Hi Jason and list, Yes, I have had problems with JAWS saying blank when moving around in a Word document as well as in the body of an Outlook e-mail. These problems have existed since I have been using Office 2000 and as early as JAWS 6.0. I am currently using Office 2003 and JAWS 7.0, and 7.1 sometimes. I have both a Del and a Toshiba laptop. I think it is a video problem, and I think the location of the mouse has something to do with it. Here are some things that I do to fix it.
Option 1: Move your mouse. It doesn't appear to matter where. I usually make a movement that is up and to the right hoping that I will move the mouse to the upper right corner of the screen. Option 2: Press Insert+ESC to refresh the screen. Option 3: Use Alt+Tab to move away from your Word document, and again to move back to it. Option 4: Select the word, phrase, line or paragraph that is not being read but you know exists. In most cases JAWS will read as you select. If it doesn't, your problem is bigger then this. You can use just the arrow key to clear the selection, and hopefully JAWS is back reading the information. Option 5: Close JAWS with Insert+F4, and then launch JAWS with Control+Alt+J, or whatever shortcut you use.. Make sure you have the shortcut sequence set for JAWS. Option 6: Close the document and re-open it. If none of these tricks have worked, shut down the computer and go do something fun. HTH Annette -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jason smith Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 3:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [jaws-users] Jaws not reading text in word 2003 Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone has had the same problem as me with Jaws and Word 2003. I find that sometimes(but not always), when I open a saved word document, JAWS will work when doing a read current line, or a read all command. However, if I want to read word by word, or character by character, it doesn't say anything. This is despite, like i said, read line or read all showing that the text is in fact there. I am using JAWS 7.0, word 2003 and windows XP. If I close word down and then reopen it again, it fixes the problem. Anybody had this problem? I have had this problem for awhile. Only with Jaws 7.0. However, I don't think I had it when I originally installed Jaws 7.0, but I can't be sure, as that was a while ago. One more point. When re-reading this email, Jaws pronounces the word read as the colour red. However, this is only for the first two occurrences. After that it pronounces it properly. It also says it correctly when going word by word, but not when doing the whole sentence. I don't think I have any capitals in the first ones. Is anyone else getting this while going through my message? Is there a reason why it will vary like that? Look forward to hearing from anyone. thanks Jason [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
