Re: [JAWS-Users] Update to the escape key post.

2012-10-15 Thread inthaneelf
and the rest? -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Rich Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 6:00 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Update to the escape key post. I believe it is going through

Re: [JAWS-Users] How to deactivate Jaws

2012-10-15 Thread inthaneelf
you can't you can remove your key from the old computer, but it will not re add its count to your account you just use a new key inthane -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:07 AM

[JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Jerry Martin
To All Listers: My counselor had suggested I take a online course from The Hadley School for the Blind. I was able to access all of the information pretty well, until it came to doing the actual lesson. Towards the bottom of the lesson, there are two buttons. One says Save Changes and the

[JAWS-Users] 2010 excel sheet

2012-10-15 Thread Patti
Hey Gang, I'm working in a 2010 spread sheet, and I want to change the dollar sign, so it would read5dollars and 15 cents. Where is that in the ribbons? In 2003 menu it is in format then cells Thanks for all your help Patti A hug - is a sign of love. A laugh - is a sign of happiness. And a friend

Re: [JAWS-Users] 2010 excel sheet

2012-10-15 Thread Dan Rossi
Not exactly the answer you want, but you can still do ctrl-1 which gets you directly to the format cells dialog. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Senior Oracle Database Administrator Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel:(412) 268-9081 For answers to frequently asked

[JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
Someone provided this info and I saved it, I have tried to do the steps here and it works with this many cells, but I only want to subtract one cell from the other and that's where it get's messed up. So whoever provided this info, could you please explain how I would go about getting same

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread John M.
If you have NVDA installed, give the page a try using that screen reader. Even using Jaws 13, there are sites where NVDA will read elements that Jaws fails to find. My guess is that the buttons that Jaws is having problems were created using JavaScript. The Hadley folks should know better than

Re: [JAWS-Users] 2010 excel sheet

2012-10-15 Thread Patti
Hey Dan, Thank you so much for this, and that is what I wanted. You saved my head from hurting, because I looked and looked, so I just came here for help. Patti Not exactly the answer you want, but you can still do ctrl-1 which gets you directly to the format cells dialog. -- Blue skies.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Jerry Martin
John: Forgive my ignorance, but what is NVDA? I have never heard of it. - Original Message - From: John M. jobhun...@box547.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website If you have NVDA installed, give

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Angela Delicata
It is a screen reader but open source. Angela from italy. -- Credo nelle idee che diventano azioni. (Ezra Pound). -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Martin Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 4:11 PM To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread David
Let's take the example given =C3-SUM(C4:C20) and suppose you only want to subtract 1 cell C4. Use the following: =C3-C4 HTH David Bailey -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Jerry Martin
Angela: Is it as user friendly as JAWS is, as that is the only screen reader I am familiar with. Many thanks. - Original Message - From: Angela Delicata angeladelic...@email.it To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
Thank you for the help. One question here, the =C3-C4 doesn't need the SUM added? Maybe that's where I'm going wrong.. Many Thanks, Trish - Original Message - From: David baileydavid...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:29 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
Hello: Since you mentioned you are using Jaws 13, have you tried the OCR keys yet? Maybe they would help here.. jaws 13/OCR KeysTo use Convenient OCR, the following layered keystrokes have been added: .INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, W. Recognizes the current application window that has focus.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
oops so sorry Jerry, leave out the control key on the last part.. - Original Message - From: Jerry Martin jandymar...@clear.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website Angela: Is it as user friendly as

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Norman King
Hi. Use the following formula Replace the cell coordinates with whatever you need. =D3-D4 Norman -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:56 AM To: Jaws Users List Subject: [JAWS-Users]

Re: [JAWS-Users] How to deactivate Jaws

2012-10-15 Thread Norman King
Just to add to this. If you run out of keys call freedom scientific and ask them to reset the number of activations. Norman -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of inthaneelf Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 4:47 AM To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] setting up a Google voice number with jaws

2012-10-15 Thread Norman King
Hi. The Google voice signup page is almost impossible to navigate. I had to get sighted assistance. Norman -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kimsan Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 5:30 PM To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
Thank you so much - Original Message - From: Norman King norbk...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel Hi. Use the following formula Replace the cell coordinates with whatever you need.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Norman King
Hi. You are trying to subtract correct? Why would you add if you are trying to subtract? I guess maybe if you want to add a column and then subtract by a given number which is what that formula looks like. Norman -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
Now, that would be confusing.. Just needed to know the proceedure to substract, I realized from the post, I was not using the correct formula for the results. - Original Message - From: Norman King norbk...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012

[JAWS-Users] Excel Formulas with Jaws Keys

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
Maybe this will benefit the list.. Below are some symbols and sample formula you can practice with. ·7+9 ·19-3 ·222*19 ·17/4 ·1799/2.4 Notice the various signs used in the above formulas ·+ (plus sign) is the addition symbol ·-

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Jerry Martin
Trish: Maybe I am a little confused and pressed the wrong key...I am using JAWS version 11, not 13. - Original Message - From: Trish pzoell...@tx.rr.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website oops so

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
sure that's ok, none of us has ever done that before, smiles you can still vertulize the window though. Did you try it out? - Original Message - From: Jerry Martin jandymar...@clear.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users]

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Brian Mackey
Dear Trish, If you want to subtract in Excel, follow these steps: 1. Type equals (=) 2. Type the first cell you want to subtract followed by the minus sign 3. Type the second cell you want to subtract 4. Press ENTER and Excel will give you the result of the formula Hopefully this

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
your too kind, thank you. - Original Message - From: Brian Mackey bmacke...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel Dear Trish, If you want to subtract in Excel, follow these steps: 1.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread John M.
No problem Jerry. NVDA is a free screen reader for Windows. Many of the keystrokes which you already use in Jaws work the same in NVDA. It is not as robust as Jaws, but every screen reader user should have at least two screen readers available to them, for those time when you encounter a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Jerry Martin
No, I haven't tried that as of yet. I am waiting to find out what rabbits Hadley will pull out of their hat. They did tell me, however, that it was between JAWS, IE, or Vista. THAT certainly narrows it down, doesn't it? lol - Original Message - From: Trish pzoell...@tx.rr.com To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
I guess so, but in the meantime, why not try the suggestion, what ya got to loose? The more we use these keystrokes, the better they become second nature to us, or at least that's been my experience. Sometimes pressing Alt down arrow will show more stuff, but that might only apply in a menu.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread John M.
Jerry, You can also install the demo version of Jaws 13 and try the site using it. You may be running into an issue that is corrected in a later version of Jaws. If I remember correctly, IE 9 came out after Jaws 11 was superseded by Jaws 12. Also, you can try the site using Firefox, but don't

Re: [JAWS-Users] setting up a Google voice number with jaws

2012-10-15 Thread Kimsan
Yep, I agree I'm going to put it on hold because logic says why fight to set up a number that nobody will call hahaha hahaha hahahaha. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Norman King Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:48 AM

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Mike O'Brien
Hi If you wanted to subtract the one cell c4 from c3, use =c4-c3. If you wanted to subtract both cells c4 and c5 from c3, you could use =c3-c4-c5. The original formula you sent says you want to subtract each of cells c4 through c20 from c3. You could use

Re: [JAWS-Users] setting up a Google voice number with jaws

2012-10-15 Thread Rose Combs
Last time I tried to do anything on Google but search the CAPTCHA came up and the voice was horrible, I never figured out what it was saying and thinking it was my hearing loss asked my husband, he could not understand it either or even read it. Rose Combs roseco...@q.com -Original

Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel

2012-10-15 Thread Trish
ah, this should get the job done, thanks - Original Message - From: Mike O'Brien mike23...@verizon.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Subtracting in Excel Hi If you wanted to subtract the one cell c4 from c3, use

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Shari
Hi Jerry, Another option would be to try the Hadley site using Firefox instead of IE. I swithchbetween those 2 because they behave differently with Jaws on some sites. For instance, Jaws doesn't see the submit button or link for paying my phone bill when I'm on the site with IE, but FF has no

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Justin.Williams2
Try upgrading to windows 7, or try using the graphics labeler to label the buttons. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Shari Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 6:39 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Jerry Martin
Would you happen to have the instructions for doing this? - Original Message - From: Justin.Williams2 justin.willia...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website Try upgrading to windows 7, or try

Re: [JAWS-Users] Buttons on a Website

2012-10-15 Thread Justin.Williams2
If it is a graphic, and it may not be, go to the configuration manager, and arrow down to the graphics labeler. Select it, then type the name of the button and hit enter. If it is just a button, then go to the custom lable and do the same thing. The custom label is in the configuration manager

[JAWS-Users] Best Winamp version for win7 64bit and JAWS 12

2012-10-15 Thread Phil Halton
I've just started using windows7 64bit / jaws12 and want to load up Winamp on this system. I currently use Version 5.32 on an XP machine with classic interface and it works fine. I want to know if the latest version, 5.63 is a good choice, or if it has accessibility issues necessitating an

Re: [JAWS-Users] Best Winamp version for win7 64bit and JAWS 12

2012-10-15 Thread Alex Stone
Bill, as long as you use the classic interface, you'll be fine. I use the latest version with windows7 64-bit, and it works fine for me. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: 15 October 2012

Re: [JAWS-Users] Update to the escape key post.

2012-10-15 Thread Rich
Sorry, I must have been dozing and didn't finish the rest of your message. The receiver is in plain view. There is a cordless phone in the same room that has been there forever, I'll remove it to see if there is any help. I did change the batteries in the keyboard and hit the reset buttons on