[Trainer-Talk] Google Docs Now Supports Multiple Tabs
Brett Boyer
bboyer202 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 11 12:49:23 UTC 2025
As always Curtis, you are the man! Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention and reminding us how annoying some things can be.
> On Apr 10, 2025, at 6:29 PM, Curtis Chong via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Greetings all:
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> I am writing to share experiences and questions raised as a result of those
> experiences with the relatively new feature now available in Google Docs
> which enables one to set up and use multiple "tabs" within a single Google
> Docs file. I started down this road because a teacher of blind students, who
> works in a school district where Google Docs is heavily used by teachers and
> students, reported to me that a blind student was presented with a Google
> Docs file but did not know how to switch between the tabs that were
> contained in this single file using the JAWS screen reader.
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> Let me first share what I now know, admittedly, relying on help and
> information shared with me by more than one individual perhaps with greater
> persistence and tenacity than yours truly. All of this relates to
> experiences using JAWS on a Windows computer.
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> 1. If a person is creating or editing a Google Docs file over which
> he or she has full control, the way to create a new "tab" within this
> document is simply to press SHIFT+F11. JAWS will simply say, "Tab added,"
> but you are not told that you are now focused in the new tab that you just
> created.
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> 2. If you hold down the ALT and CONTROL keys (do this with your
> right hand if you can), you can quickly press the letter a then h (with your
> left hand) to be taken to the Tabs area. JAWS will say, "Show tabs &
> outlines," along with telling you how many tabs are in your document. In my
> test case, I have one tab. If I had more than one tab, I could use my up or
> down arrow keys to select a different tab within my document. By default,
> the first tab will be called TAB1.
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> 3. The CTRL+SHIFT+PGUP or CTRL+SHIFT+PGDN key commands can be used
> to move between multiple tabs within the Google Docs file. However, unless
> you are highly confident about what you are doing, I don't recommend using
> these shortcuts inasmuch as JAWS provides no verbal feedback to let you know
> to what tab you are moving to.
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> 4. Assuming you have, say, two tabs in a Google Docs file, the best
> way to get to the area to manage or move between these tabs is to hold down
> both ALT and CTRL and then to quickly press a then h. After expanding the
> button, you are now able to move up or down between the tabs you have in the
> document. Pressing Enter moves you to the tab, but before doing that, you
> might want to TAB to the Tab Options button, expand it with Space, and
> review the choices you have for the tab--including renaming and/or deleting
> the tab.
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> 5. Finally, if the Google Docs file is downloaded to the computer as
> a Word document, only the tab that has focus is saved--not the entire Google
> Docs file.
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> The frustration I experienced had to do with my inability (when bringing up
> the Google Docs keyboard shortcuts) to find any tab-specific keyboard
> commands. Perhaps these commands will be shown in a future version of Google
> Chrome, but I am not seeing them at this point.
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> Kind regards,
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> Curtis Chong
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