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Moderated Help with spell check, please

Shirley Tracy
 

Hi everyone,

 

I’m using Windows 10, latest version of JAWS, and MS Home and Student 2019. I’m trying to spell check a large document. If a word is spelled wrong, and none of the choices are what I want, but I find the correct spelling of the word, how do I enter it, myself, without getting out of spell check? I’m having trouble with this. Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheerfully,

 

Shirley Tracy
Curtis Chong
 

Hello:

Press Escape to leave spell check. Fix the word manually, then press F7 again to continue.



Kind regards,

Curtis Chong


On Sep 24, 2021, at 7:24 AM, Shirley Tracy <shirleytracy16@...> wrote:



Hi everyone,

 

I’m using Windows 10, latest version of JAWS, and MS Home and Student 2019. I’m trying to spell check a large document. If a word is spelled wrong, and none of the choices are what I want, but I find the correct spelling of the word, how do I enter it, myself, without getting out of spell check? I’m having trouble with this. Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheerfully,

 

Shirley Tracy
Lee Anne Atkinson
 

Hi Shirley, 

 

After you tab down to the suggested list and your word is not there, I find I can shift-tab back up to the misspelled word.  The focus is at the end of the word.   I use insert-left arrow, which places the cursor at the beginning of the misspelled word.  I can type the correct word, space once and use ctrl-del to delete the misspelled word.  Hit ALT-C to make the change.   Spell checker moves on to the next error. 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 9:24 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Help with spell check, please

 

Hi everyone,

 

I’m using Windows 10, latest version of JAWS, and MS Home and Student 2019. I’m trying to spell check a large document. If a word is spelled wrong, and none of the choices are what I want, but I find the correct spelling of the word, how do I enter it, myself, without getting out of spell check? I’m having trouble with this. Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheerfully,

 

Shirley Tracy

 
Adrian Spratt
 

Curtis and list,

 

This works fine in short documents, but in a long one, bringing back spellchecker gets cumbersome and time-consuming. Lee Anne’s suggestion is more practical in such cases. In previous versions of Word, there was an edit field option. I’m happy that she’s found a substitute, which I myself will start using.

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 9:44 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Help with spell check, please

 

Hello:

 

Press Escape to leave spell check. Fix the word manually, then press F7 again to continue.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Curtis Chong

 


On Sep 24, 2021, at 7:24 AM, Shirley Tracy <shirleytracy16@...> wrote:



Hi everyone,

 

I’m using Windows 10, latest version of JAWS, and MS Home and Student 2019. I’m trying to spell check a large document. If a word is spelled wrong, and none of the choices are what I want, but I find the correct spelling of the word, how do I enter it, myself, without getting out of spell check? I’m having trouble with this. Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheerfully,

 

Shirley Tracy
Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
 

I did not see the work around, could you repost it?

 

 

 

 

Richard

“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” – Jane Wagner

 

My Web site: https://www.turner42.com

 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 7:53 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Help with spell check, please

 

Curtis and list,

 

This works fine in short documents, but in a long one, bringing back spellchecker gets cumbersome and time-consuming. Lee Anne’s suggestion is more practical in such cases. In previous versions of Word, there was an edit field option. I’m happy that she’s found a substitute, which I myself will start using.

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 9:44 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Help with spell check, please

 

Hello:

 

Press Escape to leave spell check. Fix the word manually, then press F7 again to continue.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Curtis Chong

 


On Sep 24, 2021, at 7:24 AM, Shirley Tracy <shirleytracy16@...> wrote:



Hi everyone,

 

I’m using Windows 10, latest version of JAWS, and MS Home and Student 2019. I’m trying to spell check a large document. If a word is spelled wrong, and none of the choices are what I want, but I find the correct spelling of the word, how do I enter it, myself, without getting out of spell check? I’m having trouble with this. Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheerfully,

 

Shirley Tracy
Shirley Tracy
 

Thank you. Thank you. You have saved me from disaster. 😊

 

 

 

Shirley Tracy

 

From: Lee Anne Atkinson
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 10:24 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Help with spell check, please

 

Hi Shirley, 

 

After you tab down to the suggested list and your word is not there, I find I can shift-tab back up to the misspelled word.  The focus is at the end of the word.   I use insert-left arrow, which places the cursor at the beginning of the misspelled word.  I can type the correct word, space once and use ctrl-del to delete the misspelled word.  Hit ALT-C to make the change.   Spell checker moves on to the next error. 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 9:24 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Help with spell check, please

 

Hi everyone,

 

I’m using Windows 10, latest version of JAWS, and MS Home and Student 2019. I’m trying to spell check a large document. If a word is spelled wrong, and none of the choices are what I want, but I find the correct spelling of the word, how do I enter it, myself, without getting out of spell check? I’m having trouble with this. Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheerfully,

 

Shirley Tracy

 

 
Lee Anne Atkinson
 

You are welcome.  I do a lot of proof reading and have developed a lot of JAWS tweaks that help.  If you would like to chat you can contact me off list at

 

lee.atkinson@... 

 

Have a great day,

 

Lee Anne

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 11:51 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Help with spell check, please

 

Thank you. Thank you. You have saved me from disaster. 😊

 

 

 

Shirley Tracy

 

From: Lee Anne Atkinson
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 10:24 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Help with spell check, please

 

Hi Shirley, 

 

After you tab down to the suggested list and your word is not there, I find I can shift-tab back up to the misspelled word.  The focus is at the end of the word.   I use insert-left arrow, which places the cursor at the beginning of the misspelled word.  I can type the correct word, space once and use ctrl-del to delete the misspelled word.  Hit ALT-C to make the change.   Spell checker moves on to the next error. 

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Shirley Tracy
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 9:24 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Help with spell check, please

 

Hi everyone,

 

I’m using Windows 10, latest version of JAWS, and MS Home and Student 2019. I’m trying to spell check a large document. If a word is spelled wrong, and none of the choices are what I want, but I find the correct spelling of the word, how do I enter it, myself, without getting out of spell check? I’m having trouble with this. Please help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheerfully,

 

Shirley Tracy

 

 

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