The question, "How do I turn on bold formatting on selected
text in MS-Word with JAWS?," is not, in any way, shape, or form, about
JAWS. It's about Word and a keyboard shortcut it uses regardless of
whether a screen reader is involved or not. Ah, however, I’ve lost
track of how often I’ve heard the term, “That has nothing to do with JAWS,
it is a windows command.� I did not know that, so was glad for the
correction. Obviously if I did not know something, I can hardly be
faulted. Smile. The one thing I have learned is there are several
ways to get to the home screen, as they say, all roads lead to Rome.
From:
main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian
Vogel
Sent: November 12, 2021 8:42 AM
To:
main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: List Rules - 11/01/2021
#cal-notice
On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 10:58 AM, Glenn / Lenny
wrote:
I've
noticed on the over moderated Jaws list, people will have general windows
questions, or about a program, but feel as though they have to include how
to do something with Jaws, even though it is not really a Jaws question,
just to have the question be considered a Jaws
question.
That is the
result of over moderation.
-
No, it's not. It's the result of not thinking
about what you're asking about.
On every screen reader group I've
participated in there are members who think that a question about some given
piece of software, with the phrase "with {insert screen reader name here},"
makes it a screen reader related question. It isn't.
If you want
to know the keyboard shortcuts or other information about an MS-Office
program, web browser, media player, and the list goes on and on that's an
entirely separate issue from how to use any given screen reader on top of
it. It is incumbent on those asking questions to actually think
about what it is, really, the question pertains to. Tacking on, "with
{insert screen reader name here}," doesn't magically make it about the screen
reader. The question, "How do I turn on bold formatting on selected text
in MS-Word with JAWS?," is not, in any way, shape, or form, about JAWS.
It's about Word and a keyboard shortcut it uses regardless of whether a screen
reader is involved or not.
--
Brian - Windows 10,
64-Bit, Version 21H1, Build 19043
It is the
function of creative men to perceive the relations between thoughts, or
things, or forms of expression that may seem utterly different, and to be able
to combine them into some new forms--the power to connect the seemingly
unconnected.
~ William Plomer
