How, awesome! thanks so much! I keep forgetting about this site. Ok, mission accomplished. Got it downloaded and installed. Now to do some experimenting. All input is greatly appreciaated! Take care!
On 10/8/13, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > -- 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/
