EElaine, I think you're right about focus. What's the key stroke to minimize? marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] problem with Jaws announcing favourites whennotmeantto
: hi Marilyn : : when you open Internet Explorer, is your outlook Express page maxed? I'm : thinking this is a focus issue. : : before you go to IE, minimize all apps to the desktop, then open up internet : explorer. : : just wondering if that might help jaws to see the correct window. : : I've had a look to see if I could find any menu items which might be : enabled, but I can't see anything that would indicate your problem. : : I'll keep pondering this one. : : Elaine : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Marilyn Walker" <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:54 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] problem with Jaws announcing favourites when : notmeantto : : : > Jason, I have had a similar problem for months. When I go to internet : > explorer (7), jaws reads outlook express e mail headers--the list. I have : > to hit arrow keey to stop it and get my home page to come up. I have no : > idea why this happens and can't correct it so that I go directly to home : > page. marilyn : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "jason smith" <[email protected]> : > To: <[email protected]> : > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:19 AM : > Subject: [JAWS-Users] problem with Jaws announcing favourites when not : > meantto : > : > : > : Hi list, : > : for the past week or so, I have had an unusual issue with Jaws. For : > example, whenever I launch Internet Explorer. Jaws announces "favorites". : > I : > don't think I remember it ever doing this before. In addition, when I open : > a : > webpage. I usually use insert numpad 3 to read the status line. This lets : > me : > know how many items on the page are left to download. However, what Jaws : > tends to do now, is read out a couple of my favorites. However, if I do in : > fact want to access my favorites. I still need to use control I to bring : > up : > my favorites list. Has anyone else experienced this? I am using XP home, : > IE7 : > and Jaws 10. Would upgrading to IE8 be of any help? It is sitting in my : > system tray. But I have been cautious about installing it. : > : : > : Thanks Jason : > : 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/
