You might have to press the right arrow a couple of times to make sure you
are on the link.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Annette Carr
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Cannot activate some links in I.E. 8

Hi All,

 

I have been finding a number of websites in which I am unable to activate
the links on that page.  When I hear JAWS announce that I am on a link, I
press the Enter key.  In more and more situations, nothing happens.  I have
tried using the applications key and have found that Open is not a choice on
the menu until I have attempted at least once to use the Enter key to
activate the link without success.  So the sequence looks like this:

 

 

 

.         Navigate to the desired link

.         Activate the application menu and find that open is not on the
menu.

.         Press Escape to close the applications menu.

.         Ensure that I am really on the link.

.         Press the Enter key to try and activate the link.

.         If nothing happens, activate the applications key.

.         Select Open, Open in new tab or Open in new window, and then press
the Enter key.

.         The link is now activated and the new page is opened.

 

I am using I.E. 8, Office 2010, and JAWS 12 on a Windows7 64bit computer.
I've even tried JAWS 11.  I have not gotten around to trying JAWS 13.  

 

Does anyone have any ideas to why this is happening?  Is it a JAWS issue, an
I.E. issue or a Security setting?  Is there a way to change it?

 

Thanks,

Annette

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