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From: Ayelet Abraham
Date: Mon, Mar 05 2018 12:13PM
Subject: Accessibility of follow changes in word document
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Hello,

We have a word document full of changes. My client would like to able to
follow these changes and know exactly what was omited and added to the
document. We checked the document with jaws 18 and the vocal indication was
only of some of the changes which made it unreliable.

Would you have a suggestion what can be done about this? How can we get a
full reading of various changes to the document?

Thank you

Ayelet Abraham, PhD
Digital accessibility specialist
Migdal or multi service center for the blind and visualy impaired
Israel
Mobile: 972-52-6600765
Email: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =

From: Jim Homme
Date: Mon, Mar 05 2018 1:04PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of follow changes in word document
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Hi,
I have had more success working with NVDA using Track Changes than I have had with JAWS. I believe I have used Simple Markup for best success, but have occasionally looked at two versions of documents and used No Markup on one and have gone through them line by line. It's painful, but it works.

Jim



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From: David Farough
Date: Mon, Mar 05 2018 1:14PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of follow changes in word document
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I have taken the following text from the Jaws 2018 popular applications
for Microsoft word.


Track Changes
This option controls if JAWS detects and announces any insertions,
deletions, formatting changes, or comments made to a document using
Word's Track Changes feature.
Several choices are available for this option.
Off: JAWS does not detect any revisions.
Speak type: JAWS announces the type of revision made, for example,
inserted text or deleted text. This is the default setting.
Speak type plus count: In addition to speaking the type of revision,
JAWS also announces the number of revisions per line.
Speak type and author: In addition to speaking the type of revision,
JAWS also announces the user name of the individual who made the
revision.
Speak type and author plus count: JAWS speaks the type of revision, the
name of the person who made it, and the number of revisions per line.
Speak type, author, and date: JAWS speaks the type of revision, the
name of the person who made it, and the date the revision was made.
Speak type, author, and date plus count: JAWS speaks the type of
revision, the name of the person who made it, the date the revision was
made, and the number of revisions per line.

Note: You can also use CTRL+INSERT+R to announce revision information
when the cursor is on a revised item. Refer to Track Changes (
mk:@MSITStore:C:%20Scientific2018.CHM::/word_processing/microsoft_word/track_changes_wd.htm
) for more information.

You can review current settings by pressing insert + v to open quick
settings from Microsoft Word.
type tr in the search field to provide the settings for track changes
which will appear in the list below.

I hope this helps.
I believe that this would also apply to jaws 18.





David Farough
(819) 420-8418




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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Mon, Mar 05 2018 2:53PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of follow changes in word document
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Yes, these settings also work in Jaws18, I have used them on and off over the last 4 years. There is also a virtual cursor command to jump to the next revision. So if you turn on the virtual cursor in Word with insert-z then you should be able to quickly navigate through the revisions, if you are not comfortable with the revision list that david provided.

Best Wishes,

Jonathan

> On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:14 PM, David Farough < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> I have taken the following text from the Jaws 2018 popular applications
> for Microsoft word.
>
>
> Track Changes
> This option controls if JAWS detects and announces any insertions,
> deletions, formatting changes, or comments made to a document using
> Word's Track Changes feature.
> Several choices are available for this option.
> Off: JAWS does not detect any revisions.
> Speak type: JAWS announces the type of revision made, for example,
> inserted text or deleted text. This is the default setting.
> Speak type plus count: In addition to speaking the type of revision,
> JAWS also announces the number of revisions per line.
> Speak type and author: In addition to speaking the type of revision,
> JAWS also announces the user name of the individual who made the
> revision.
> Speak type and author plus count: JAWS speaks the type of revision, the
> name of the person who made it, and the number of revisions per line.
> Speak type, author, and date: JAWS speaks the type of revision, the
> name of the person who made it, and the date the revision was made.
> Speak type, author, and date plus count: JAWS speaks the type of
> revision, the name of the person who made it, the date the revision was
> made, and the number of revisions per line.
>
> Note: You can also use CTRL+INSERT+R to announce revision information
> when the cursor is on a revised item. Refer to Track Changes (
> mk:@MSITStore:C:%20Scientific2018.CHM::/word_processing/microsoft_word/track_changes_wd.htm
> ) for more information.
>
> You can review current settings by pressing insert + v to open quick
> settings from Microsoft Word.
> type tr in the search field to provide the settings for track changes
> which will appear in the list below.
>
> I hope this helps.
> I believe that this would also apply to jaws 18.
>
>
>
>
>
> David Farough
> (819) 420-8418
>
>
>
>
> Ce courriel est destiné exclusivement au destinataire mentionné en titre
> et peut contenir de l'information privilégiée, confidentielle ou
> soustraite à la communication aux termes des lois applicables. Toute
> divulgation non autorisée, toute reproduction ou réacheminement est
> interdit. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce courriel, ou n'êtes
> pas autorisé par le destinataire visé, ou encore, si vous l'avez reçu
> par erreur, veuillez le mentionner immédiatement à l'expéditeur et
> supprimer le courriel et les copies.
>
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>
> > > >

From: Karlen Communications
Date: Fri, Mar 09 2018 12:25PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of follow changes in word document
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JAWS has keyboard commands to list revisions and comments.

Open Virtual Viewer and view list of comments, footnotes, endnotes, or revisions in

Use these when in SayAll:
Next Revision (when using Track Changes) R
Next Comment N

Use these when editing text:
List Comments Ctrl + Shift + Apostrophe
List Revisions JawsKey + Shift + R

If you have Track Changes set to Simple Markup, this will not work with adaptive technology. You need to set the Track Changes to Show All Markup.

I would also advise only having Comments in balloons.

I've written a tutorial on using Track Changes with the keyboard and adaptive technology:
http://www.karlencommunications.com/OfficeForWindowsAccessibility.html

Get a list of links and look for Track Changes, Comments and Comparing Documents.

I use JAWS 18 and I use Track Changes all the time.

Cheers, Karen


From: Karlen Communications
Date: Fri, Mar 09 2018 12:27PM
Subject: Re: Accessibility of follow changes in word document
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I have my Track changes verbosity settings set to Type and Author.

JawsKey + V then look for Track Changes.

Cheers, Karen