I am new to this list, and I think it's terrific! I have a new Toshiba laptop with a numpad, so I can use JAWS just as I would on a PC. The f5 key is a toggle which enables/disables the mouse, pretty handy. And here's a funny: I sat down for a few hours with it last night to do my first serious exploration with internet, etc. Sometimes JAWS would suddenly stop talking, or the volume would change, or I'd be in a different app.... Later on, my sighted husband suggested cleaning off a lot of the junk that comes with any new computer, and when he got started, we found that something called "gesture controls" was on. In short, if you move your hands a certain way it will change apps, if you touch your lips it mutes, it you touch another part of your face the volume changes, and on and on it goes. Who knew! I'm still laughing!
Marilyn. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Hourigan via Jfw Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 12:07 PM To: Diana Brent; The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Disabling Touch-pad on Microsoft Surface Hello Dianna, Here are some suggestions I had in my notes. Mouse Pad turn on and off 1. function key plus F7 for Acers, and Tosheba's have a special button above the mouse pad. 2. control panel turning the mouse pad on or off is under the control panel, under "mouse". When you are in the mouse menus, you will see various tabs starting from the left, but the one you want is probably at the far right, named "device settings". Tab once and you are in the list of mouse-type devices that the computer sees as available. In my case, the mouse pad is the only device. Tab once again, and you are at the toggle button to "enable" or "disable". After you press on that, click "apply", then the okay or close button Cheers Kevin. -----Original Message----- From: Diana Brent via Jfw Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Disabling Touch-pad on Microsoft Surface I have a Microsoft Surface tablet with a keyboard. The keyboard includes a standard mouse touch-pad. Does anyone know how to disable this less drastically other than removing the mouse driver? I have looked on the microsoft site and can't find anything. In the short term, I have somewhat solved the problem by taping a used-up plastic Starbuck's card over the pad. Any help is gratefully appreciated. Diana Sent from my U2 Mini _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
