Thanks guys. I'd never have thought of checking at the symantec website.
I've collected their info and will go from there. Karen
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Debbie, I just removed all of my Norton components with the removal tool
downloaded from the jaws-users website. I tried everything to find that
graphic and nothing worked. i used the jaws cursor; i virtualized the
window; I even copied the virtualized window and emailed it to my husband.
None
Hi Jason, I dumped Norton and installed AVG from the Jaws-Users website
about 2 months ago. It works really, really well. I didn't change anything
after installing it and, if you go to the control center (system tray, avg,
launch control center) you can see what AVG does. It is set by default
I've been ripping some cds to my laptop through Windows Media Player 11.
I've got vista and jaws 9. I cannot find where to name the cd. I keep
getting unknown artist and/or unknown album. where do I find the field
to name the album and/or artist? thanks, Karen
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I've just gotten my disk for jaws 11. i never installed jaws 10. Do I have
to install 10 before installing 11 or can i just go straight to 11? Thanks,
karen
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Hi Liuda, when you get that message, turn on the jaws cursor and see what's
at the top of the page.
When I do my updating (daily) I always get the suggestion to upgrade to the
pay version. If you go to the top of the page with the jaws cursor, you
should see scan my computer, etc. otherwise, I'm
I did a search using word 2010 for vertical alignment. Hopefully this will
be the same in word 2007.
To Center the text between the top and bottom margins
1.Select the text that you want to center between the top and bottom
margins.
2.On the Page Layout tab, click the Page Setup Dialog Box, and
Is it possible, using outlook 2010 and jaws 14, to share a distribution list
with another person? I've got 75 email addresses in a group and will soon
have 2 other people working on it with me. Thanks, Karen who really doesn't
want to write out all of the addresses!
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Thanks david, I usually look at google when I've got a problem but didn't
this time. You definitely saved me some time. Now, I can share that list.
Karen
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I've got o 2010, jaws 14x and win 7. I don't get search folders open
either. If I tab I get the cancel button and if I arrowright or left, I get
nothing. . There must be some difference in settings. Karen
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Using jaws 15, win 7, is the most recent version of Text Cloner Pro
accessible? It had been recommended previously as I discovered in the
archives.
If anyone is using it and it's accessible, I'd love to hear about it. It's a
whole lot less expensive than buying Open Book or Kurzweil. If it isn't
Hi DJ, with the latest TCP, can you scan a document, open it in word and
recognize it so you can read it with jaws? That's what I'm hoping for.
Thanks so much for your response, Karen
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Shoshana, if you just want quick and easy check out ninja words. I always
go there first. Then, if I need more, I can keep looking. Karen
http://ninjawords.com/
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If you're using word, the old shortcuts still work. Hit alt+I, then t and
you'll get the same list of potential date formats. Karen
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I am really frustrated with the ATT website. My email is downloaded to
Outlook just fine. The spam folder at ATT, however, is another story.
I spent about a half hour trying to have 30 messages from the jaws users
list marked as not spam. I finally gave up and had my husband mouse it.
The only
when i go into research it, i've only got 6 choices, weather, 2 sports
scores, roiters, wictionary and wikipedia. Are people and business search
included in one of the jaws 11 updates? karen
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actually, most of the time, you can just copy from a pdf to word. I select
all, copy with control c then go over to word. If you hit alt e(edit) , then
s you'll get the paste special command. there, you can choose the file type.
in my version of word the choices are RTF, unformatted text,
Mike, it seems counterintuitive but to see the whole picture you need to
zoom out rather than in.
I've been scanning my family pics into the computer and every time my
husband needs to look at a pic, it's alt v then down arrow twice. I have to
do that twice for him to be able to see the whole
Hi Mike, Yes, I've got xpsp3 and am using jaws 11. For pictures i've got
dell picture studio standard (which came on the computer).
I have normal window layout checked as well as the status and toolbar.
When i hit alt v jaws says alt v, view menu, zoom in z. then, i just arrow
down to zoom
mike, if your context menu will give you the zoom out option, that should
work fine. i always have to zoom out at least twice to make a picture
totally viewable.
as for avg...I'm using avg free v9 and am totally content with it. it
downloads definitions automatically and it scans on a
I've got Jaws 14.0.1534, win 7, and recently upgraded (?) to IE9. I have a
terrible time copying and pasting from a website, seems like any website,
into a word document.
I may select 10 lines. I do control c and alt tab to word. I either use the
old keyboard command alt e, s, u for a paste
I tried using the applications key and still no luck. I've also done the alt
h, down to clipboard, enter, down to paste special, and that doesn't work
any better. Thanks, Karen
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Thanks Ann and Flor. I've tried both settings and neither works right for
me. I think the copy from virtual cursor works a little better, though. At
least, when I go back to copy the part it hasn't gotten, I can get the next
part rather than getting the same thing again. This is definitely trying
Hi Tom, I've definitely done that as well when I've gotten stuck. As you
said, cumbersome but doable. Thanks, Karen
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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:39 AM
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I've had a similar problem to the one Miriam is having. If I go to the ATT
website to check mail, every time I hit the link for spam, it takes me to
create a new folder. I can only get to the spam folder using the jaws
cursor. Then, to empty the spam folder, I have to go back to the jaws cursor
I turned on my computer this morning to find that IE10 had been installed.
Now, I keep getting that horrible google instant when I go to my homepage.
How can I stop that? In IE 9, I used to periodically get a link that said,
screen readers, turn off google instant. That worked but it's not coming
Thanks Flor but, even turning off the virtual cursor didn'tcheck the never
use google instant. If I can't manage to do this, I'll have to get my
husband to mouse it which will tick me off. karen
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I'd asked about this for a restart on the desktop. David, our fearless
moderator, has a shortcut to put lots of things, including restart and shut
down on the desktop. Karen
http://www.jaws-users.com/text/Shortcuts/Windows7/index.html
David Ferrin
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Well, everything suggested hasn't worked so far. I've turned on forms mode
at the never use google instant and left mouse, spacebar, and enter don't
do a thing. Unless I'm supposed to do something different like shift
spacebar or insert enter, it won't check.
I turned on the html elements with
Thanks David for letting me know that the button might be checked even
though Jaws doesn't realize it. It works. I don't have those annoying google
instant options popping up.
I do not, however, have a link to disable google instant on the home page.
Thanks also to Dan R. I'll hang onto that url
If, after the download starts, you hit alt+n again, you can tab over to, I
think it's show downloads. Then, at the top of the screen, it will say the
percentage of the download and the speed. HTH, Karen
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If you're using word, it worked in both word xp and word 2010, use the paste
special command. With your web page, or whatever you want to copy from the
webpage, on the clipboard, hit alt+e, then s. You'll be offered the choice
of pasting it as an html, rtf, or Unicode text among other things.
Hi Tom, if you go to the jaws screen with jaws key+j, then alt+o gets you to
options. First in the list is basics. Enter and tab to Automatically start
jaws and enter. You'll get choices to start at the logon screen and others.
Pick the one you want and tab to okay. Good luck, Karen
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Hi Mike, That was the way I did it. After saving the addressbook in OE, as a
csv file, i put it on a flash drive. i took the flash drive to my new laptop
and imported it based on those instructions you had. It worked like a charm.
I was afraid it wouldn't, going from OE to O 2010 but it was
Does anyone know of a website to test the speed of my DSL downloads that
works well with jaws? I've got Jaws 12, win 7. Thanks, Karen
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will put none of these diseases upon thee,
which I have brought upon the Egyptians:
for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
It's Your Choice! Alt+C.
Regards, Elder Thomas Williamson.
pray7...@gmail.com
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Thanks to Brian, Andy and Flor. I'll check those out. I'm getting a little
disgusted with what I pay for my internet access and the slowness of some
downloads. Thanks, Karen
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I have jaws 12, win 7 and Outlook 2010. Ho w can I see the properties
of a message? That's the way I used to get individual addresses in OE. The
context menu doesn't have properties for each message. Thanks, karen
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Thanks to Brian and David. Brian's way is easier!
David, I got through the quick steps part but, the next part didn't work for
me. With a message highlighted, I hit alt+H and down arrowed. I get new,
delete, respond, quick steps,move etc. I can't find undo unavailable. Am
I missing something?
David, I got everything done with the quick steps toolbar. The problem I'm
having is with the alt h part. If I have a message closed but highlighted, I
hit alt+h I get the home tab. I arrow down and get new, delete, respond,
quick steps, move, tags, find, and send/receive. I've obviously done
Hi David, Thanks for trying. I think I'll concede. If I just enter on a
message and hit alt+h I get the message tab. If I tab to open a message, I
get the home tab but both there and on the message tab I get the same
choices, new, delete, respond, etc. I obviously have something set
differently
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Hi David, Thanks for trying. I think I'll concede. If I just enter on a
message and hit alt+h I get the message tab. If I tab to open a message, I
get
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Hi David, if the message is open (by my hitting enter on it) the only menu
choices I have are file, message, and minimize
If you do the shift +numbers row 3 you get the symbol for pounds in weight.
It looks like a tic tac toe grid. If you do insert (or jaws key) +numbers
row 4, you get their list of often used symbols. Hit p until you hear
pounds. That symbol, so I'm told, is the symbol for British pounds. It
I've got win 7 (64 byt) and jaws 13. Every so often, my laptop will crash
and I have to restart the computer. Is it possible to make a shortcut to the
restart button on the shut down menu? That would definitely make things
easier. Thanks, Karen
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Hi David, Thanks for the link. I now have the shutdown and the restart
files. I unzipped them and...now what? Can I just put them on the desktop as
is? Thanks so much, Karen
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Hi David, Thanks so much for this. I got the icon sent to the desktop and it
works as I'd hoped it would. Yay! Karen
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I have a sony vaio laptop with win 7 home premium. I've got outlook 2010 and
jaws 14.0.1037. I can now, finally, get emails to read as they open which
was a problem before. Now, my problem is a ding. I have top and bottom
sounds turned off in O, but every time I hit the control d to delete an
Hi Dixie, You asked:
anyone any knowledge if a recent version of Family Tree Maker is
compatible
with Jaws 8 or 9?
I've got FTW 2006 and am using XP and Jaws 8. They work together well.
Karen
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Mitch, I think in jaws 7 it might have been called suppress flash. try
doing insert v when you're in i. e. and arrow down. see what's there related
to flash. karen
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This link works for me:
http://download.lavasoft.com/public/defs.zip
I just downloaded new definitions. Karen
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Hi, Someone had posted that itunes 8 works well with jaws. Does it work with
jaws 9 or 10? Does it really work well or are there a lot of workarounds?
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Thanks for your response. I'll go and check out the podcasts. Karen
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jaws 9 and 10. It works well. Go to
Hi Kate, you wrote:
Does anyone else using firefox 3 ever run into a problem when clicking
through to another page, where the browser comes up, jaws speaks how many
links and headings are on the page, but jaws then acts as though the page is
blank if you try to navigate the page. There are no
Hi, Annette wrote:
an advantage of using Word with your
info in a list (not a table) is that you can tell it which word to sort on
in each line. So for example if your list is written first name followed by
last name, and you want to sort on last name not first name, then you can
tell the sort to
Thanks Steve, That does work. I've saved the message so i don't forget how
to do it. Karen
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When i got xp, there were lists of things to change in the control panel to
make jaws work better with it. Now, I'm playing with a new laptop with
vista. Are there changes I should make so that jaws works best with the OS?
I'm using jaws 9x. Thanks, Karen
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Hi Karen, I can remember how totally intimidated i was by jaws and the
computer when i first got mine. I was 52 and had no idea what i was doing.
If you go into the jaws window and hit alt+h, arrow down and you'll find
training and keystrokes with jaws. that's a good starting place.
I think
a very long time ago, Debbie Scales gave info on a good way to use the find
command. i was delighted to find that it still works with win 7, jaws 12 and
word 2010. Use the control+f to get things started. then, once you're on the
first item, hit escape. from there on, hit alt+control+y and it
John, I have the same problem with outlook 2010 and I do have it set to open
the next message on deletion. o 2010 opens the next message but jaws won't
talk till i hit insert down arrow. As you said, very frustrating. Hopefully,
someone knows what to do about this! karen
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I've got message automatically read and still no go. That's why this is
so frustrating; it ought to work! The next message opens as it should but
jaws doesn't read automatically. Tearing my hair, Karen
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John, I sure hope they come up with an answer to the question of how to get
jaws to read that next message. At least we know it's not only us. thanks,
karen
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You can use the old key combo of alt+I, then t. You'll be in the list of
various date and time formats. Karen
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I'm using jaws 15x and have win 7. In the last couple of weeks, the proceed
to checkout button has become unusable. Very annoying but, it's apparently
not just a win 8.1 problem.
If I remember right, though, you can put things into the shopping cart from
the access site but when you're ready to
Is anyone able to upgrade their AVG free edition? I'm having a problem
downloading and installing the upgrade to AVG free 2015.
The program prompts me to upgrade, but that's not at all JAWS friendly, So,
I went to C net to do the download and install, but I've hit a snag. You
come to a button
The old keystrokes still work in word 2010. Alt+e, s, then u for unformatted
Unicode text. I'm delighted that it still works since I use it a lot. Karen
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You can also use the old shortcut of alt e+s for paste special and arrow
or hit u for unformatted unicode texdt or whatever format you choose to
paste the item in. it works in word 2010. karen
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Shift tab from the message to the attachments field. Alt+f for file then
down arrow, I think 3 times to save attachments. You'll hit okay once, then
either change the name and/or the place it will be saved and okay again.
Karen
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I've got word 2010 but, i used to do this with word 2003 and it works.
Alt+F for find and type in the word, teachers. Hit enter, then escape. You
should be on the word you were looking for.
When you want to go to the next result, hit alt+control+y. that should take
you to the next one. You can
Argh! I have tried again. I have "download but let me choose when to
install" selected, I tabbed to okay and entered on that. It didn't work
right last week. Hopefully, it will the next time recommended updates come
out.
If nothing else, I'll finally get around to installing jaws 17 and maybe
Jaws 15 and win 7. I'm having trouble with the settings for the windows
updates. I changed it from automatic to download but let me choose whether
to install them. I have treat optional the same way as recommended
unchecked. When the big load of updates came out on Tuesday, or maybe
Wednesday,
I've got win 7 and jaws 17.0.2007. When I add something to the default
dictionary, it is not recognized. I've put in my daughter's married name
with the corrected pronunciation but, every time it shows up, it still says
it wrong. I have checked and it's in the list of corrected pronunciations
but,
Hi David, Yep, Kristen is the married daughter. She's about 35 years older
than she was on the tape you converted for me and she's got a daughter of
her own that age. Good memory. Anyway, Her last name is Kroeger but
eloquence says it with a soft g and a long o rather than "krayger" with the
a
I find it easiest, when deleting a file or a picture from a DB folder, to
select it, or a group of them. Then, cut them out with control+x and paste
them elsewhere on your computer. That way, they're easy to delete. Karen
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I'm not sure what versions of word this works in but, I know it works in
2010. Do the alt f thing and put in the word or phrase you want to fine and
enter. When it gives you the first instance, hit escape. Then, you can do
alt+control+y to keep going through the other findings of that word or
I finally installed my jaws 17. Do I have to reauthorize it? It is running
properly, not in 40 minute mode. I think the only thing that might change is
the number of upgrades I've got listed in "about jaws". Now it says 0 but, I
have 2 since I bought a new SMA in December. Thanks, Karen
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I often get that in a newsletter. If they give you the option of reading it
on the web, try it. That usually sorts it out for me. Karen
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I am going crazy with the new formats for websites. I'm using IE 11, win 7,
and jaws 17 latest. If I go to the family history website
Familysearch.org
I get "button menu collapsed, button menu collapsed, button menu collapsed"
ad infinitim.
I've tried enter, alt enter, control enter, left and
Hi Mike, thanks for the info. I must have something set differently since I
still can't get to the choices in the "button menu". At this point, if I use
my saved link, I can still get to the "old site" but who knows for how long.
I will go and see if FS has any tutorials on dealing with this
I am on a Rootsweb mailing list for blind genealogists. It is a very low
volume list but, you can always ask questions. You might want to check it
out:
To subscribe send email to:
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with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body.
Then,
If you want the files to be in the correct numeric order, you have to add a
0 or two 0s if you've got hundreds. You'd need 01, 02, 03, then, after 09
would come 10. If you've got hundreds, you'll need to rename your first file
001, eventually get to 010, then, finally get to 100 etc. thankfully,
I bought a refurbished dell lattitude laptop with 8gb ram, jaws 18.0.5.038
and win 7. It came with outlook 2007 installed. Almost everything works as
it should. My main problem is that, when I type an email, jaws stops
talking. If I shift tab, jaws will talk again, wherever I am but, if I go
back
Okay, I'm going crazy with jaws not keeping up with typing in outlook 2007.
I've got win 7 and am using jaws 18 with the latest update.
I only have jaws 18 on this laptop. Can I install jaws 17? Would I have to
uninstall 18 and then install 17? I seem to remember something about not
being able
Someone sent the info about that a while ago and it's become a keystroke I
use a lot. Put the cursor at the top of the first page and hit
control+windows key+k. that marks the spot. Then, go to the end of the last
page you want and hit jaws key+spacebar, then the letter m. Jaws will say
"selecting
I'm not sure if it's the same in outlook 2003 but, in outlook 2010, I go to
the view menu or tab, down arrow to arrangement, then in that list is the
command to reverse order. Good luck, Karen
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Thanks to everyone who offered opinions on web browsers. Guess I'll be doing
a lot of downloading, including nvda, tomorrow. karen
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I suspect this may be a lot of personal preference but, if I want to switch
from IE11 to another browser...
Of Chrome and Firefox, which works better with jaws? Then, which has a
smaller learning curve. I'm almost 70 and don't really want to change but,
some websites I frequent are making it
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