[nabs] formatting papers. do youhavesomeonecheckyourfinishedpaper?

Tue Nov 9 21:01:25 GMT 2010

I am a little late but what is latex and how can I get a copy?
"Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
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>I haven't ever used it to format a writing assignment, but supposedly latex 
>is easyer to format than word. you tell the computer in text how you want 
>it to look, and the computer formats it exactly how you instructed it to.
>
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>> Olivia,
>> Please, please, please, please bless me with a copy of the document :-) 
>> It may be what I have been looking for-a doc that would tell me the 
>> right, top, and bottoms margins are ____, the left margin is ____ to 
>> allow for holes for insertation into a binder. The running head is XX # 
>> of spaces from the left, and you must then go down XX # of times to start 
>> the title of paper, etc...
>> So hopefully, this is what I am looking for.
>> Thanks,
>> dornetta
>> "Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
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>> From: "Olivia Norman" <olivianorman at gmail.com>
>> To: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>; "Discussion list for 
>> NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students." <nabs at acb.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs] formatting papers. do you have 
>> someonecheckyourfinishedpaper?
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>>
>>> When I was in school I did often have a friend check for visual things I 
>>> just couldn't catch.
>>> I have a document on APA formatting somewhere on my hard drive I'd be 
>>> happy to send you.  I hated APA formatting with a passion, and it's 
>>> certainly the thing I miss least about grad school.  My mac did a pretty 
>>> good job at catching things, but it was often a quicker and better use 
>>> of time to have someone check the final product and fix any formatting I 
>>> overlooked.
>>> Good luck! If you'd like the APA document which spells out how to do 
>>> formatting in words rather than just visually, let me know. It really 
>>> helped me a lot!
>>> Olivia
>>> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower", Steve Jobs
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rhonda,
>>>> Check the jaws help section.  Maybe you could call Freedom scientific 
>>>> and they could walk you through the commands if you use jaws.
>>>> Another idea if you can't figure it out is to have a reader or tutor 
>>>> format your reference page.
>>>>
>>>> Ashley
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Partain" 
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>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:20 AM
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>>>> checkyourfinishedpaper?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have a hard time doing APA style I am not sure how to make headers, 
>>>>> headings, and the like in Word 2007.
>>>>> Rhonda.
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Glowacki" 
>>>>> <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students." 
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>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:07 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs] formatting papers. do you have someone check 
>>>>> yourfinishedpaper?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I do have a professor or a friend with usable vision check it for
>>>>>> me.  JAWS doesn't catch everything, and it's nearly impossible to
>>>>>> check every little visual thing with keystrokes when it would
>>>>>> usually take 10 seconds for someone with vision to look and just
>>>>>> make sure the spacing looks right etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Partain" 
>>>>>> <partain319 at bellsouth.net>
>>>>>> To: <nabs at acb.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:15 AM
>>>>>> Subject: [nabs] formatting papers. do you have someone check your
>>>>>> finishedpaper?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BlankHello, do you have someone check your final paper to make
>>>>>> sure you have formatted it correctly?
>>>>>> Also, has anyone used a good tutorial for Jaws and Word 2007?
>>>>>> Thanks so much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rhonda
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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