Hi Rick,
The same thing happens. It still closes on its own.
I found an interesting work around. I
can press Insert+Space+z to go in to alternate user directory
mode. The comment function works perfectly after this. Until I
press that keystroke again and go back to normal operations, that
is.
I also use the Leasey program, and now
I'm wondering if this is a bug in Leasey and Word.
~Ann
On 9/6/2020 9:45 PM, Rick wrote:
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Hello Ann:
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I am at a loss for why the comments would
automatically close. What happens if, after you create this
empty comment, the comment closes leaving you with the text
still selected, and you press the application key and choose
edit comment. Does it stay in the comment box then or does it
close after a short period like when you created the comment?
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Rick
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Hi Rick,
Thank you for all your suggestions.
Yes, I do select text before trying to insert a comment by
using the Control+Shift and left or right aros. Jaws tells me
what is selected.
My comments seem to be set to display in balloons.
A large part of my problem seems to be that the comment pane
is disappearing way too fast, and without my having to press
escape. It sometimes happens before i can even begin to type.
For instance, I select text, press Control+Alt+m, and Jaws
tells me I'm inserting a comment. Then, often? within a very
few seconds, perhaps two or less, the pane disappears and I'm
put back in the main body of the document, and a blank comment
was inserted and the comment i meant to type is placed to
the right of what I selected.
Any ideas?
~Ann
On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 05:35 PM, Rick wrote:
Hello Ann:
First, the shortcut Control+Alt+m is not a JAWS shortcut but
is from word.
Are you selecting text before issuing these shortcut keys so
that your comment will be associated with some text in the
document?
In NVDA when I press one of these shortcut sequences, NVDA
speaks my name followed by "comment, edit level 1." This
lets me know that I am in the comment area and what I type
ends up in the comment. Then, by pressing ESC, I am returned
to the document for editing.
In JAWS, after issuing the insert comment shortcut, JAWS
speaks "Inserting comment 0 by ()." Again, I am alerted that
I am in a comment for editing.
What happens if you ignore the shortcuts and actually use
the ribbon by selecting Alt+R and tabbing to the insert
comment button and then pressing the button? If you do this,
does it indicate whether this button is enabled or disabled?
How is your version of Word set to display comments? Press
Alt+R followed by t and then m to open the show markup
dialog to see how comments are displayed. I have mine to
display in balloons.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 2:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [office-accessibility] Blank comments
Hi folks,
I'm using the latest Jaws2020, Windows10, and Microsoft Word
Subscription Version 16.0.13127.20292
Each time i try and enter a comment in a Word document using
either the
Jaws keyboard shortcut Control+Alt+m or the Review ribbon
and Microsoft
Accelerator keys, the comment itself is blank, but it's text
ends up
inserted as part of the main body. Anyone know what's going
on and how
to fix this?
It shouldn't be a matter of permission as these are my own
documents
that I created.
Thanks for any advice,
~Ann
