Tony, Thanks a lot for such a detailed and complete answer to my query! I'll work through it properly this evening.
It's excellent news that the Insert + 4 list can be manipulated, as I've had other clients who wanted some non-standard characters and this might provide an answer for them. Cheers and happy new year. Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Hernandez Sent: 08 January 2008 14:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Inputting international characters in Word HI Steve. Below is the code you can use for the insert+numbers row 4 script that will also contain the umlauted characters. You need to open the script manager and then open the default file because you will need to recompile this at the end of the procedure. I strongly suggest you back up the existing copies of VKeyboard.jss and VKeyboard.jsm, in case things go wrong, as this procedure involves modifying these files. 1. go to the file menu and press e to open a shared file. 2. type the file name VKeyboard.jsm in the dialog box. 3. Press control+A to select all and then control+v to paste the following into the file to replace the selected text. CONST symbol="€ ƒ … † ‡ • – — × ™ ¢ £ ¥ ¦ § © ª ® ± ² ³ ¶ · ÷ ¹ º ¼ ½ ¾ Á É Í Ó Ú Ý á é í ó ú ý Ñ ñ ¡ ¿ æ ç Ç Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü ä ë ï ö ü", description="Euros florin ellipsis dagger (single) dagger (double) bullet (large) en dash em dash multiply symbol unregistered trademark cents pounds yen", description1="broken bar section symbol copyright feminine ordinal registered trademark plus or minus superscript 2 superscript 3 paragraph symbol (pilcrow)", description2="bullet (small) divide symbol superscript 1 degrees (masculine ordinal) one-fourth one-half three-fourths A acute capital E acute capital I acute capital", description3="O acute capital U acute capital Y acute capital a acute e acute i acute o acute u acute y acute N tilde capital n tilde inverted exclamation point inverted question mark AE Diphthong c cedilla c cedilla capital", description4="A umlaut capital E umlaut capital I umlaut capital O umlaut capital U umlaut capital a umlaut e umlaut i umlaut o umlaut u umlaut", DLG_VKEYBOARD="Select a Symbol to Print" 4. Save the file with control+S. 5. Go to the file menu again and press e to open a shared file. 6. Type the filename VKeyboard.jss and press enter. 7. Replace the code within the script with the following code. var int iIndex,;For position in list string strTemp, string strListText Let strListText = description+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR+ description1+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR+ description2+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR+ description3+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR+ description4+LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR if ! strListText then return EndIf Let strListText = (stringChopRight (strListText, 1)) ; now post the dialog Let iIndex = dlgSelectItemInList (strListText, DLG_VKEYBOARD, true) If iIndex <= 0 then return EndIf let strTemp = (StringSegment (symbol, LIST_ITEM_SEPARATOR, iIndex)) ;TypeString (strTemp) CopyToClipboard (strTemp) TypeKey (cksPaste) 8. Press control+S to recompile the VKeyboard script. 9. Control+tab once or twice to the Default.jss file and press control+S to recompile that. You should be good to go. Below are the umlauted characters that you can take my word have been inserted via the insert+numbers row 4 method. Enjoy. äÄëËïÏöÖüÜ Tony Hernandez: Speaksclan Patriarch http://www.tonyspeaks.com http://www.speaksclan.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Griffiths, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:18 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Inputting international characters in Word > In Word you can enter umlauted characters by typing Control + Shift + > semicolon, then the letter to be umlauted. The Control + Shift + > semicolon action times out after about 5 seconds, so you need to press > the letter to be umlauted within that time. > > I've noticed that if JAWS is running and I try this, the Control + Shift > + semicolon action times out much quicker. I have JAWS set to the > defaults, so when I press Control + Shift + semicolon JAWS starts to > echo the keystroke and I have to press the letter before it finishes for > the umlaut to appear. > > There seems to be no difference between Windows 98, Word 97 and JAWS > 5.1, and Windows XP, Word 2003 and JAWS 9. With JAWS version 4.51 and > earlier, this speeding up of the timeout doesn't happen. > > Does anyone know why this should happen, or if this behaviour can be > altered? I have a client who is very slow on the keyboard and just can't > get to the letter quickly enough to get the accented character. > > I have investigated two other possibilities: umlauts don't appear in the > Insert + 4 list of characters, and my client isn't going to be able to > remember all the ANSI numbers to input. Other than creating macros for > each character, I can't think of any alternatives. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, > > Steve > > > -- > DISCLAIMER: > > NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is > confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the > content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the > sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it > and any attachments from your system. > > RNIB endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by > its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. 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