[fb-exchange] Re: Size of spell checker in Word

  • From: Marc McDonald <marcglenarm@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: fb-exchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:09:55 +0100

Tks John,
 Daniel from NCBI tech support  helped me. Very patient and skilled and calm 
manner. 

Word 2010 just wouldn’t let Magnifier/Narrator work on its text. So Daniel 
installed NVDA  remotely and it works!!!
Marc 

Marc Mc Donald 

On 13 Oct 2021, at 16:03, John Acton <johnactondublin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Marc
I think Word 2010 has its own text to speech tool which may be buried in
the file option. Might be worth exploring but I am out of depth here.
Best of luck
John
On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 14:16, Marc McDonald <marcglenarm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi John, thank you for your detailed  advice. Much appreciated.

I’ve discovered I do have W10. My main need for now is getting text in
Word read outloud to me. I have the Sean  voice speaking headings but it
won’t do Word text. Hope it’s not linked to some version of Word. I 
don’t
have.  Mine currently is Word 2010. Tks.
Marc

Marc Mc Donald

On 13 Oct 2021, at 13:51, John Acton <johnactondublin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Marc
I am glad to guide you on how to deal with your computer. There are many
ways to proceed and what works for me may not be the same for you and
vice
versa. I dont know what your vision is like or whether you wish to go
down
the visual or the screen reader route. Anyway, here are some of my
comments
to your last email.
1. Do not use a windows 7 computer on the internet. You can upgrade for
free to windows 10. Get someone to help you do that now to your pc.
Otherwise use it only for typing if that is not possible. Wondows 7 is
too
vulnerable to hackers and the recent HSE virus attack is an example.
2. Many shops like Curry sell computers with Microsoft Office at a
discount
of about Ã¢â€šÂ¬150.
3. You can download Microsoft Office free and use it online with your
documents saved online in the Microsoft One Drive. It has most of the
functions of Word.
4. You can download Libre Office which is very similar to Microsoft
Office.
It is totally free and has no annoying aids. It is slightly different to
Microsoft but after a bit of experience you can find where all the
equivalent functions and tools are.
5. NCBI sells second hand laptips with a screen reader installed. You can
explore that option if you wish. I think it costs Ã¢â€šÂ¬50 but I may be
wrong.
6. I use a 23 inch touch screen all in one pc. I can if I wish, magnify
the
screen using my two fingers or tap on a link instead of using the mouse.
I
set the screen to dark mode theme that is white texts against a black
background and high contrast is turned on. I bought a standard keyboard
with it. I have enough central vision at the moment for me to use
the computer without too much frustration and stress.
Finally get rid of windows 7 asap and get windows 10 upgrade for free.
Regards

John

On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 08:10, gary worn <garyworn1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mark on Windows 7 you’re going to settings and turn on the Magnifier
and
accessibility that might be of assistance to you

Sent from Gary's iPhone 0876722717

On 12 Oct 2021, at 22:32, Marc McDonald <marcglenarm@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thank you, John. Kind of you to help. What I’ve since 
learned is
my PC
with W7 is too awkward to get it talking to me. So I either buy a new
laptop with W11 and use it’s Magnified to get the computer to read
out Word
text, or I  get W11 installed on my current laptop. I think I’ll try
the
latter first  because i already have Word on my computer and I’d 
have
to
buy/rent it on a new laptop.
Thanks again.
Marc

Marc Mc Donald

On 12 Oct 2021, at 19:11, John Acton <johnactondublin@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Dear Marc
I am assuming that you are using a windows 10 PC.
1. Depending on your sight, consider using high contrast and or adjust
the
screen brightness.
2. Can you control the light around you?
3. The use of the magnifier app will make everything on the top of MS
word
bigger and more accessible. You can google how to set that up.

Hope these are useful.
Regards

John

On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 at 15:16, Cearbhall O'Meadhra <
cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Just in case I have been too hasty in my last reply:

Would you try increasing the font size using control + right arrow?

That shortcut is supposed to increase the font size by 1 point. If it
works, then keep repeating the keystroke until a sufficiently large
size
emerges.


All the best,

Cearbhall

m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e:
cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx


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On Behalf Of Marc McDonald
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2021 1:02 PM
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Subject: [fb-exchange] Size of spell checker in Word

Does anyone know how to increase the size/ visibility of text inside
the
spell-checker box in Word? It’s nigh on impossible now 
for me
to
read it.
Tks.
Marc im



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