Hi For me, in Windows 7, pressing the Windows key by itself will bring up the Start Menu if you're on the desktop or any other window, the same as pressing control+escape. Arrowing up and down thru the start menu will list a certain number of the programs you have used, but not all programs on the computer. When you're on the search box, you can right arrow to the second column of the start menu and arrow up and down to your Windows user folder and options like documents, computers, etc. As was mentioned, you can type something in the search box and a list will pop up with things that match what you type. Also when you're on the search box, if you up arrow one time you will hear All Programs. Right arrow to get into the All Programs menu. This Menu contains all the programs that have put entries into the All Programs menu, the same as Windows XP, except for the addition of search and back entries. The only difference between this All Programs menu and the one in Windows XP, is that in Windows 7, the single program entries are listed before the sub-menu entries. And once you arrow away from the search or back entry, you can use first letter navigation to find what you want.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 09:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? Marilyn, If you go to the desktop and then press the windows key, you get to an edit field. If you then arrow down, you'll find a list of all of the programs that are in the computer, pretty much like what you have in XP. Doesn't that happen for you? Miriam -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marilyn Walker Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 8:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? Ok. this is what I want: a list of desktop items. All of the arrowing gets me no where. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : Hi Marilyn, : Unless you use a third-party program : designed to change the GUI (graphical user interface), it's not going to : happen. : The only thing available in "classic" in Windows 7 is the appearance of : the Desktop. : The plus with Win7 over Win8 is that 7 still has menus in Windows Explorer, : 8 does not. : Windows 7 does not give any option to change the start menu as in Windows XP : and Vista, but there is no need to be afraid of it, : just takes a little getting used to. : I don't find navigating it any faster as others have claimed : I work mainly from the start menu, and can still operate much quicker with : the Windows XP start menu. : HTH, : Rick Justice : : Tomorrow's another day, another way! : and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Marilyn Walker" <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:09 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : : : I was hoping Kelsey would tell us about classic view. Maybe others call it : something else or Microsoft does. Marilyn : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Mich" <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 10:21 PM : Subject: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : : :: Hi I to would like to know about classic view in windows 7 to please. the :: only thing I have seen about a classic view is a program called windows :: shell classic or something. is that what we are talking about? from Mich. :: ----- Original Message ----- :: From: "Marilyn Walker" <[email protected]> :: To: <[email protected]> :: Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:25 PM :: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7 :: :: :: > Is there a link to "classic view" that I could use? 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/ : : : 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/
