Re: [JAWS-Users] Issue With Enabling and Disabling Mouse PadonLaptop

2014-07-28 Thread Michele Thredgold
Hi Arianna. I have always found that the first key on the bottom left of a laptop was the control key. Cheers! Michele - Original Message - From: Arianna Calesso acale...@centurylink.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Date sent: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:20:38 -0600 Subject: Re:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Janet Session
Am using Jaws 7 OS windows XP The pdf documents must be filled out. Was hoping to do this without sighted assistance. Help is gratefully appreciated. Janet Session Email: jys...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Alan Robbins arobb...@blindhandyman.net To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Janet Session
Hi Mike, I tried my trusty Simpo pdf to word but the document converted to blank pages. Janet Session Email: jys...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Mike B. mb69ma...@charter.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users]

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Janet Session
even without a scanner? Janet Session Email: jys...@gmail.com - Original Message - From: Sachin sachinantony...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents use Kurzweil 1000 to scan

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Gaston Bedard
Hello folks, I am also having a heck of a time with Adobe. A little while back, I was able to convert a PDF document to a text document. I would simply press Alt, to open the File menu, then arrow down to Text. Now, Adobe reports, access denied. It will not allow me to convert to Text, like it

[JAWS-Users] Request About Yahoo Must reply to me OFF LIST

2014-07-28 Thread Liuda
Hello. I have a phone date with a Yahoo representative soon. Please send me any problems or complaints you have as a member or moderator when working on a Yahoo group website. Since the new Yahoo interface was introduced, using JAWS has often become problematic. Read this next

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Mike B.
Hi Janet, Try the link below: http://www.convertfiles.com/ Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Janet Session To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:38 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf

Re: [JAWS-Users] Issue With Enabling and Disabling Mouse PadonLaptop

2014-07-28 Thread Arianna Calesso
Yes, sometimes it is, but on different laptops the control key is the second key from the left. On external keyboards the control key is the first bottom left one. Arianna - Original Message - From: Michele Thredgold michele.thredg...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com

[JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
I tried unchecking the box for automatic update to see if it would update to 31.0 and it did not work. when I check the update history my version still is 24.6.0 do you have any other ideas? thanks in advance Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird I, too, have set Thunderbird to update automatically.

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and the Canon Pixma, MG2220 printer/scanner/copier

2014-07-28 Thread Allen Childs
Hi Colin, I read your instructions and thank you for the time you took to do that, my wife found this IJ Scan Utility which came with the software for the printer and it allows me to tab through to print document, image or whatever I need and it's a lot faster than pushing the scan button which

[JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
Hi all, has any one else had problems getting Mozilla Thunderbird 24.6.0 to update to the new version 31.0 automatically? or is it just my computer I am using windows 8.0 and Jaws 15 latest. thanks in advance For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit:

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Angela Delicata
No problem here. However, the previous version is far better than 31.0 - smile. Angela from Italy Il 28/07/2014 18:37, anna vimini ha scritto: Hi all, has any one else had problems getting Mozilla Thunderbird 24.6.0 to update to the new version 31.0 automatically? or is it just my computer I

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Jim Pursley
I, too, was not running Thunderbird 31.0 when your note came in yesterday. I am set to receive all updates automatically. Now it gets fuzzy. I looked through the help menu and eventually went to the Thunderbird tab of mozilla.com. Then I noticed that the program was slowly updating. I now

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Jim Pursley
Agree, Angela. Thfis said, maybe FS will include some script for 31.0 in the next monthly update. 31.0 just issued 22 July. Great Adventure, no? On 7/28/2014 1:54 PM, Angela Delicata wrote: No problem here. However, the previous version is far better than 31.0 - smile. Angela from Italy Il

[JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
would you have any idea why I can not get it to update automatically when I have it set to automatically update? I keep closing the program and restarting it to see if it will trigger the automatic update but no luck as of yet. Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird No problem here. However, the previous

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Jim Pursley
No idea. Angela says what you have is superior to the new release. I've noted that the spell checker is a bit weaker in 31.0. that said, I am using the check spelling as you go method and review my email with the control-arrow combo which reads a word at a time. Checking spelling in this way

[JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
I think I will wait a little longer for the automatic update to kick in. and if it does not I will down load it myself. thanks for all those who have helped. Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird No idea. Angela says what you have is superior to the new release. I've noted that the spell checker

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Mario Brusco
try going to the help menu and the about dialog (alt+h a). I bet it'll auto update then. after about 10-40 seconds, you should get a button titled update and restart, or something to that effect. - Original Message - From: anna vimini an...@etown.net To:

[JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
I went to the help in thunderbird just like you said and nothing happened your going to have to explain what exactly you did once in the helpp ? thanks in advance Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird try going to the help menu and the about dialog (alt+h a). I bet it'll auto update then. after about

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Flor Lynch
It scans (if there is a scanner). However, in the case of an already scanned pdf it (like any other OCR program) starts to recognize the images which is converts into text. - Original Message - From: Janet Session jys...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Mario Brusco
after you go to the help menu, arrow up/down to and press the enter key on an item called about... I'm assuming automatic updates is on. if there is an update. it will download. after about 30 seconds, you should hear something like update and restart. - Original Message - From: anna

Re: [JAWS-Users] Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Jim Pursley
That explwhy my Thunderbird updated Saturday. I did go to Help:About and snooped around. I acted on nothing but noticed that the update was downloading. On 7/28/2014 6:35 PM, Mario Brusco wrote: after you go to the help menu, arrow up/down to and press the enter key on an item called

[JAWS-Users] thunderbird 31.0

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
Hi all I finally got it to down load automatically now I need to know two things 1. when I go to the options menu and go to the update tab and enter on show history of the updates why jaws does not read this ? like it use to do in the old version 24.6.0 2. Under the help menu what happened to

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Judy
Mike, Janet and all, I will keep this link Mike for future reference to see if it would work. Not all of us have scanners, and not everyone has Open Book. I have never been ab le to read a scanned document and have specifically asked people when it was possible to send me a word document. But in

Re: [JAWS-Users] thunderbird 31.0

2014-07-28 Thread Jim Pursley
I noticed too that my 31.0 shows no update history. I assumed that a. this is of no consequence since most of my settings on version 24 continued and b. the lack of history could mean that I downloaded new as if there were no priors. The latter makes little sense since I did not have to mark

[JAWS-Users] microsoft outlook 2013 problems

2014-07-28 Thread Daniel MacDonald
hey list, I have two problems whi'll using Outlook 2013. it doesn't synk new emails, and it gives an arror and tells me it needs to close. I signed up from a course from the Cisco Acadamy for the Vision Impared, also know as CAVI, and the course is called Microsoft Office Esentials. one of the

[JAWS-Users] status line gone in Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Shane Hecker
I got the 31.0 version of Thunderbird. Now when I hit insert+page-down, it says nothing. In the previous versions, it would tell me how many messages there were, and how many were unread. Any ideas on how to get this back? Shane For answers to frequently asked questions about this list

[JAWS-Users] thunderbird 31.0

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
in the Thunderbird options under privacy should allow remote content in messages be checked? and also what is remote content? thanks in advance For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [JAWS-Users] status line gone in Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Dialup @ 56k
AFIK, the Thunderbird status bar has been 'gone' for quite some time. Glen *** On 29-Jul-14 9:47 AM, Shane Hecker wrote: I got the 31.0 version of Thunderbird. Now when I hit insert+page-down, it says nothing. In the previous versions, it would tell me how many messages there were, and how

Re: [JAWS-Users] thunderbird 31.0

2014-07-28 Thread Jim Pursley
Until I marked to allow remote content my messages from my U.S. office (I am in Brazil) were preceded by a message that the email contained remote content and did I want it? When I checked allow remote messages the pesky notice went away. My assistant sent me an email from her computer, with

Re: [JAWS-Users] status line gone in Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Jim Pursley
I never used the ins/page down feature but in the mail box tree view in parens you'll find the number of unread emails. Are you finding that your spellchecker is functioning properly? Mine will not give me the (incorrectly spelled) word I entered, just a reiteration of the suggested word.

[JAWS-Users] editing a large file

2014-07-28 Thread leonard morris
I have a large recorded mp3 file and I would like to edit it using GoldWave. Currently, the file is one long three hour file. I want to stop in different sections of the file when I hit forward when I'm playing it using windows media player. I don't want to break it up in to individuals file.

[JAWS-Users] another question about thunderbird 31.0

2014-07-28 Thread anna vimini
In the privacy options under web content which of the three should be checked do not tell web sites I want to be tract , tell websites I want to be tract or do not tell websites anything about my privacy settings ? thanks in advance For answers to frequently asked questions about this list

Re: [JAWS-Users] Help opening scanned pdf documents

2014-07-28 Thread Mike B.
Hi Judy, Here's a tutorial on the convert files website: http://www.jaws-users.com/audio/Internet/ConvertFiles.mp3 2. A demonstration of The Convert Files web site HTH Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. - Original Message - From: Judy To:

Re: [JAWS-Users] editing a large file

2014-07-28 Thread Mario Brusco
at the bottom of the edit menu, there's a submenu for cue points. you can drop one to mark the beginning of each section, then jump from section to section without splitting the recording. you'll have to read up on how to use cue points, as I haven't used them before. - Original Message

[JAWS-Users] Jaws with dell Inspiron 3000 series

2014-07-28 Thread John R Vaughn
List, I have been using Sony computers over the last number of years. But Sony has sold it notebook business and I am looking to replace a Windows vista system with a Dell 15 inch series 3000 with windows 7 and an I core 3 processor. Price is right at $429 with 4 GB of ram. I am picking a

Re: [JAWS-Users] editing a large file

2014-07-28 Thread Mario Brusco
Oh. disregard my reply. they do not apply to Windows Media Player for playing back a file, they are for playing back a file using Goldwave. - Original Message - From: Mario Brusco mrb...@hotmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:02 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [JAWS-Users] status line gone in Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Shane Hecker
Curious because up till now, it always told me how many messages I had and how many unread messages there are. You are of course correct about the inbox thing. As for the misspelling, just tried it and yes it still tells me if I misspell a word. However it sometimes will repeat the first

Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws with dell Inspiron 3000 series

2014-07-28 Thread Trish
I have a Dell running window's 7, interesting word...Inspiron I don't think I was inspired by Dell to get this particular, it was more the price that did the trick,lol However, after been using window's 7 since 2011 on my laptop which is not anykind of Dell. I haven't had any trouble with it.

[JAWS-Users] gmail and mailing lists

2014-07-28 Thread Kimsan
Hello: This topic was discussed a while back but my memory fails me. When participating in a mailing list using a gmail address is it true that the email you compose will not show up in the mailing list or is there a work-around for that. If memory serves, I think I read somewhere in order to

[JAWS-Users] JAWS Laptop Command

2014-07-28 Thread Steve Shannon Cook
Hi All, Using JAWS 15 on a Windows 7 laptop. What is the JAWS command using laptop commands to go to the top and bottom of a page in a word file. Thanks in advance! Steve and Shannon Cook Twitter: @SteveCook67 Today I married my best friend. The one that I laugh with, live for, love. October

Re: [JAWS-Users] gmail and mailing lists

2014-07-28 Thread Mike B.
Howdy Kimsan, Below are several notes I've saved on receiving your own / all posts' to a list, you notice I'm not yelling. LOL, hahaha hahaha hahaha, LOL: Original Message From: David davidwhitehead1...@cogeco.ca Hello Lisa; someone told me, if you set up recent mode in your

[JAWS-Users] Line Spacing in Word 2010

2014-07-28 Thread Liuda
Is there no easy way to change the line spacing in my Word 2010 template back to the original default of 1.15 spacing instead of my setting now of 1.5? I apologize for asking again, if this information has already been posted, but I would so appreciate the best and most user-friendly way to make

Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws with dell Inspiron 3000 series

2014-07-28 Thread Øyvind Lode
I recently bought an Asus laptop running Windows 8.1 and so far I have no problems with Windows 8.1. Actually it's a Ultrabook with a Intel Core i7 4th generation cpu, 8GB ram and 256 GB ssd and I find it to be very snappy. No touch screen on this ultrabook. I'm running JAWS 15 and I find

[JAWS-Users] Question about Thunderbird

2014-07-28 Thread Sachin
Hi list members, will I able to know when Thunderbird finish downloading my emails? In other words how can I make shore that Thunderbird downloaded my new emails Thanks in advance For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [JAWS-Users] Which OS is the best Windows7 or 8?

2014-07-28 Thread Sachin
Hi David, Is there any way to install the drivers myself? After installing windows7 on my computer using mega disc On 7/27/2014 10:03 PM, David Ferrin wrote: Yes you will, just tab to the selection combo box and pick your exact version of 7. David Ferrin ow...@jaws-users.com Always be