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-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Lineberger
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 5:41 PM
To: jaws user's list
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Several Questions
I'm a new JAWS user migrated from Window-Eyes, so be patient with what may
be questions with obvious answers. Smile..
I'm currently running JAWS 18 with the September 2017 update.
I got no notification of a later update and the Check For Updates in the
Help menu confirms that I'm running the most current version. But I found
this on the JAWS website:
JAWS 18.0.4350 64-bit English - October 2017
The following is a list of improvements made between the JAWS 18 September
2017 release and the October 2017 update.
list of 3 items
. Resolved a customer reported issue with the 8400 series of Outlook 365
updates where JAWS was not automatically reading the suggested addresses
when
typing in the address fields of a new message. To check your Outlook 365
version, use the JAWS command CTRL+INSERT+V while focused in Outlook.
. Addressed issues where Edge would unexpectedly stop working while
navigating on various pages.
. Added new Research It lookup sources to the French version of JAWS for two
libraries for the blind in France.
list end
I found this only because I was helping a friend set up Edge and her arrows
weren't reading down the page. A JAWS tech told her there was an October
update.
My Edge is reading properly. Should I put the new update in anyway? I plan
to download 2018 but It will probably be a month or two before the Fall
Creator's update finds my computer, so I thought I'd let more technical
people test-drive the 2018 version of JAWS for the next few weeks.
Also, the JAWS tech told my friend, if she understood correctly, that there
is no virtual cursor in Edge. When I've tried to copy material in Edge,
JAWS says, "selection using the virtual cursor is not yet supported in
Edge."
I had assume from this that the virtual cursor is being used.
And my last comment, for those of you running JAWS 2018, are you now able to
select and copy text, or is this still in the works?
Thanks.
Rebecca
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