[JAWS-Users] open office

2009-08-14 Thread John W. Carty
Is there anyone out there using jaws with open office? How well does it work? Is there any specific setup? John Carty For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

[JAWS-Users] outlook 2007

2009-08-18 Thread John W. Carty
I need to access attachments from outlook 2007. When I press insert-a I hear no attachments. However, I can use my jaws cursor and read the attachment name. I've tried mouse clicking on the name but I only get the system menu with no option to open or save. Please help. John Carty For answers

[JAWS-Users] ie

2009-08-26 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using the latest version of ie and jaws 10. For the first time when I go to a site with edit fields and I press insert+ctrl+home to jump to the first field I hear application mode and then pressing subsequent f key doesn't move me to the next edit field, it simply types the f. What's going

[JAWS-Users] yahoo

2009-09-03 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using xp pro jaws 10. When I go to finance.yahoo.com and attempt to navigate the edit boxes by repeated f keys jaws reports application mode This is something I've never encountered. Can someone explain this feature and perhaps how to turn it off? Thanx, John For answers to frequently

[JAWS-Users] skype

2009-09-17 Thread John W. Carty
Is anyone using skype? How well does jaws support it? Are there any special preferences required to be set? Thanx, John Carty For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

[JAWS-Users] utilities

2009-10-09 Thread John W. Carty
As soon as windows 7 is commercially released I plan to build a new 64 bit machine. What utilities such as anti virus, anti spyware, anti malware, registry editors, etc programs are people using successfully with jaws? At work I'm forced to use Norton and it hogs resources. Thanx, John Carty

[JAWS-Users] silver light

2009-10-09 Thread John W. Carty
I'm encountering more and more web sites that employ this silver light. Sighted people are telling me there's a lot of text and controls being displayed on the site that jaws is reading as a blank screen. Is there any way to access these sites? John Carty For answers to frequently asked

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 11, Windows7, and Email Clients

2009-10-22 Thread John W. Carty
What are the required adjustments? -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kliph Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:26 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 11, Windows7,

[JAWS-Users] outlook 2007 jaws 11

2009-10-23 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using win xp pro, jaws 11, and outlook 2007. I have an email with a simple xls attachment and pressing jawskey+a announces no attachments. Is anyone else getting this? Is there a work around? John Carty For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit:

[JAWS-Users] laptop

2009-10-29 Thread John W. Carty
Could someone direct me to the documentation for the keyboard layout? Thanx, For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

[JAWS-Users] ms access

2010-09-02 Thread John W. Carty
Is anyone out there using jaws with access 2010? If so, are there any special configuring required? Are there any particular limitations or accessibility problems? Does anyone know and/or expect what jaws 12 will do with access? Thanx, John For answers to frequently asked questions about

[JAWS-Users] skype

2010-09-02 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using the latest version of jaws 11 and I'm interested in getting into skype for the first time. Is there anything special I need to do to skype for jaws to operate properly? Do I need specific jaws scripts? I understand there's some generic scripts called skypetalking, will I need and/or

[JAWS-Users] jaws 12

2010-10-22 Thread John W. Carty
I've just installed the 32bit version of jaws 12 on my xp machine and I find it sluggish compared to jaws 11. Does anyone else share this issue? John For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 12 rocks!

2010-10-22 Thread John W. Carty
I've been a long time jaws user and 3270 programmer. I've frequently had these issues with numerous versions of jaws dating back many years. The best solution I developed this was to experiment with different fonts to find the least effected choice, then I wrote jaws scripts that controlled all

[JAWS-Users] visual studio

2010-10-29 Thread John W. Carty
I've been a long time 3270 programmer mostly cobol/cics. Now my employer is moving me to microsoft visual studio where I'm suppose to learn visual basic and sequel server. I'm using jaws 12. My shop is currently using visual studio 2008 but we'll be moving to 2010 at some point in the future.

[JAWS-Users] question

2010-11-08 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using win7-64bit ult, jaws 12 64-bit and word 2010. I've got an assignment where I must read thru a word document and highlight specific words as if I was using a highlight pen. I can achieve this by going into the menu home, font, highlight, then select my desired color. Then as I read

[JAWS-Users] excel headers

2010-12-10 Thread John W. Carty
How do I setup column/row headers in excel? How do I get jaws 12 to read them as I navigate the sheet? John For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

[JAWS-Users] adobe connect professional

2010-12-16 Thread John W. Carty
My employer is about to deploy a new video conferencing application called adobe connect professional. Does anyone have any experience with this application? Is it accessible? Are there any specific settings required to make it accessible? Any information that's available would be

Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws, colors and spreadsheets

2010-12-21 Thread John W. Carty
Stephan, You may solve your problem with insert-alt-s which brings up a menu of schemes to choose from. You might want to select colors. Experiment. HTH John -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of

[JAWS-Users] outlook 2007 2010

2011-01-13 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using jaws 12 on two different machines. One machine has outlook 2007 and the other is using outlook 2010. I know the key strokes are different for each version but how do I view email in the browser? I need to know the keystrokes for each version of outlook. thanx, John For answers to

Re: [JAWS-Users] Deleting a column in Excel 2007

2010-03-24 Thread John W. Carty
Position the cursor at the top of the desired column, press alt+e followed by d then arrow down to delete column, press enter. This is all strictly excel commands. -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf

[JAWS-Users] visual studio 2010

2010-04-15 Thread John W. Carty
Has anyone tried the new visual studio 2010? Any opinions concerning accessibility? Thanx, John Carty For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

[JAWS-Users] handy tech

2010-04-16 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using win xp s3 and a handy tech easy Braille display. I just installed the new release of jaws 11 32 bit. For the first time I now have four status cells at the left of my display. I don't use status cells usually so I went into the config manager and tried setting this option to none and

[JAWS-Users] handytech

2010-04-16 Thread John W. Carty
Using the hotkey dots 3+4 toggles status on and off as before but I don't seem able to move them to the right. Thanx, For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

[JAWS-Users] jaws and excel

2011-07-20 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using the latest build of jaws 12 and excel 2007. Jaws refuses to announce the = sing within a cell formula no matter where I set the punctuation setting including all What must I do? For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [JAWS-Users] The November JAWS 13 Update is released

2011-11-15 Thread John W. Carty
Eric, What version of visual studio are you refering to here? Thanx, -Original Message- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Eric Damery Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:25 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com

[JAWS-Users] excel 2007

2011-11-28 Thread John W. Carty
I'm using jaws 13 and excel 2007. The key strokes insert-ctrl-alt-c insert-ctrl-alt-r set column and row titles on. Once done navigating the spreadsheet with the arrow keys announce the column or row you're in. My question is: Once these settings are turned on how do I turn them off?