[bksvol-discuss] Re: jaws forms mode
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:15:35 -0700
Another command that can be used to enter forms mode is the spacebar.
On 3/10/09, Alyssa <LyssasSong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lissi. Try this. Go to the utilities menu in JAWS, then to the
> configuration manager. Go to the set options menu, HTML options, and then to
> the misc tab. See if the auto forms off box is checked. If not, check it. If
> it is already checked, then I'm really not sure what to do since it seems
> that it should automatically be off when you move to a new page. Maybe the
> only other alternative is to double-check before pressing enter to see if it
> is somehow keeping itself turned on. Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> -Alyssa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:04 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: jaws forms mode
>
> Dear Jackie and Alyssa,
>
> I'm using JAWS 9.0. I have the disk for 10.0 but I'm afraid to install it
> because If I make some mistake, considering my computer track record, I'll
> break it and then dig myself in deeper and do bigger and bigger damage. And,
> I've had 10.0 for so long, it's buried under books and I'd have to do some
> serious excavation to find it.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
>
> I'm using JAWS 9.0
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:37 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: jaws forms mode
>
>
>> What version of jaws r u using, Lissi?
>>
>> On 3/10/09, Alyssa <LyssasSong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi Lissi. Are you using JAWS 10? If so, you are having this problem
>>> because
>>> by default, JAWS now automatically places you into forms mode when it
>>> reaches a field that can be edited.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Alyssa
>>> AIM: FaithsPeace
>>> MSN: eternalhope7@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> site: http://lyssas_song.livejournal.com
>>> <http://lyssas_song.livejournal.com/>
>>>
>>>
>>> _____
>>>
>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:24 PM
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] jaws forms mode
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Booksharian Friends,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know a command for telling JAWS to enter forms mode besides
>>> pressing enter which is the way I learned to do it?
>>>
>>> The last two times I checked in books, when I was on page three of the
>>> form
>>> in the title field to delete save for lissi, I pressed enter which
>>> usually
>>> causes JAWS to say, "form field on." Instead, I hear percentages as the
>>> form
>>> is entered and is being processed for Bookshare. The next thing I'm back
>>> at
>>> my checked out books. I haven't had a chance to delete the save for,
>>> enter
>>> my brief or long synopses or edit the meta data on that page in any way.
>>> Carrie bailed me out the first time this happened, but I would like to
>>> check
>>> in books without needing extra help.
>>>
>>> I've heard there's another way to enter forms mode and I hope if I use
>>> it,
>>> I'll be able to complete page three and check in books correctly.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>
>>> By the way, I'll be adding some books in honor of Saint Patrick's Day and
>
>>> my
>>> Irish heritage. Today's book is Folktales of Yeats Country, only 96
>>> pages.
>>> It includes 17 tales, very brief but meticulously authentic and told for
>>> adults. The longest story, told in 7 parts, features a character,
>>> prominent
>>> for many centuries in Irish folklore, named Conn, which was my mother's
>>> maiden name.
>>>
>>> The next book, which Evan scanned, is for kids, Jeremy Bean's St.
>>> Patrick's
>>> Day. After that, Tales of St. Patrick, 124 pages long, St. Patrick's Day
>>> Shamrocks, and The Leprechaun's Story are coming. Then, there will be
>>> Hungry
>>> for home, the sad story of the Irish Island of Blaskett, and Kaddish in
>>> Dublin, a mystery.
>>>
>>> After BSO ing a Tolkien Biography for young readers, Evan will be
>>> scanning a
>>> stack of Easter books I sent him. And I even found a book for April
>>> Fool's
>>> Day.
>>>
>>> I really wish the library didn't sell off its books, but if it must be
>>> so,
>>> then I appreciate the chance to buy them up for Bookshare.
>>>
>>> Always with love,
>>>
>>> Lissi
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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