In this video, Victor demonstrated how he saves his Word document to his Downloads folder. There are multiple locations that you can save your Word document. Jump to the end of the document: Command + End or Command + function + right arrow Navigate to the end of the document: Victor used right arrows in the video When on the desired document, open document: Command + O (If you choose to exit, VO + Shift + up arrow) To move between items in Downloads folder: VO + shift + down arrow, then VO + up, down, left or right arrow Voiceover announces that you are on a 'text element inside a browser. Go to Microsoft Word in the Download folder: Command + option + L Open a Document Saved to Downloads Folder Note: I typically save to my desktop or Dropbox Victor saved this document to his Downloads folder) When on your preferred location, press Enter If you choose to change the location, Open the list of options: VO + space To move around the window: Tab or Shift TabĬhoose saved location: (Default is last saved location)

(VoiceOver focus is automatically on the Save As textfield if you want to navigate around the window, use Tab or Shift Tab) Maximize the window: Control + command +F Open Word, open Spotlight: Command + space

Plan B: If you have a tech question, just ask a student! In this case, Victor, a 9th grade tech savvy student, came to my assistance! So, I devoted my 'spare time' that evening to teaching myself.the next morning, I quickly moved on to Plan B. The first thing I did was an Internet search - why reinvent the wheel if someone has already shared the step-by-step instructions or video tutorial? I could find overwhelming VoiceOver command cheat sheets and some video tutorials on other Mac and VoiceOver activities however, I was not able to find any free, helpful information on how to create a Word or Pages document while running VoiceOver. As a sighted educator, who is fluent with VoiceOver on the iPad, I thought I could simply spend an hour or two and teach myself the required steps and VoiceOver commands required to create a Word document while running VoiceOver. I recently sat down at my Mac with a my handy-dandy list of Mac VoiceOver commands.

Read aloud using word on a mac