JAWS - Space marker, paragraph markers and new lines symbols spoken in Word documents

JAWS - Space marker, paragraph markers and new lines symbols spoken in Word documents

Problem

When reviewing Microsoft Word documents you hear 'space marker', 'paragraph marker' or 'new line' when you use the up/down crusor keys to read the document.


Resolution

This problem is because the show/hide paragraph markers button has become activated causing these symbols to be shown.


Method 1: using a hotkey

In most cases press control+shift+8 on the number row will toggle this option back off.


Method 2: using the ribbon bar accelarator keys

This may work if the hotkey chord above does not work. Press the following keys in sequence; ALT, H, 8


Method 3: browsing the ribbon bar

  1. Press ALT to navigate top the ribbon bar.
  2. Press ENTER on the Home tab in the ribbon when it is highlighted.
  3. Press CONTROL+RIGHT arrow twice to move to the paragraph group where the Bullet split button will be highlighted.
  4. Press TAB or right arrow until you reach “Show All” button, then press SPACEBAR toggle the state.

Method 4 : directly click the button in the ribbon

If the customer or sighted help is on hand, they can click to disable this features: 

  1. Click the Home tab to review the ribbon.
  2. Then click the show/hide button in the 'Paragraph' section of the ribbon as shown below circled in red.


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