[bksvol-discuss] Re: Converting Tables
- From: "Sue Stevens" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 18:23:36 -0500
Hi Mayrie,
Yes, it did answer my question. I’m leaving them alone. Jamie is sighted and
she would have known if they were not true tables. Sorry for cluttering up the
list. (smile)
Sue S.
From: Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:42 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Converting Tables
Hi Sue,
I don't understand your question, I'm sorry. And the table fixing options must
be somewhere else in later versions of Word, and that's why you can't use the
instructions I gave. They must not apply to you.
Since you are using Jaws as your screen reader and Word, if you use the control
plus alt key combination in conjunction with your arrow keys, you can, or
should be able to, navigate between the cells of the table. That might verify
for you that what you see in each cell of the table is clear and readable.
Bookshare's conversion tools have handled tables successfully in the past, in
my experience. They just aren't always the preferable choice for everyone.
I'd just leave them alone and see what happens once the book hits the
collection. If the tables are indeed tables, their content won't be run
together later on.
That's the best I can do. Did any of that answer your question?
I hope so. If not, ask again, and I'll try to answer the right question.
Mayrie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:40 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Converting Tables
Hi Mayrie,
Are you saying that if I can see all the text, the Bookshare tool will fix them
in order? I can read it with my display, so will they look okay when the book
hits the collection? The book says they are tables, and I remember Jamie said
Doug helped her with tables, so perhaps I am wrong in trying to fix them. It
doesn’t work anyway. When I type alt a and then v, I get stuck. I can’t tab
or arrow or anything. I don’t see any commas in the tables, though. I just
hope the tool doesn’t run them together.
Thanks,
Sue S.
From: Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:42 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Converting Tables
Hi Sue,
Well, here's what I did and it seemed to work, though I didn't actually try
to change a table to text.
Place your cursor somewhere in the table, anywhere inside the table is fine.
Press alt plus a to open the tables menu.
Press the letter v to get to the "convert" sub menu.
Tabbing here will give you options, the first is "convert to table", the second
is "convert to text".
Hit enter on " convert to text."
Now you should be sitting on a radio button that says "tabs". If you down arrow
here, you'll see a radio button labeled "commas". If you tab from that button
to "ok" and hit enter, your table should be now in a text format with the
columns in the table now separated by a comma and a space.
We didn't choose "tabs" as Bookshare's conversion tools remove all tabs, and
the text would have become run together if we chose that option.
I think that's how the tables dialogue works anyway.
If that doesn't work, ask again!
Mayrie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:49 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Converting Tables
Hi folks,
The book I am proofing has some tables, and it is almost impossible to read the
text, although the text is there. Is there a way to get rid of the table
symbols so that the text will be easily read?
I am working in MSWord 2010 with Jaws 12.
Thanks,
Sue S.
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