Hello I deliberately un-installed Vista and I am running Jaws 8 and XP pro but there are circumstances in which I also can get the "dinging" sound when navigating in the way you describe using Word in Vista. The problem appears to happen most when the screen is "complicated" by help and task panes typically on the right hand side of the Word window.
. This will happen for example in Word if you open the styles menu and apply a Heading style . Doing this will cause Jaws to ding every time I use the up and down cursor key. Basically I have found the following procedure sorts the problem. 1. Make sure that Word is maximised with no task panes open. 2. Alt - Tab away from Word and back again. . This normally sorts the problem but things to try also are Press Insert + Escape to refresh the screen. As a last resort unload Jaws with Insert + F4 and then reload with a short cut key. To avoid the dings sound with Jaws in Word 1. Pres Alt Space and then X to maximise the window. 2. Make sure that no help style or formatting window is open on the right side of the screen. You can do this by pressing control + F1 which toggles the opening and closure of this window. If you cannot see this then you might need sighted help or simply experiment. 3. If you want to apply for example Heading Styles use shortcut keys rather than the menus. As I say the menu commands can open panes on the right hand side of Word which seems to create many of this dings sound problem. 4. So for example if you want heading style 1. Press Control plus Alt plus 1. Heading style 2 is control plus alt plus 2 and so on. Doing this will prevent any dings coming out of Jaws when applying Heading styles. Other shortcut keys should avoid other pane problems. Hope this helps David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of First Christian Reformed Church Sent: Thursday, 20 December 2007 13:13 To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Vista ding Hi Friends, I'm running Vista on a Dell laptop. As I use navigation keys I frequently hear a ding sound. This happens even if I am just using the arrow key to move from one line to the next in a Word document or an e-mail. Sometimes I can understand why it does that, as for example, when I reach the top of a list view of files,but other times it doesn't make sense. Can someone explain this to me? Blessings, Tom - Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
