what Word calls a table. You'll find tables in the insert tab of the ribbon. I've just checked Word 2010, and it looks like the shortcut is alt-n, t. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Eyþór Kamban Þrastarson Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 2:41 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] text columns Hi I am working with word and need to format a document with 2 news paper columns. What is the best way to navigate text columns in word as well as reading headers and footers in documents? B Best Eythor 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/
