[JAWS-Users] A thank you letter.

For those who tried to help me out with my ascending and descending reading order issues. I called MS tech support and we found the problem. In the oneplace under view, I had to many items checked. All that I needed to be checked was the date. Once we unchecked priority and everything else,

Re: [JAWS-Users] using windows mail and windows 10 the email fieldsaren't reading correctly

Hi Joanne, I don't run Windows 10 or Windows Mail but, the 1st thing that comes to mind is make sure the screen is maximized. Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: joanne To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 7:00 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] using

[JAWS-Users] Found two problems with jaws 17.;

Hi to all. Has anyone else noticed the following with j 17 with win10? 1. the dictionary will not work. 2. When you tap your five key on the calculator keypad to do fanatic spelling, it works in the following way. You tap your five key on the first letter and it will spell fanatically

Re: [JAWS-Users] using windows mail and windows 10 the email fieldsaren't reading correctly

I had the same issue, if you are referring to the ahem hack. However, others have stated it works with Jaws. It just doesn't work for me, so I went back to outlook 2013. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike B Sent:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Asking a WLM question.

I believe this would solve his wlm inbox issue. To change whether the messages in a folder are sorted in ascending or descending order: 1.On the View tab, press the Sort order menu button, which is in the Arrangement group. 2.The menu which opens contains the two options ascending and

Re: [JAWS-Users] Punctuation, Differences Between Jaws Options & Customize Punctuation Settings

All very helpful. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Mike B. Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 5:51 PM To: Jaws-Users List Subject: [JAWS-Users] Punctuation,Differences Between Jaws Options & Customize Punctuation Settings This is a note on the difference between changing punctuation

[JAWS-Users] outlook

Hey Gang, When you open up your outlook, how do you get it to go directly to your inbox? What settings do you need to change? Running 8.1, outlook 2007, J16. Thanks Patti --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus For answers to

Re: [JAWS-Users] Asking a WLM question.

Tried your advice and it didn't work. I also reunchecked having replys at the bottum. The replys are better if they're at the top. But The order that the come in I'd like to have the newer messages at the bottum. Now also, if I only could figure out why the documents are going into the down

[JAWS-Users] If you're not ready for Win10, beware of Windows Update

A windows update which came down yesterday afternoon, installed Win10 without my permission. The automatic update brought up a screen about downloading Win10. MS had downloaded Win10 months ago, but this screen made me question what I knew. There were 2 options- "download and upgrade" and

Re: [JAWS-Users] Asking a WLM question.

Ron, If WLM is anything like Windows Mail or OE, then look for the view menu, and perhaps a separate menu for "sort by". Change Descending to Ascending. Otherwise, you may be able to reverse by using your JAWS cursor and the left mouse click to tap on the column heading for the received date.

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 17 FIND COMMAND WHILE IN OUTLOOK

How about Control+Insert+f -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of john_Justice Sent: December-03-15 8:26 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 17 FIND COMMAND WHILE IN OUTLOOK I must be getting old.

[JAWS-Users] JAWS 17 FIND COMMAND WHILE IN OUTLOOK

I must be getting old. I'm using Jaws 17 and Outlook 2010. I don't use the Jaws Find command much so I have forgotten which key combination it is. I tried INSERT+F and all that does is read the attributes. I have a long file that I have to get through. What, for goodness sake, is the correct

[JAWS-Users] can ribbon menus be removed in windows 10

Hi Joanne, although you can't disable the ribbons, there are at least a couple of ways of changing the view setting which don't involve using the ribbon. The first is to use shortcuts. Press ctrl+alt+5 for a list view, and press ctrl+alt+6 for a details view. (Note these shortcuts were

Re: [JAWS-Users] If you're not ready for Win10, beware of Windows Update

Thanks for the heads up on this. I, for one, am not going to try to adapt to another operating system just now, not if I can help it. Bob -Original Message- From: Don & Cher Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 8:15 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] If you're

Re: [JAWS-Users] outlook

This might help: Alt+T for Tools Then Options Then move to the Other Tab Then Tab to Advanced Options Button Change the Combo Box titled: Start Up in this Folder Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer - Original Message - From: "Kimber Gardner"

Re: [JAWS-Users] outlook

I haven't used outlook 2007 in a long time, but there's a checkbox under customize that says something like start in outlook today. You want to uncheck that. On 12/3/15, Patti wrote: > Hey Gang, > > When you open up your outlook, how do you get it to go directly to your >

Re: [JAWS-Users] If you're not ready for Win10, beware of Windows Update

This is one of the reasons I now use the monitoring featuring of the free GWX Control Panel tool: http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/ "This is a free tool that can remove and disable the 'Get Windows 10' notification area icon on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Newer versions can also disable

Re: [JAWS-Users] outlook

How do you get to customize I haven't used outlook 2007 in a long time, but there's a checkbox under customize that says something like start in outlook today. You want to uncheck that. On 12/3/15, Patti wrote: > Hey Gang, > > When you open up your outlook, how do you get

Re: [JAWS-Users] can ribbon menus be removed in windows 10

I feel the exact same way. I think ribbons are evil and unnecessary. Why create layers of hidden menus when the menu bar used to show all that could be done, and which was so much more accessible? I will avoid them till I can no longer. Hopefully, by then I will be able to use my voice to get

Re: [JAWS-Users] My shortcut keys

Indeed there is. Just visit the JAWS Users programs page and download a little utility called Hot Key Detective (item 42 under the Utilities heading), which will list all of your shortcut keys: http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/ Gerald -Original Message- From: Reed Poynter

Re: [JAWS-Users] My shortcut keys

Hey! Thanks! I'll check it out. Reed -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: December-03-15 1:12 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] My shortcut keys Indeed there is. Just

[JAWS-Users] Opening PDF documents in Acrobat Reader instead of a browser such as IE, revisited

Hi I had made the changes to the Adobe Reader startup Accessibility Assistant and accessibility preferences that were recommended by FS. PDF documents were being opened in Adobe Reader as expected until I accepted the download and installation of the latest version of Adobe Reader, titled Adobe

[JAWS-Users] My shortcut keys

Hello, I have assigned control+alt+J to my JAWS 16 shortcut on my desktop. I have assigned shift+control+J to JAWS 15. Under Windows 7, is there a way to show a list of these shortcut key assignments that I've made? Or, is there a program that will do this for me? Thanks, Reed

Re: [JAWS-Users] Asking a WLM question.

Thanks to the disability Ms tech support. SMILES. I found out that I had to many checked in the one item that's under view. The only thing that should had been check was by date. Then the asend and descend worked like a charm. But Iappreciate the help though. Many Thanks. -Original

[JAWS-Users] Reading of Roman Numerals

Hi all, I am using Windows7, Office 2010 and JAWS16 on both my work and personal laptops. When outlining information using Roman Numerals in MS-Word and Outlook, JAWS is reading I I as a number 2, and I I I as number 3. JAWS reads all other Roman numerals phonetically. I'm finding this

[JAWS-Users] Help Windows 10

could someone please tell me how to get to the removable drives in Windows 10. I am trying to install Jaws from the 17 disk. I have auto play set to open the disk in file explorer but it is not working and I can’t locate the drives. Tom --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast

[JAWS-Users] copying over all JFW16 settings to JFW17

Hi gang. The freedom scientific JAWS17 web page has a section called 'Merge Utility' where it basically says that due to some key changes made in JFW17, the merge utility option has been intentionally removed by FS. Has anyone tried to just copy the ENU folder from JAWS16 and replaced the

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help Windows 10

your drives may be displayed horizontally in this case you want to arrow to the bottom of after opening this pc then arrow right -Original Message- From: T. Civitello Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2015 3:32 PM To: Jaws users list Subject: [JAWS-Users] Help Windows 10 could someone

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help Windows 10

Hi, Go to this PC and press enter and down arrow to the drives. Have a great one. David Moore (win10 list moderator) -Original Message- From: T. Civitello Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2015 6:32 PM To: Jaws users list Subject: [JAWS-Users] Help Windows 10 could someone please tell me

Re: [JAWS-Users] If you're not ready for Win10, beware of Windows Update

Hi there, There is no better time to up grade to win10 than now. It is twice as fast, JAWS and NVDA work with it great, and it is much easier to navigate. You also have cortana which obeys your commands to do things on the computer for you and to answer many questions. I and many many JAWS and

Re: [JAWS-Users] If you're not ready for Win10, beware of Windows Update

I've updated one system already and just waiting for a good time to update this tower. You know when I don't have anything to do for most of a day. It's just a convenience kind of thing at this point. David Ferrin A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a

Re: [JAWS-Users] Opening PDF documents in Acrobat Reader instead of a browser such as IE, revisited

Hello Mike, I have two reasons for responding to your original message. Can you send me the procedure for setting up Adobe Acrobat to open in the manner you described? Once your .pdf document is displayed, can you virtualize the screen and copy the document in that way? The only issue I can see

[JAWS-Users] WARNING! some key combinations do not work with wireless keyboards

I'm using a laptop and an older HP wireless keyboard. The Jaws Find command CONTROL+INSERT+F doesn't work at all on this particular wireless keyboard. My HP 4140 has a full keyboard with a keypad. I tried the same key combination on that board and it worked. There's no way to check for

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help Windows 10

Thanks, had a little trouble finding This PC. but once I did things went well. The only trouble I am having now is that when I try to install the Jaws training material it says it can't find the Jaws disk in the drive and the disk is there. Tom -Original

Re: [JAWS-Users] WARNING! some key combinations do not work with wireless keyboards

Hi, I was actually a bit surprised to find that I had the same experience on this Logitech keyboard. It is not all that old, maybe two years old as far as the model is concerned. I just bought it about two months ago from Amazon however. And my laptop is about five months old and also works very

[JAWS-Users] using windows mail and windows 10 the email fields aren't reading correctly

With both Jaws 16 and 17, when composing an email in windows mail all the fields say rich edit control, instead of to, from, subject. Can this rich edit control thing be taken away somehow? Thank you. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit:

Re: [JAWS-Users] can ribbon menus be removed in windows 10

I hope I won't get in trouble for possibly making this more of a thank you message, and yes those can clutter an in box. But I do want to say that, for example, in the case of ribbons, I appreciated David Bales' suggestions and they worked beautifully. I like that this group presents many