I find the JAWS focus issue is a bit worse with the latest JAWS8 update than it was with the previous JAWS8. (It takes longer to 'return to focus'.)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jaws-list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] jaws 8 losing focus Hi All, I am having a problem with jaws losing focus. In correspondance with FSI was sent the following information on display settings. I plan to tuck this information away for future refferance. When I went to check all of the recommendations I did find a few that were incorrect. Although it did not correct my problem the information is very concise and very well mapped for the jaws user. Lenny The first thing to check are display settings. Below are the suggested settings to optimize Windows XP with Jaws. 1. Press Control plus Escape or Windows Key to open the Start Menu. 2. Press S for Settings and Enter on Control Panel. 3. Press the letter D till you hear display and press Enter. 4. on the Themes Page: Windows XP should be set to modified by default. To change press alt plus down arrow to open 5. Control Tab to the Desktop Tab Set background to bliss Set position stretch 6. Press Control Tab to Screen Saver Set to none] 7. Control Tab to Appearance Tab Set to Windows Classic Style Color Scheme Windows Standard Font Size Normal 8. Tab to OK and press Enter Suggestions for setting up folders in Windows XP 1. Hold down the Windows key and press the letter M to get to the desktop. 2. Press M for my computer and press Enter. 3. Press Alt plus t and down arrow to Folder Options and press Enter. 4. When on the general tab, set tasks to use Windows Classic Folders. Set to Open folders in the same Window. 5. Tab to OK and press Enter. Note: After making these changes, the Display page Themes combo box says "Modified Theme." Start Menu List of 6 items 1. From Control Panel, Move to Taskbar and Start menu and press ENTER. 2. From the Taskbar page, press ALT+G to move to and uncheck Group Similar Taskbar Buttons. 3. Press ALT+H to move to and uncheck the check box for Hide inactive icons. 4. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Start Menu page. 5. Select Classic start menu. 6. Press ENTER to close this dialog box. list end Windows Explorer List of 10 items 1. Press WINDOWS KEY+E to open Windows Explorer. 2. Press ALT+V to open the View menu. 3. Select "Arrange Icons by" and press ENTER to open the submenu. 4. Move to the menu item "Name" to arrange by Name, and Press ENTER to select this and close the menus. 5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, and move to the item "Show in Groups." If it is checked, press ENTER to uncheck it and close the menus. 6. Press ALT+T to open the Tools menu. 7. Press O to open the Folder Options Dialog. 8. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the View page. 9. Press SPACEBAR to activate the "Apply to all folders" button, and press SPACEBAR on the YES button to acknowledge this change. 10. Move to the OK button and press SPACEBAR to close this dialog box. list end System Performance List of 6 items (contains 1 nested list) 1. From the Control Panel, move to System and press ENTER to open the System Properties Dialog. 2. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Advanced page. 3. Press ALT+S to activate the Performance Settings button. The Performance Options Dialog opens. 4. Clear the following check boxes: List of 4 items nesting level 1 . Animate Windows when Minimizing and Maximizing. . Slide open Combo Boxes. . Smooth-scroll List Boxes. . Use Visual Styles on Windows and Buttons. list end nesting level 1 5. Press ENTER to close the Performance Options dialog and return to the System Properties dialog box. 6. Press ENTER to activate the OK button and close the System Properties dialog box. Make sure that in Internet Explorer 7 that clear type is turned off. 1. Launch Internet Explorer. 2. Press Alt+T and up arrow to Internet Options and press Enter. 3. Control+Tab to the Advanced Page and tab to the Settings Treeview. 4. Down arrow to Multimedia, and down arrow once more to Always use ClearType for HTML*-OFF and make sure this is set to off. 5. Tab to OK and press Enter. If you continue to have difficulty, you might completely uninstall JAWS reboot, reinstall and reboot when finished. 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