Hello Mike and everyone who gave input on this subject ...... As I'm sure you've probably figured out I've decided to turn off the virtual ribbons. I had to uncheck the virtual ribbons in the wizard startup. After that, I went to quick settings but didn't have to make a change as it was already unchecked by default. Thanks to everybody's input I believe I've accomplished turning off the virtual ribbons ...... Now the goal is "learn to navigate the ribbons".
Thank you all so very much! Laura -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 8:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Learning MS ribbons - virtual or not ...... Hi Laura, I experimented with checking & unchecking the Virtual Ribbon option from the Startup Wizard, & I found that either checking or unchecking did anything to the ribbons in Word or Excel. Also I did the same with the Settings Center default all applications, & found no change in the program ribbons. What I did find was that by checking the Virtual Ribbon option in Jaws Quick Settings this also checked the Virtual Ribbon checkbox in the Settings Center default all applications. Unchecking it in Settings Center default all applications did not uncheck it in Jaws Quick Settings. So in short, to be sure the Virtual Ribbon is checked or unchecked, do it through Jaws Quick Settings, & save yourself a bunch of time from screwing around with other ways of doing it! Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura Richardson To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Learning MS ribbons - virtual or not ...... As you suggested in another email to someone else ...... I went to Jaws help and pressed enter on wizard startup. I then tabbed through each page until I found the checkbox for virtual ribbons to turn it off. When I tabbed through to the end I pressed finished ...... Does turning off the virtual ribbons this way make it stay as the default? Laura -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 9:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Learning MS ribbons - virtual or not ...... Follow these steps to turn off the JAWS virtual ribbon menu feature: Perform the following steps to use JAWS Settings Center to enable or disable Virtual Ribbon Menus: 1.First, press INSERT+F2 to activate the Run JAWS Managers list. 2.Press the letter S until you land on the settings center item and press ENTER to activate it. The settings center dialog box opens with the cursor in the search edit box. 3.Press CTRL+SHIFT+D to activate the default settings. 4.Type the word "ribbon" (without the quotes). 5.Press the DOWN ARROW to move through the list of search results until you land on the Use Virtual Ribbon Menu check box. 6. Press the SPACE BAR to uncheck the box to turn off virtual ribbon menus. Check it again to turn virtual ribbon menus back on. 7.Press TAB to move to the OK button, and activate it. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: Laura Richardson Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Learning MS ribbons - virtual or not ...... Would you or somebody please tell me how to turn off the virtual ribbon? Laura -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave ... Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 9:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Learning MS ribbons - virtual or not ...... I would turn off the virtual ribbon. It is handy, but you become dependent on them and they don't work as well as the original menus, since they don't use first-letter navigation. I tried them briefly years ago and decided to buckle down and just learn to use the ribbons. Dave Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Richardson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 06:58 Subject: [JAWS-Users] Learning MS ribbons - virtual or not ...... Hello, When it comes to navigating MS Word ribbons I'm pretty much a beginner. I've memorized certain shortcut keys to do very specific things but need to learn how to navigate these ribbons. Right now virtual ribbons are turned on .. Would it be easier and more efficient to learn the ribbons if I turned this off? I want and need to learn as much as I can so any feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Laura For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
