Hi Folks, Sighted users are able to hold down the control key, then scroll the wheel on the mouse to increase or decrease the fonts on web pages without having to muss or fuss with the menus and stuff.
Wondering if there is such a keystroke to accomplish the same task? There is a long winded explanation, as to why I need to know this, but the gist of it is that a friend comes to her computer, using Jaws 7 and Internet Explorer 6. She has no problems using her computer, however, when ever my brother goes over there to help her with some computer issue she might be having, the fonts in IE are always set to the smallest font. She says that neither she nor her sighted daughter are doing this, so I'm wondering if she might be doing this inadvertently? She's also trying to figure out if her daughter might be doing the same thing, possibly not realizing it? This is an XP home machine, and my brother can't seem to find any rhyme or reason why a sighted person would need to use the control+scroll wheel on a mouse on any web pages. We do know that this utility is available in both Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word, which uses this combination of the control+wheel up or down to zoom into the document and out, respectively, so I'm also wondering if MSN employs such a utility, or something other than these two utilities that may employ such a utility, as it may be getting crossed over to IE? We have shut down Jaws to ensure that this is not a video intercept issue, and we have rebooted the system multiple times, both with and without Jaws, so we are convinced that Jaws is not the issue. We have also confirmed that, once set to the correct font, it does seem to stay at the correct font, so we are certain that something happens between my brother's visits, and we need to pinpoint what it could be. In any case, this is a bizarre conundrum that we'd like to get to the bottom of. Thank you all in advance. Victor Co-moderator Blind Movie Buffs List Guidedogs List Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.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]
