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Cher IE 7- Tour of New Features list of 5 items New Interface Tabbed Browsing Search RSS Feeds Security list end New Interface and Keystrokes In IE7, the menu bar is turned off by default and the address bar, other toolbars and a row showing the open tabs have changed the look of the top portion of the IE window. Summary: This table contains the components that appear in the Internet Explorer 7 toolbar Internet Explorer 7 Toolbar Components Toolbar Item. | Keystroke/Description. | Back and Forward buttons. | ALT+LEFT ARROW and ALT+RIGHT ARROW, which apply to the current tab. | Address bar. | ALT+D. | Refresh button. | F5. Applies to the current tab page. | Stop button. | ESC. Stops downloading a Web page. | Search box. | CTRL+E. Refer to Search Box for more information. | Search button. | ALT+ENTER. Opens a new tab based on the contents of the Search box. | Favorites Center. | ALT+C. Refer to Favorites Center for more information. | Favorites list. | CTRL+I. | Feeds list. | CTRL+J. | History list. | CTRL+H. | Add to Favorites button. | ALT+Z. | Tab page. | In the browser, a tab page is a Web page. Refer to Tabbed Browsing for more information. | Quick Tabs. | CTRL+Q. | Tab list. | CTRL+SHIFT+Q. Allows you to quickly select any open tab. | Home Menu button. | ALT+M. Opens a context menu that allows you to select the browser's home page or define a new home page. | Feeds button. | ALT+J. Opens a context menu that allows you to subscribe to Web feeds. Refer to Feeds for more information. | Print button. | CTRL+P to print. ALT+R to open the Print context menu. | Page button. | ALT+P. Use this button to select such items as Cut, Paste, View Source, and Send Page by E-mail. | Tools button. | ALT+T or ALT+O. Provides access to the Internet Options dialog and the Phishing Filter submenu . | Help button. | ALT+H. Opens the Internet Explorer Help menu. Also opens the About Internet Explorer dialog box. | Favorites Center Internet Explorer 7 groups the Favorites list, Feeds list, and History list into an area called the Favorites Center. What You Hear When You Open Internet Explorer 7 When you first open the browser, JAWS announces the following items before reading the page: list of 4 items . Application name . Web page title . Feeds, if supported by the page . Number of frames, headings, and links list end A number of methods are available to read the Web page at this point. For example, you can press TAB to go to the first link or control on the page, or press H or INSERT+F6 to navigate by headings, or press INSERT+F7 to navigate by links, and so on. Freedom Scientific has made a significant modification to Internet Explorer keyboard functionality. In previous JAWS releases, the tabbing order in Internet Explorer always placed the address bar and tool bar first before any Web page links. With JAWS 8.0, pressing TAB now takes you to the first link or control on the page, skipping over the address bar and tool bar. From a usability stand point, this is much more efficient than previous JAWS releases. Pressing SHIFT+TAB still allows you to move backwards to the tool bar and address bar. Also, if you tab all the way through the page, JAWS will wrap to the address bar from the last element on the page as expected. This functionality is part of the Internet Explorer design and has not been altered by JAWS. Note: If you tab into the numerous toolbars at the top of the IE page, you will have to tab several times to find your way back out or make a list of your open tabs and select the tab for the page you want to get back to. New and Modified JAWS Keystroke Commands The Jump to Cell command, CTRL+J, which appears in the Navigation Quick Keys help topic and the JAWS Commands for HTML help topic, has changed. The new command is CTRL+WINDOWS Key+J. The CTRL+J command is now used to view the Feeds list in Internet Explorer 7. The ALT+J command opens the Feeds menu in Internet Explorer 7. The CTRL+E command moves focus to the Search box in Internet Explorer 7. Next in the tour: Tabbed Browsing Tabbed Browsing: An easier way to switch between Web sites Whether you're searching the web, comparing prices, or just staying on top of your favorite topic, Internet Explorer 7 lets you view many different websites at one time - all within one organized window. Use the new tabs in Internet Explorer 7 to Browse, shop, and search multiple websites at once How to Use Tabbed Browsing Launch Internet Explorer 7 and your home page opens in the first tab. To view other sites at the same time, just click the new tab button (Control-T) in the toolbar and then type the address of the site you want to visit in the address bar. Your home page stays open in the first tab. Closing tabs is as easy as opening them. Just click the close button that appears on the right side of the selected tab. (control-W or control-F4) When you have several tabs open, use the open Tabs list (control-shift-Q) to find the site you want to view or to close sites you're no longer interested in viewing. JAWS, Internet Explorer 7 and Tabbed Navigation - What's New JAWS 8.0 continues to keep pace with the latest developments from Microsoft. Internet Explorer 7 introduces tabbed browsing navigation, which allows you to run multiple Web pages within a single browsing window. This browsing approach is similar to Mozilla Firefox. So, what's the big deal about tab browsing anyway? *After performing a search, you can open the promising-looking results as new tabs in the background, and continue to methodically work your way through the search results. This prevents you from getting lost in countless interesting "bunny trails" and helps you to systematically look at your search results. When you're ready to look at these tabs, just control-tab to the next tab page, check it out and save or close it with control-W or control-F4. Continue to control-tab through your new tabs until you've systematically checked them all out. *If you want to open a new tab in the foreground, you won't have to move focus from the original page, but will have both tabbed pages open at the same time. You'll never have to wonder how many pages forward or backward you need to go to find the original page. *If you have a lot of tabs open, you can quickly display a list of all the open tabs with control-shift-Q, select another one, press Enter, and you're there! You can even use first letter navigation within this tab list. The following table describes new keyboard commands for tabbed browsing navigation: Tabbed Browsing Navigation Commands | Description | CTRL+T | Open a New Tab | ALT+ENTER (on the address bar) | Open a New Tab from the Address Bar | ALT+ENTER (on the Toolbar Search edit) | Open a New Tab from the Toolbar Search Edit Box | CTRL+ENTER | Open Links in a New Tab in the Background | CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER | Open Links in a New Tab in the Foreground | CTRL+SHIFT+Q | View List of Open Tabs | CTRL+Q | Toggle Quick Tabs (Thumbnail View) | CTRL+TAB | Switch to the Next Tab | CTRL+SHIFT+TAB | Switch to the Previous Tab | CTRL+n, where n is a digit from 1 to 8 | Switch to a Specific Tab Number | CTRL+9 | Switch to Last Tab | CTRL+W or CTRL+F4 | Close Current Tab | ALT+F4 | Close All Tabs | CTRL+ALT+F4 | Close Other Tabs | Next in the tour: search Search: Quick, comprehensive, customized Web searching Internet Explorer 7 brings your favorite web search providers to you. With the built-in search box, you can search the web at any time without having to open a search provider page. You can display search results in a separate tab, and then open the results in other tabs to quickly compare sites and find the information you want. You can even customize your search by setting your favorite search provider as the default. Search: Your search bar is always right at hand The Search box can be quickly access by pressing CTRL+E. The Search box uses your default search engine. Searching for a Keyword or Phrase To search for a keyword or phrase using the Search box, do the following: list of 3 items 1. Press CTRL+E to move focus to the Search edit box. 2. Type a keyword or phrase in the edit box. 3. Do one of the following: list end list of 2 items . Press ENTER to search for the keyword or phrase using the current tab page, or... . Press ALT+ENTER to search for the keyword or phrase in a new tab page. list end The Power of Multiple Search Providers *You can choose which search provider you want to use as your default and then compare its results with those of other search providers by choosing another search provider from the list. *You can also add search providers by selecting "Get Search Provider" from the dropdown list. Changing the Default Search Engine To change the default search engine, do the following: list of 6 items 1. Press CTRL+E to move the focus to the Search box. 2. Press CTRL+ DOWN ARROW to view the context menu. 3. Press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys and choose Change Search Defaults. The Change Search Defaults dialog appears. 4. Select a search engine from the Search Providers list. 5. Choose the Set Default button. 6. Choose OK. list end Next in tour: RSS Feeds RSS Feeds: The information you care about Don't waste time checking many different sites and blogs for updates. Just select the sites or topics you care about and Internet Explorer 7 automatically delivers all the new headlines and updates to your Favorites Center. Many news agencies and other dynamic sites now offer RSS Feeds or RSS. With RSS Feeds the website can feed or download information such as top headlines, current travel discounts, sports scores, and other timely content throughout the day to subscribers. A Web feed is a way to subscribe to your favorite Web sites and receive updated content. This content can consist of headlines, articles, podcasts, summaries, and so on. Internet Explorer constantly scans the Web pages that you visit to see if they support Web feeds. If the Feed button in Internet Explorer lights up, it means that the site offers RSS feeds. JAWS will announce, "RSS Feeds available." Adding a Feed Click the Feed button icon to see the feed and, if you want, subscribe to have the feed automatically sent to your computer. When you click the subscribe button, the feed is automatically added to the Favorites Center and to the Common Feed List for sharing with other programs. To add a feed with JAWS, do the following: list of 3 items 1. Press ALT+J and then press ENTER to view feeds on the page. 2. Select Plus button subscribe to this feed. 3. Choose Subscribe. list end Viewing a List of Feeds To verify that the feed was added, do the following: list of 2 items 1. Press CTRL+J to open the Feeds tree view. 2. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to locate the newly added feed in the Feeds list. list end Next in tour: security Security: Surf, shop and search with more confidence Internet Explorer 7 helps keep your information safe by alerting you to potential phishing sites - sites that look legitimate but actually are designed to capture your personal information. It's also easier to see which sites provide secure data exchange, so you can shop and bank online with confidence. Security badges indicate whether the site you are currently visiting is suspicious or a site known for phishing (capturing your personal or financial information). Security information is displayed in the Security Status bar At a glance you'll see whether the site you're visiting has a valid secure sockets layer (SSL) certificate or if there are irregularities in the certificate information. Phishing FilterT warns you of suspicious sites that might attempt to collect your personal information. And while you browse the web, Internet Explorer 7 automatically monitors your computer to protect you from unwanted and malicious programs that can be installed on your system as a result of surfing the web. To access the phishing filter submenu, do the following: list of 2 items 1. Press ALT+T to open the Tools menu. 2. Press H to open the Phishing Filter submenu, and then select the item that you want. list end -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vicki Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:32 PM To: JAW'S Users Subject: [JAWS-Users] IE7 question Are there any special settings I should change in IE7 that will make it easier to use with JAWS 11? Thanks. Vicki My heart is in his hands. His heart is in my soul. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
