Carol,
I will look for the setting. That is helpful to know.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:18:17 -0400, Carol and Roger wrote:
>Hi,
>If you are using Windows 7, you can change how long the tool tips remain
>visible. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I found this. I have
>mine set to 30 seconds and although I don't think it lasts that long, it
>does keep the tip up for longer than the five seconds it was originally
>set for. Maybe someone can suggest where you might find this setting.
>Carol
>On 7/23/2011 1:48 PM, Steve Jacobson wrote:
>> I find that I need to click the balloon while the speech is in progress for
>> it to work. This is ridiculous, but I don't
know whose fault it is. Some balloons can
>> be dealt with in other ways, though. Is there one in particular that you
>> are having problems with? For example, if
you get the "Updates are ready to be
>> installed" balloon, you can go to Windows Update on the system try and get
>> them to run. Virus definition update
warnings can be tackled through the
>> user interface of your virus protection program. In my case, I have to
>> change a password to a wireless network
every 90 days that results in needing to
>> enter it in response to a balloon, and have found no other way to do it. I
>> have to just sit there with my fingers on
the keys ready to hit them at the first word
>> of the message.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:28:01 +0200, Jacques Stassen wrote:
>>
>>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
>>> <html>
>>> <head>
>>> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
>>> </head>
>>> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
>>> If someone could possibly make a suggestion as to make this work
>>> please.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> When wanting to click a balloon that's popped up on the desktop in
>>> Windows 7, the procedure to do this fails every time for me. It's
>>> not a case of waiting too long before excecuting the command to
>>> click the balloon, as I do it immediately after the speech
>>> notification. Pressing insert+numeric plus twice in rapid succession
>>> should route the mouse to the balloon, but W-E 7.5.1 informs me that
>>> it's unable to route pointer to tooltip.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> My screen resolution is set pretty high, so I doubt whether W-E is
>>> unable to pick up the desired balloon.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Thanks for any suggestions in this regard.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
>>> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>>> charset=ISO-8859-1">
>>> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document">
>>> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11">
>>> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11">
>>> <link rel="File-List"
>>> href="Thunderbird%20signature_files/filelist.xml">
>>> <title>Regards</title>
>>> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
>>> <o:DocumentProperties>
>>> <o:Author>my-pc</o:Author>
>>> <o:LastAuthor>my-pc</o:LastAuthor>
>>> <o:Revision>1</o:Revision>
>>> <o:TotalTime>5</o:TotalTime>
>>> <o:Created>2011-07-20T15:02:00Z</o:Created>
>>> <o:LastSaved>2011-07-20T15:07:00Z</o:LastSaved>
>>> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
>>> <o:Words>2</o:Words>
>>> <o:Characters>15</o:Characters>
>>> <o:Lines>1</o:Lines>
>>> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs>
>>> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>16</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
>>> <o:Version>11.9999</o:Version>
>>> </o:DocumentProperties>
>>> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
>>> <w:WordDocument>
>>> <w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState>
>>> <w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState>
>>> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
>>> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
>>> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
>>> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
>>> <w:Compatibility>
>>> <w:SelectEntireFieldWithStartOrEnd/>
>>> <w:UseWord2002TableStyleRules/>
>>> </w:Compatibility>
>>> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>
>>> </w:WordDocument>
>>> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
>>> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156">
>>> </w:LatentStyles>
>>> </xml><![endif]-->
>>> <style>
>>> <!--
>>> /* Font Definitions */
>>> @font-face
>>> {font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
>>> panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;
>>> mso-font-charset:0;
>>> mso-generic-font-family:script;
>>> mso-font-pitch:variable;
>>> mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}
>>> /* Style Definitions */
>>> p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
>>> {mso-style-parent:"";
>>> margin:0cm;
>>> margin-bottom:.0001pt;
>>> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
>>> font-size:12.0pt;
>>> font-family:"Times New Roman";
>>> mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
>>> mso-ansi-language:AF;}
>>> @page Section1
>>> {size:595.3pt 841.9pt;
>>> margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;
>>> mso-header-margin:35.4pt;
>>> mso-footer-margin:35.4pt;
>>> mso-paper-source:0;}
>>> div.Section1
>>> {page:Section1;}
>>> -->
>>> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]>
>>> <style>
>>> /* Style Definitions */
>>> table.MsoNormalTable
>>> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
>>> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
>>> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
>>> mso-style-noshow:yes;
>>> mso-style-parent:"";
>>> mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
>>> mso-para-margin:0cm;
>>> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
>>> mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
>>> font-size:10.0pt;
>>> font-family:"Times New Roman";
>>> mso-ansi-language:#0400;
>>> mso-fareast-language:#0400;
>>> mso-bidi-language:#0400;}
>>> </style>
>>> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
>>> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050"/>
>>> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
>>> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
>>> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/>
>>> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
>>> <div class="Section1">
>>> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:
>>> "Comic Sans MS"; color:
>>> blue;">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
>>> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:
>>> "Comic Sans MS"; color:
>>> blue;">Jacques<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
>>> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:
>>> "Comic Sans MS"; color:
>>> blue;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
>>> </div>
>>> </div>
>>> </body>
>>> </html>
>>
>>
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