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Using JAWS With Lotus Notes
This section provides a general description of how to use Lotus Notes with
JAWS and some general Lotus Notes information.
Note: On the Task bar Properties dialog, uncheck the check box Always On
Top. This allows the Task bar to be visible. This is to allow for the
document windows to maximize properly.
Sometimes it seems that JAWS gets stuck while you are reading a document in
read mode. This happens if you get new mail or the status line changes. To
work around this, press ESC and then ENTER to return to the document.
Sometimes JAWS seems to lose focus in Notes. This may be because a
Properties dialog box is open. Press INSERT+F10 to check if Info.dll is
running. If it is, switch to it and then press ALT+ENTER to close the dialog
box.
Reading Changes on the Status Bar
When information that appears on the status bar changes, JAWS automatically
announces it. If you do not want JAWS to announce changes on the status bar,
press INSERT+V, select "Reading Status Line," and press the SPACEBAR to
choose "Off." This setting is saved and remains in effect even if you switch
to another program or quit Lotus Notes.
If this verbosity option is enabled, JAWS may say, "Untagged," when you read
text that does not have a language tag. If you do not want to hear this
announcement, do the following:
From the File menu, choose Preferences.
Press the RIGHT ARROW key, and then choose Status Bar Preferences.
Select "Language" and press the SPACEBAR to uncheck this option.
Press ENTER to accept your changes and close the dialog box.
Lotus Notes Controls
All files, documents, and databases are arranged on the screen in what Lotus
Notes calls Line Views. JAWS refers to them as Tree Views and acts upon them
in JAWS' Standard fashion, i.e. speaking Tree view levels, announcing level
changes.
Most forms appear in the Lotus Notes Document classes. In many cases, these
are single windows with embedded controls spoken by MSAA (Microsoft Active
Accessibility).
Navigation Through Lotus Notes
To navigate between the available windows in Lotus Notes databases that are
open, press CTRL+TAB and CTRL+SHIFT+TAB respectively. To navigate between
the frames on a given database or the Welcome page, press F6.
To navigate within a Line view between the available documents, use the
UP/DOWN ARROW keys. Use LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys to open and close the selected
folder. The Lotus keystrokes are actually the PLUS and MINUS keys on the
keypad, and for this reason the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys have been determined
to handle this.
To navigate between the icons on a Graphic frame or to move between the
links and embedded objects within a read-only document, press INSERT+Z and
use the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW keys. When you are finished navigating, press
INSERT+Z again.
The Inline Notes Browser
The Inline Browser works, for the most part, like Internet Explorer. Press
INSERT+F7 to get a list of links, press INSERT+F5 to reformat the Web page.
To use Internet Explorer instead of the Notes browser:
From the File menu, choose Mobile, Edit Current Location.
A document opens. Press CTRL+PAGE DOWN four times until you hear JAWS say,
"Choose the web browser you want to use to view web pages." The keystrokes
CTRL+PAGE DOWN and PAGE UP allow you to move through multi-page forms and
dialog boxes in Lotus Notes.
Press SPACEBAR to cycle through the choices until you hear, "Internet
Explorer."
Press ESC to close the document. Press SPACEBAR on the Yes button when Notes
asks if you want to save your changes.
Bookmarks
To access a tree view of Lotus Notes bookmarks, you must first edit the
Notes.ini file. This file is normally located in C:\Lotus\Notes\Notes.ini.
Open this file in Notepad and change the first two lines so they look like
the lines below:
[Notes]
AllowBookmarkFocus=1
Save the modified file. You can now press ALT+B from within Lotus Notes to
display bookmarks in a tree view.
Dialogs: In File - Preferences - User Preferences
This is an example but may appear in dialogs with many TAB controls and
pages. Press one of the buttons, such as Basics, International, etc., with
the SPACEBAR. As you tab through the dialog, periodically the type and text
of the Dialog itself is re-spoken. Example: "User Preferences Dialog Basics
Button." This performance is rare and sporadic. Currently, to hear the
contents of the combo box within a dialog as its value changes, do not press
ALT+DOWN ARROW to open the list box. Press the UP and DOWN ARROW keys as
with any standard edit combo list or box.
Browser
When a page is first loaded in a new browser session using the inline Notes
with Internet Explorer browser, you may hear the first line or two of the
page being read followed by an interruption of about half a second, followed
by a normal browser reading. This does not happen when links are selected,
or a new URL is typed in. It happens when JAWS manually places the focus
into the browser window, which by default does not have focus when it first
appears on the screen.
Read-Only Documents
JAWS uses the Virtual PC Cursor to read Read-Only documents to you.
Navigation while the Virtual PC Cursor is active is similar to that in
Internet Explorer 5.x. Please visit Using the Virtual PC Cursor to learn
more about this feature.
You may encounter a time delay between the text being drawn to the screen
and being automatically spoken. When this happens, it is generally upon
opening a document. Subsequent pressing of PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN do not
present this performance issue.
Miscellaneous
There may be occasions when the message "Graphic Frame" is spoken while
focus is in the process of changing. This message is used when the focus
lands on specific frames with no textual content. When these frames regain
focus, however, their content or the focused icon is spoken. Example:
"Graphic Frame Mail."
Configuring Lotus Notes
Perform the following to make Lotus Notes more compatible with JAWS.
Start Lotus Notes. From the File menu, choose Preferences, User Preferences.
Press TAB until you move to the Colors combo box.
Set the icon color scheme to system color.
Press TAB until you move to a multiple selection list box
Unselect Textured Workspace and Make Notes the Default Web Browser on My
System.
Select the following:
Show Extended Accelerators
Display Window Menu (Notes 6 only). This option allows you to use a Window
menu in much the same way as a standard application.
Standard Dialog Boxes (Notes 6 only). This option displays standard
operating system dialog boxes instead of Notes custom dialog boxes.
Use TAB to Navigate Read-only Documents (Notes 6 only). Selecting this
option lets you use TAB to move between objects (e.g., linked text,
hotspots, document links, etc.) in a read-only document. However, with this
option enabled, you can no longer use TAB while reading a document to
navigate to the next document in the view.
Use Accessibility Keyboard Navigation (Notes 6 only). This disables the UP
and DOWN ARROW keys and lets you use TAB to move between fields in a
document in edit mode. Note that when you are in a rich text field, such as
a document body, and there are fields above and below it, you must use the
arrow keys to move to the previous or next field because TAB is used to
create indents and tab stops in a Notes rich text field.
Use System Colors (Notes 6 only)
Press SPACEBAR on the OK button.
Note: If Notes warns you that some options will not be used until you start
Notes, quit Notes and then restart it.
Configuring the Notes Workspace
If you are a Lotus Notes 4.x user and you would prefer to use the workspace
instead of the welcome page and bookmarks, perform the following:
Press ALT+B to access the bookmarks.
Press DOWN ARROW until you hear, "Databases."
Press ENTER.
Press DOWN ARROW until you hear, "Workspace."
Press INSERT+NUM PAD MINUS to route the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor and
press NUM PAD ASTERISK.
Press DOWN ARROW until you hear, "Set bookmark as home page." Press ENTER.
When Notes asks if you want to make the workspace your new home page, press
ENTER.
To make the workspace function better with JAWS, open the View menu and
perform the following:
Uncheck Stack Replica Icons.
Uncheck Show Unread Count.
Check Show Server.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mohammed Asif iqbal" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:06 PM
Subject: [AI] Access issue with Lotus notes 8.5 calendar
Dear all,
I am currently using lotus notes 8.5 with jaws 13. I am experiencing
difficulty in accessing calendar. I am not able to view calendar weekly
and
am not able to view particular date let's say two weeks from now.
I am currently maintaining outlook calendar along with lotus notes. It is
kind of anoying.
Any help on finding possible solutions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks and please advise.
Asif
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