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From: L Snider
Date: Aug 14, 2016 3:25PM

Hi Jim,

I will have to try that and see which one it is! Now I am curious to see
which one comes up.

Thanks for the details, appreciate it.

Cheers

Lisa

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Lisa,
> I'm a keyboard-only screen reader user. I would use CTRL+SHIFT+S, to open
> the Styles dialog. I would then type the word header, which should choose
> the right one. It's possible I'm not remembering the right name. Anyway, if
> that dialog is not showing all styles, you have to choose that option.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
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> Jim Homme,
> Accessibility Consultant, Web developer,
> Bender HighTest Team,
> Bender Consulting Services, inc.
> 412-787-8567,
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> accessible-technology-solutions
>
> On Aug 14, 2016, at 4:56 PM, L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto:lsni
> <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I don't have Header in the Word 2016 styling menu...What version are you
> using and which OS?
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> <
> mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:
>
> Lisa,
>
> I mean the style whose name is simplyHeader. D
>
>
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> Jim Homme,
> Accessibility Consultant, Web developer,
> Bender HighTest Team,
> Bender Consulting Services, inc.
> 412-787-8567,
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ><mailto:jhomme@
> benderconsult.com>,
> http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-
> accessible-technology-solutions
>
> On Aug 14, 2016, at 4:30 PM, L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto:lsni
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ><mailto:lsni
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> So you mean titles and not headings from the styling menu in Word?
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> <
> mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ><
> mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:
>
> Hi Lisa,
>
> I would not give the company name a heading style. Heading styles are
> meant for section headings. You might want to use the Heading style.
> That's different from heading with a number.
>
>
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> Jim Homme,
> Accessibility Consultant, Web developer,
> Bender HighTest Team,
> Bender Consulting Services, inc.
> 412-787-8567,
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ><mailto:jhomme@
> benderconsult.com><mailto:jhomme@
> benderconsult.com<http://benderconsult.com>;>,
> http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-
> accessible-technology-solutions
>
> On Aug 14, 2016, at 3:52 PM, L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto:lsni
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ><mailto:lsni
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> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ><mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> The issue that I was musing about was in the letter, where if you are lucky
> you have a 'RE' section, which could be given a heading (and rarely do you
> have a company name up top to give a heading to)... If you don't even have
> the 'RE:' then the address could be styled, but there would be no other
> headings as letters don't usually have sections. That is the issue I have
> been working on the most, and I am wondering what others do with letters
> that don't have anything major to make into a heading.
>
> Contracts are different, because they usually have good things to use
> headings on-except at the top where you have the 'X and X go into a
> contract'. That is way too long usually for an H1, and with legal you can't
> change the way it is structured.
>
> I wish they were more like reports, but almost always they aren't!
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> <
> mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ><
> mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ><
> mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:
>
> Hi Lisa,
> FFor the sake of argument, let me assume Microsoft Word.
>
> The title of the document would use the Title style.
>
> I would then apply headings using the Heading 1 style for each major
> section, and then use Heading 2 through the necessary level of heading
> style. If you think the document will ever be converted to the web, avoid
> levels 7 and higher.
>
> Once you have the headings in place, go back through and use the
> multi-level list, rather than typing in the numbers by hand. Word has
> numbering schemes for various document types.
>
> Then, if your document requires a table of contents, put your curser where
> you want it to go, right click or SHIfT+F10, and choose the automatic table
> of contents entry.
>
> For the addressing part of the letter, I think there is the Address style,
> but I'd have to check that.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Jim
>
>
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> Jim Homme,
> Accessibility Consultant, Web developer,
> Bender HighTest Team,
> Bender Consulting Services, inc.
> 412-787-8567,
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> benderconsult.com><mailto:jhomme@
> benderconsult.com<http://benderconsult.com>;><mailto:jhomme@
> benderconsult.com<http://benderconsult.com>;<http://benderconsult.com>;>,
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> accessible-technology-solutions
>
> On Aug 14, 2016, at 3:04 PM, L Snider < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto:lsni
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ><mailto:lsni
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>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have been thinking about this one for a while, and wanted to hear how you
> approach this one.
>
> To make reports, and the like, accessible is pretty straightforward.
> However, when working with a letter, do you use styled headings?
>
> In some letters, I can see making the RE: line a heading (H2) and maybe
> even the company name if it is in text at the top (H1). Do you do this?
>
> Also for contracts, I can see the sub titles in a contract styled into
> headings, but most of them have the 'this is a contract between X and X',
> do you make that into an H1? Do you do this?
>
> Thanks in advance! Curious to know what everyone does for these kinds of
> docs!
>
> Cheers
>
> Lisa
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