Hi Mike, Thank you very much for the added info. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool.
----- Original Message ----- From: Mike O'Brien To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Changing Background & Foreground colors Hi If you're checking on the colors of the character where the PC cursor is, it could be that the colors where the carrot is are different than the rest of the document. I've seen this happen using the JAWS cursor also. It's probably best to use the invisible cursor and have it placed somewhere other than where the JAWS or PC cursors are. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 10:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Changing Background & Foreground colors Good Morning Rick, These are my current settings. With a new message open & while in the message edit field, I pressed, Alt + O, for the format menu. For style I have normal checked, Font is set on black, background is set for white, Incoding is Western European Windows, & rich text HTML is checked. This is how my emails are all supposedly set. While typing this message & I press, Insert + 5, Jaws reports black on black but, once sent & received, if I invoke the, Insert + 5, keystroke on the open / received message black on white is reported. So, I'm not sure if what Jaws reports can be trusted or not. I'll have to get my wife & other sighted people I know to keep an eye on my messages & report back to me if any of them are not readable. Any input about changing background / foreground colors in IE or Windows Explorer would be appreciated. Thank you very much for your reply. Take Care. Mike This email was sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Justice To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 5:25 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Changing Background & Foreground colors Hi Mike, From what I just found, it appears that you need to send your message in "rich text HTML" format in order to change the background color. While in an open message, choose the format menu, make sure that "rich text format" is checked and then open the background sub-menu, and then choose color from the 3 available options. No first letter navigation in the list of colors, so you will just have arrow to white, and then hit enter to check the box. I believe that the text color is determined by the O/S, and cannot be changed. Unless I don't understand what foreground and background colors that Jaws is reporting, I would say that it is reporting it incorrectly, which may be a bug in Jaws or some type of setting. It reports the same to me whether I am in a plain text or html message, and my background color is set to white for rich text format. I am running Jaws 15 latest build, Win 7. HTH, Rick Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <[email protected]> To: "Jaws-Users List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 7:45 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Changing Background & Foreground colors Hi All, I'm running Win7, Outlook Express, & J15. I noticed that background & foreground colors in new messages are reported as black on black. How can I or, where do I go to change this to black on white? All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Take Care. Mike This email was sent from my iBarstool. 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/
