Vince:
The document was created from the formatting menu.
Thank you so much for your help.
Have a great day!
Donna
-----Original Message-----
From: Vince Tomassetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: Reading columns in word 97
>Hi Donna.
>
>Are the columns in a table or is the document formatted to display columns?
>
>If you are dealing with a table then use TAB to read the cells. If you are
>dealing with a document with multiple columns created with the Column
>command on the Formatting menu then view the document in Normal view rather
>than page view. In Normal view, the document is decolumized sincei t doesn
>otd isplay columns side by side.
>
>Other times, I have encountered documents displaying columns that do not
fit
>either oft he above mentioned situations. These documents seem to come
from
>my K1000 scans. For example, when I scan a course syllabus the week
number
>is in the first column, the date in the next, the description in the next,
>etc. When I read line by line with the PC curser only the week columni s
>spoken. To read the entire line I need to use the JAWS cursor. If this is
>the situation you are dealing with then here is a trick to easily
decolumize
>the document or any part of a document for reading with JFW.
>1. Select the text you wish to decolumize.
>2. Copy the selection to the clipboard.
>3. Prepare a blank document for pasting the text into.
>4. From the Edit menu choose Paste Special.
>5. From the Paste Special dialog box choose Unformatted text.
>What you paste is a text-only version of what is on the clipboard. All
>formatting , including columns are gone. View the document in Normal view
>and you should have no troubles.
>
>Regards,
>Vince.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Donna kesterson
>Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 9:40 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Reading columns in word 97
>
>Can someone please tell me how to get jfw to read columns in word? It will
>read one column but not the others.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Donna
>
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