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. 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.

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.

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