Re: Control-F Inconsistent for Searching in Word 2010
John R Vaughn
Brian, thank you. I note that this change works in Office 2010 and that the change to the control F command for "find" also makes the
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control G command for "go to" and the control H replace command also work. Like others, who have been shut out from use of these keys as we learned in using Word, we can get back some valuable functionality. John in sunny southwest Florida
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From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 1:11 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Control-F Inconsistent for Searching in Word 2010 Hello Brian, Thank you so much for these wonderful directions. They have worked for me and believe me the control-f thing was driving me mad. Thank you again for your precise, detailed info. I did right arrow instead of down arrowing to find the Home tab in Word 2017. I also arrowed through the file menu to get to options as Word 2017 did not accept the t hot key for getting to options. Everything worked like a charm. Terrie Terlau -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Lee Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 8:52 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Control-F Inconsistent for Searching in Word 2010 Hello Margaret, Here are the steps for getting CTRL+F to work in the traditional manner. These steps work in Word 2013. I don't have Word 2016 but I think they should also work in that version of Word. 1. Use Alt with F followed by T to go into the Word options. 2. In the list of categories either use down arrow or press the letter C until you get to the “customize ribbon” category. 3. Press Alt with T to use the customize button. 4. Use down arrow until you get to the Home tab. 5. Tab to the commands list. 6. In the commands list press E until you find the “EditFind” command. 7. Tab a couple times to the “press new shortcut key” box. 8. Press CTRL with F. 9. Tab to the Save Changes In box and choose Normal.DOTM. 10. Tab to the Assign button and press spacebar. 11. Tab to the Close button and use spacebar. 12. Tab to OK and use spacebar. Take care. Brian Lee brianllee@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas Sent: July 25, 2018 1:00 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Control-F Inconsistent for Searching in Word 2010 Thank you very much for this, Adrian. The JAWS Find command seems to work consistently here and I'm used to using it with other programs. I'll look for the discussion from several months ago. Some time ago, I found an old post from someone on one of the lists that I'm on that I think gave instructions for modifying Word so Control-F would work properly. Unfortunately, I had a roaring headache at the time and saved it in one of my e-mail folders figuring I'd remember where I moved it and could try it when I was feeling better. Now, I don't remember which list it was on or who the poster was. Margaret On 7/25/2018 2:46 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote: First, for most purposes, the JAWS find command works more consistently: JAWS key+control+f. It will search only for whole words.
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