#REMOVE THE MAILINGS TAB FROM THE RIBBON HOW TO#
#REMOVE THE MAILINGS TAB FROM THE RIBBON SOFTWARE#
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Note: Use the term “groupings” as that is the word that JAWS uses. (Visually, there is a vertical line between these sections.) There are additional options (available in a drop down menu) under each of some of these areas. The Home tab is organized into commands that fall under these “ groupings”: Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, and Styles.

#REMOVE THE MAILINGS TAB FROM THE RIBBON SOFTWARE#

Keep in mind that options available in the ribbon may change with software updates – and that’s OK! This post is a guide that can be adapted to accommodate any updates that might impact the ribbon! For young or beginner tech users, start with the description of the upper ribbon and then do the beginning File Folder Tab Lesson before introducing the overview of each tab. As an educator, read the entire post to understand the big picture and then break down the concepts to fit your student’s needs. The tab descriptions below are middle of the road – providing general information about each tab without going into nitty-gritty details. Some students may want to explore each and every option, while others may only be ready for one option under the Home tab. Carefully consider how much information to share with your student according to your student’s age and abilities. Teacher Hint: It is overwhelming to memorize all the options/commands available under each tab, especially for young students and/or beginners with tech. The lower ribbon changes according to which tab is selected in the top ribbon – it is directly associated with a specific tab in the top ribbon. See the video tutorial at the end of this post for step-by-step instructions.īelow the upper ribbon is the lower ribbon, also known as the Toolbar. Example: Alt, N (press individually) will jump from the document content to Insert. Listen carefully to the JAWS announcements, as JAWS will state the Keytip (shortcut command).

Left arrow to navigate across the Upper Ribbon to the previous tabĮscape key to go back to the document content Right arrow to navigate across the Upper Ribbon to the next tab When Word is opened, the JAWS focus is on the content of the Word document.Īlt key jumps the focus to the Upper Ribbon Can the student recite the tabs in order?

Next, in Microsoft Word, ask the student to navigate through the tabs in the upper ribbon. Call out a couple of commands and ask what tab that command might fall under. If appropriate, ask the student to guess what types of commands might be under each tab. Shuffle the folders and ask the student to put them in order. so that when the folders are stacked on top of each other, the braille labels will seen in the same order as the ribbon bar on the computer.Īctivity: With the folders stacked in order, ask the student to read the labels starting with the top folder (tab is far left with the braille and/or print label, “Home”). Ideally, the file folder tabs will be in descending order, meaning that the physical tab for Home file folder will be on the very left side of the file folder, the physical tab for the Insert file folder will be next position tab, slightly to the right, etc. Places a braille label on the tab of each file folder. Prep: Braille the 10 ribbon tabs (Home, Insert, Draw, Design, Layout, References, Mailings, Review, View and Tell Me). Materials: 10 file folders, brailled sheets (or large print sheets) On the far right side of the bar are two buttons: The upper ribbon, also known as the menu bar. Each ribbon is a bar (line) across the page. Ribbon tabs are composed of groups of closely related commands, designed to help users quickly find desired commands.

#REMOVE THE MAILINGS TAB FROM THE RIBBON SERIES#

The ribbon is a command bar that organizes a program’s features into a series of tabs at the top of the screen.

Keep in mind that the National Technology Standards dictate that students should be introduced to Word Processing in kindergarten and should master basic word processing skills by second grade and higher skills (such as formatting and copy/paste) by third or fourth grade. At the very top of the Microsoft Word document is the Title and just below the title are two ribbons. Let’s take a closer look at the “ribbon” in Microsoft Word. Before diving into the ribbon, it is important that students understand where the ribbon is physically located. This post will focus on ribbon concepts including JAWS navigating commands.

#REMOVE THE MAILINGS TAB FROM THE RIBBON HOW TO#

In order for your student to be a “Tech Power User”, he/she must fully understand the different parts of the screen and how to navigate in and around these parts.

Remove the mailings tab from the ribbon