I've been running into this for years on various computers. Usually all you need to do is move the mouse a little. You probably don't need to click the mouse just move it. The problem is that this doesn't happen very often so you don't think to move the mouse before you go yelling for help. grin. Jim
At 07:48 PM 6/15/08 -0500, you wrote: >I can see a little and do occasionally use the mouse especially when all >else fails. Sometimes jaws gets into a condition where pressing the arrow >keys produces the error gong. No amount of tabbing, control tabbing, or alt >tabbing will get out of this condition. The only means of escape seems to >be moving the mouse to an empty part of the desk top and clicking. After >that I am able to use the arrow keys to move from icon to icon as intended. >Also in MS word, sometimes the blinking cursor just disappears. If I type >on the keyboard jaws echoes the letters normally and it seems that all is >well but absolutely nothing is being typed in the document. Once again the >only escape I have found is to click with the mouse somewhere in the >document. The blinking cursor goes to that location. I once asked a >totally blind friend and the only solution this individual found was to >close word and restart it. I find it hard to believe that jaws has no way >out for the totally blind. What am I missing. Just curious. > >Regards. > >Max. K 4 O D S. > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net >Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net >Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > >To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >http://www.jaws-users.com >Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >http://www.blind-computing.com >Address for the list archives: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >To post to this group, send email to >[email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following form in order to contact the management team >http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
