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b. Students are to enter A and press Enter. Typing accuracy can be
checked by using the Plus key to read the prompt before pressing
Enter. Once Enter is pressed the change is automatic. The hyphen
ruler line reappears and all exclamation marks are gone.
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4. Lead students through the process of setting a tab stop at column 50, a useful
setting for the address and date in a modified block style personal business
letter.
a. Have students enter Control OI; check the prompt with the Plus key.
The prompt "SET TAB AT COLUMN (ESCAPE for cursor column)?"
will be heard. Students will enter the number "50" and should check
their entry by using the Plus key before pressing Return.
b. Have students press the Tab key. Use Alt T or Alt L to check cursor
position. Remind students of the discrepancy between the cursor
position announced by Alt T and Alt L: Alt L will announce the cursor
position at column 51; Alt T will announce the cursor position at
column 50.
5. Lead students through the process of setting a tab at column 15.
6. Have students move the cursor to the first tab stop and then the second.
Explain that the cursor always stops first on the tabstop closest to the left
margin.
7. Suggest that students work with the Insert function off when editing a
document with tabs. With Insert on, any text encountered by the cursor as it
tabs over will be pushed to the next tab stop. This can create a disorganized file
which must be cancelled and editing resumed in the reopened, intact file.
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Expected Outcome:
For some blind students, this may be the first time they have
encountered actual formatting tasks of this type. The concept of
arranging text for the visual information its physical structure will
convey may be new. After manipulating tactile samples of
appropriately formatted text, students will have a clearer
understanding of the effects of the formatting commands they learn
during this class period. At the conclusion of the class activity,
students will be able to clear all tabs, set tabs (using Freedom1 to
read all prompts and tabs set), and understand how the Tab key
moves the cursor.
Weekly Lab Assignment:
Have students prepare a three-column chart which lists their thirty-one favorite ice
cream flavors. This assignment has proved helpful in stabilizing tabset concepts
and at the same time, presents a linguistic challenge to student as they search for
words to describe the flavor of each of the ice creams.
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