8. Text AttributesText Attributes
Configuring what formatting is presented
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Text Attributes Preferences
The term "text attributes" refers to all of the font, style, alignment,
and other formatting associated with a given character or series of
characters. Orca's Text Attributes page allows you
to customize which text attributes Orca will present in speech,
along with the order in which they should be presented, and which ones
Orca will indicate in braille.
The text attributes table
The text attributes table is where you specify what attributes will
and will not be presented and under what conditions. Each row consists
of four columns.
Attribute Name: The name of the text attribute.
Speak: Check this checkbox if you would like
Orca to speak this attribute when you press
OrcaF.
Mark in braille: Check this checkbox if you would
like Orca to "underline" this attribute on your
braille display.
Present Unless: This editable field allows you to
specify when an enabled attribute is not of interest.
For example, by default the "underline" text attribute has a
value of "none". This causes Orca to inform you
about underlined text as long as the text is actually underlined.
If you always want this attribute to be spoken irrespective of
whether or not the text is underlined, the Present unless
column should be empty for underline. In addition, you should be sure
that the Speak column for underline is checked.
Undoing changes
Beneath the list of text attributes, there is a Reset button
(AltR) which will restore
the values of the table to what they were when the dialog was
first displayed.
Rearranging the order of presentationOptions for Controlling the Order in Which Attributes Are Presented
When you initially display the text attribute page, all of your enabled
attributes are placed at the top of the table in the order in which they
will be spoken. There are four buttons which can be used to rearrange
the order of presentation.
Move to top (AltT):
moves the selected attribute to the top of the list.
Move up one (AltU):
moves the selected attribute up one row.
Move down one (AltD):
moves the selected attribute down one row.
Move to bottom (AltB):
moves the selected attribute to the bottom of the list.
Braille indicatorOptions for Configuring Braille "Underlining" for Formatting
Beneath the push buttons is the Braille Indicator group
of radio buttons. Here you can select the cell or cells to be used
to indicate text which has at least one of the specified attributes.
None: Do not underline text attributes in braille (the default)
Dot 7: Underline text attributes with only Dot 7
Dot 8: Underline text attributes with only Dot 8
Dots 7 and 8: Underline text attributes with both Dots 7 and Dots 8