[gui-talk] [nfbcs] Using the Spell Checker in Word 2013

[David Andrews]

You could also press escape to get out of spell checker, you are on 
the word, edit it, and hit f7 again, which starts from the place your 
cursor is at.

Dave

At 06:07 PM 7/22/2015, you wrote:
>Greetings:
>
>Unfortunately (unless somebody else knows a shorter way) you need to tab to
>the list, use your down arrow key to select the choice, and then press
>Enter.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Curtis Chong
>
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>
>How do you get to the panel that allows you to edit the error manually?
>
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>Subject: [nfbcs] Using the Spell Checker in Word 2013
>
>Using the Spell Checker in Word 2013
>
>By Curtis Chong
>
>
>When I first began using Microsoft Word (in my case, this was Word 97) to
>create and edit documents on the computer, I learned how to start the spell
>checker in Word by pressing the F7 function key. I also quickly discovered
>that if a spelling error was discovered in my document, I would be presented
>with a number of choices to make:
>
>*       I could press ALT+a to add the offending word to the dictionary;
>*       I could press ALT+i to ignore the error;
>*       I could press ALT+g to ignore all of the errors involved with this
>word; or
>*       I could press ALT+c if I wanted the suggested correction to replace
>the word in error.
>
>These so-called "accelerator keys" worked in every version of Microsoft Word
>that I used until the advent of Microsoft Word 2013. Now, while running the
>spell checker in Word 2013, if I press ALT+i to ignore what Word perceives
>to be a spelling error, my screen reader says, "Press the accelerator key
>only, without the Alt key in Office 2013 or later."
>
>For a long time, I never really paid attention to this message. I assumed
>that I could no longer use the Alt key combinations I had learned, and I
>simply tabbed to the button I wanted to press. I don't know about you, but
>as far as I am concerned, this was a real waste of time on my part (not to
>mention a clear indication that sometimes, my cognitive faculties are not
>what they should be).
>
>If I had bothered to give proper attention to the message, " Press the
>accelerator key only, without the Alt key in Office 2013 or later," I would
>have realized that I do not have to tab to any of the buttons in the
>spelling error dialog. Instead, I can do the following:
>
>*       press A to add the offending word to the dictionary;
>*       press I to ignore the error;
>*       press G to ignore all of the errors involved with the word;
>*       press C if I want the suggested correction to replace the word in
>error; and
>*       press L if I want all occurrences of the flagged word to be changed
>to the suggested correction.
>
>If some of you who are reading this have already figured this out, then I
>congratulate you on being far more perspicacious than me. If you haven't,
>then try using the keys listed here, and see if this doesn't improve your
>over-all productivity.

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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