[Athen] Lists in Word with Roman Numerals

[Dan Comden]

Yes, what Susan said: the Roman-ness of the numerals is not important in a
list. The structure they indicate is, and Arabic numbers or regular letters
are easy to substitute.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Susan Kelmer <Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu>
wrote:


> I’m going to chime in here.  Other responders are correct, you can use

> roman numerals in the auto numbering in word, but a screen reader won’t

> read them properly.

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> Think about the context and what you are trying to provide.  Is it REALLY

> that important that the numbers be in Roman numeral format?  Or can you

> just use numbers and letters instead like a regular outline/list?  I

> usually just change them to numbers.  I know, it is changing the content

> somewhat, but it isn’t changing what information the content is trying to

> provide.  My goal is to give the student a workable, even better than

> minimal, representation of the reading material.  So, what should I be

> doing to make it that way?  I use regular numbers instead.

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> Of course, YMMV, but that’s how we do it here.

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> *Susan Kelmer*

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> *Alternate Format Production Program Manager*

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> *Disability Services*

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> *University of Colorado Boulder*

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> *303-735-4836 <(303)%20735-4836>*

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Robert Beach

> *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2017 9:15 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Lists in Word with Roman Numerals

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> If I am understanding the question, yes you can create a custome list in

> Word to use Roman numerals.  No, screen readers will not read them

> correctly, but you can have a numbered list that uses Roman numerals.

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> Robert Lee Beach

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> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Kansas City Kansas Community College

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> 7250 State Avenue

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> Kansas City, KS  66112

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> Phone: 913-288-7671 <(913)%20288-7671>

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> Email: rbeach at kckcc.edu

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu

> <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Joseph

> Sherman

> *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2017 10:00 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>; webaim-forum at list.webaim.org

> *Subject:* [Athen] Lists in Word with Roman Numerals

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> Hi all. As far as I can tell, using the letters “I” and “VII” for Roman

> numeral in a Word list/outline are not read correctly in screen readers. It

> is possible to insert the actual Roman Numeral symbols into a Word

> document, however seem to be impossible to format a list/outline using

> Roman Numeral symbols. Is there a way around this?

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>

> Joseph

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