Hi Tammy, Go to:
www.ninite.com Find heading level 3, Documents. Arrow down to bullit checkbox not checked, Reader, & check this box. this is, Adobe PDF Reader 11.0.05, the most recent version. Press, Alt + G, to activate the get downloader button, arrow down to, link Download Installer & press enter, & you will get a download dialogue window. Choose save & after you download the installer gnavigate to it, & press enter to start the ispallation process. There are some changes you'll needd to make to the Adobe Reader program so a screenreader will work with it, they are below: With Adobe installed, open Adobe from the shortcut on your desktop & press, control + K, to open Adobe preferences. Note that there are links with the Security Enhanced section to explain the consequences of unchecking items there, and you may want to find out what they have to say. 1. Go into preferences with control-k. JAWS lands on an item in a tree view. If you have been here before, it will be the item you last opened. Arrow down to Security Enhanced. Note that this is the item below "Security." Then uncheck these 2 options, the 2nd option is not necessary to uncheck but, optional: Enable Protected Mode at startup, needs to be unchecked. Enable Enhanced Security, does not need to be unchecked. Note. When making changes in the Security Enhanced section, you will be told that Adobe needs to be restarted, but you can wait to finish the other changes first. 2. Launch the Edit menu, scroll down to the Accessibility submenu and open it. Scroll down to the Set-up Assistant and press enter. The Set-Up Assistant has five screens, but the only change you have to make is on the last, screen 5 of 5. Go through all the screens, pressing spacebar on "Next" in each instance, until you reach the fifth and final screen. Here, tab to the check box labeled "Display PDF documents in the web browser" and make sure it is unchecked. It may be checked by default. Then tab to the Okay button & press enter. HTH Take care. Mike Global warming? Most likely caused from hot air generated by politicians! ----- Original Message ----- From: Tammy Freitag To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] pdf assistance needed Ok, awesome! Is it safe to assume this can be downloaded from Adobe.com? Thanks! On 10/8/13, Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > The free Adobe Reader, or a good OCR program, will do it. If the pdf > does not contain images then Adobe Reader will read it. If it does > contain images, , then an OCR program is necessary to convert it into > readable text. An OCR program Like Open Book or Kurzweil 1000 is > self-voicing and does not need JAWS for your effective operation. Other, > less expensive, OCR programs will. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tammy Freitag" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:11 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] pdf assistance needed > > >> Helo! >> I am needing to read a pdf file. What program can I use to do this? >> I am running Windows XP and Jaws 12. I installed pdf2txt. For some >> reason the program said it could not convert it. >> Thanks for your input! >> >> -- >> Independence is yours . Are you willing to reach for it? >> Tammy >> >> 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/ > -- Independence is yours . Are you willing to reach for it? Tammy 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/
