Opening A DOCUMENT

Opening a document or file in Word

How to open a document that has already been created.

You should be at the desktop now; if you aren't, then press the command "alt F4" until you hear desktop. If you don't hear anything, then press the "alt tab" command. If you hear the computer, say JAWS, then press the command "windows M". You should hear JAWS say Desktop and give you the first title in focus.

The following are the steps that you can use to open any document that you have created. I am going to give you two different ways to do it because your computer may not have been set up for one of the ways to work.

Method one:

1. Press the Windows key. It is the second key from the left on the bottom row.
2. Type documents and press enter.
3. You now aught to be able to arrow up and down to find your file called Mary.docx. When you do, press enter and it will open so you can edit it.

Method two:

4. Tab the windows key. Remember, it is the second key from the left on the bottom row.

2.     Type word and press enter.

3.     Now that you are in Word, press the control+O command.

4.     Press the command shift-tab once.

5.     Now, press the spacebar to activate the folder view.

6.     You now should be able to arrow up or down to find your file called mary.docx.

7.     Press enter and you will have opened your first file that you created.

The last thing you will hear JAWS say is "edit".

8.     This means you are now ready to edit or change the document you have opened.

 

We are now ready to learn how to edit the document in the next section called "Editing a document". Press enter on the link below to the link to editing a document. Editing a Document

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