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Moving Around a Word Document

The last couple of useful tips I have written to the list have been a bit technical, but hopefully they have demonstrated that it is possible to do a lot more with Dragon NaturallySpeaking particularly than perhaps is originally perceived. However here is a feature which absolutely anyone can take advantage of, and it relates to browsing documents within Microsoft Word. I suspect not too many people know about it, but it's very useful.

Within JAWS 7.0, Freedom Scientific introduced the ability to use what are known as Quick Keys within Microsoft Word. You can activate Quick Keys by pressing Insert+Z, whereupon ordinarily you are unable to edit the document but instead you can use the keyboard to move through the document rapidly and locate specific sections of it. For example, pressing the letter H will take you to the next heading.

Within J-Say Pro version 3.0, we took this functionality to the next level. There is no special mode to activate in order to move to a specific section of a document. All you need do is voice the command. For example, the commands "next heading", "next page", "previous table" and others can be used.

As a brief illustration, let's assume you are at the head of a lengthy Word document, and you know there is a table located at page 169. All you need to do is to wake up the microphone and use the command "Next Table". The table will be instantly located for you at the desired page. I would suggest that no-one using the mouse or a keyboard could locate page 169 as quickly as J-Say Pro and Dragon can do it, let alone locate specifically the table on that page!

All the commands for navigating Word documents are located in the J-Say Pro command summary. Alternatively, when within Word, use the command "what commands can I say" to bring up a list of commands relative to Microsoft Word. You will find them all there.

Good luck!

Brian Hartgen