Thanks. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7
: Remember, the biggest helper to you with Windows 7 is the way the start menu : works. : : Just press your windows key and start typing part of what you're looking : for. Example, shut for shutdown. As you press the downarrow key you will : see different results, just enter on the one you want to execute. You can : always add more letters to the initial string by just typing them. : : This is really great for finding a program, or a file where you know part of : the name but maybe don't remember which directory it is in. : : Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. : : Steve : Lansing, MI : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Marilyn Walker" <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:20 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7 : : : > This is very constructive advice so I'll get my guru over soon and we'll : > do : > it. I think we did this the hard way because we knew nothing about : > classic : > view. My neighbor came over tonight and she helped visualize the start : > menu : > so now I have a better idea of the layout and, yes, I found the shut down : > . : > I got so rattled about all of this that I couldn't remember how to turn : > on : > the computer! This, after having gone through win 95, 98, xp and now 7 : > and : > all jaws since version 3. I need to learn to laugh more, don't you think? : > Thanks to all who have helped. Marilyn : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Kelsey Nicolay" <[email protected]> : > To: <[email protected]> : > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 6:55 PM : > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7 : > : > : > : Hello, : > : Xp was great, but windows 7 is very accessible. What you need to : > : do is have someone change everything over to classic view. This : > : will make everything look and behave just like xp. I did this : > : when I was using vista and use windows 7 now and my cousin did : > : that for me. It works great. You don't even know it's windows : > : 7. Give it a try and let me know how it goes. : > : As a word of caution, if you are using an earlier version of : > : JAWS, you may find that it is not fully compatible. I han into : > : this issue when I got windows 7 last year. I was using a version : > : of JAWS 11 that was not fully supported, so I was getting some : > : error messages, but JAWS still worked. My cousin just called : > : Freedom Scenentific and they let him download a newer update that : > : fixed the problem. So like I said, use windows 7 in classic : > : view. : > : : > : 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/
