[JAWSLite] Re: JAWS and Word or just Word

Hi Jean,

I'm using XP Pro with sp2.
The first paragraph in your note that starts "The Open and Save As dialog
boxes in Office 2000 and in Windows 2000 and Windows Me applications use the
autocomplete feature" describes what is happening.  

But, I want to be able to turn this autocomplete feature off.
Or, tell JAWS to not speak the autocomplete chars as they are being
displayed.

Reed   

-----Original Message-----
From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jean Menzies
Sent: 2008/02/20 16:15
To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: JAWS and Word or just Word

Reid,

I don't think you said which operating system you have. Unfortunately, this
might answer your question. I found a discussion of this on
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,50005-page,1/article.html

The Open and Save As dialog boxes in Office 2000 and in Windows 2000 and
Windows Me applications use the autocomplete feature when you type a folder
path (such as C:\My Documents) and file name (such as resume.doc) in the
'File name' box shown in Figure 2. Just start typing any path name (it
doesn't have to lead to a folder in the currently displayed window), and the
autocomplete feature will find the first folder name in your system that
matches the characters you type.

Annoyingly, Office and non-Office applications implement the feature
differently. In non-Office applications, enter the first character or
characters of the folder path in the 'File name' box and press Down Arrow
one or more times to select the correct folder. Then enter a backslash (\)
to begin typing the next part of the path, the last part of which will be
the actual file name.

In Office apps, press Right Arrow when the proper folder appears in the
'File name' box; the slash is added for you. In any app, continue typing the
next portion of the path. Repeat this process until the entire folder path
and file name appear in the 'File name' box. Then press Enter once for
non-Office applications or twice for Office apps to open or save the file.

Start off right: If you prefer to launch applications first and then open
files, set your apps to display the folders you want each time you open or
save a file. That way you won't have to navigate manually through your
drives and folders each time you see the familiar Open and Save As dialog
boxes. Locate the icon that launches the program whose default location you
want to
change: In Win 95, that usually means right-clicking Start, choosing Open,
and navigating to the folder containing the appropriate shortcut icon, such
as Word's blue 'W'. Right-click the icon and choose Properties.

In more recent versions of Windows, you don't need to open the folder
containing the icon. Just right-click the icon on the Start menu and choose
Properties.
Make sure the Shortcut tab is selected. Click the Start in box and type the
path to the folder containing the documents you typically open with the app
(see FIGURE 3 ). Click OK. The next time you launch the program and choose
File, Open or File, Save As, the dialog box should default there. If you
select another location during the session, it will likely appear when you
reopen the dialog box. 
But it will revert to the path you typed in the 'Start in' box when you next
open the app.

Some applications require a different approach. As usual, Microsoft Office
applications don't use the same technique that other Windows applications
do.
To set the default folder location in Word or Excel, launch the program and
choose Tools, Options. In Word, click the File Locations tab. Double-click
the Documents line, navigate to the folder of your choice, and click OK. 
Double-click other lines and do the same thing to set the default folders
for clip art, templates, and so on. Then click OK. In Excel, click the
General tab in the Options dialog box, select the Default file location box,
and type the path you want. Then click OK twice.

Jean

  The more people I meet, the more I like my dog


----- Original Message -----
From: "Reed Poynter" <Reed.Poynter@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:26 PM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: JAWS and Word or just Word


Hi Jean and Chip,

In IE 7, I have all of these settings turned off.

The only place I have this issue is in Office applications; Outlook, Word
and Excel are the ones that I use.
This does not happen, for example, in WordPad or internet Explorer.

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jean Menzies
Sent: 2008/02/20 14:19
To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: JAWS and Word or just Word

In-line autocomplete is on the Advance tab in the Browse section in IE.under
Tools, Options. Oh, what a mixed up sentence. There are also autocomplete
settings under Tools, Options, on the Content tab. I don't know how they are
all connected, but I have all mine turned off and I don't have the problem
of autocomplete for filenames in Word. For what it's worth, there is an
autocomplete option in Excel, and I don't know if it's somehow connected or
not.

Jean

  "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts
can be counted."
--Albert Einstein


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:58 PM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: JAWS and Word or just Word


It's actually a windows function, and windows will do it in the standard
file open dialogs used by any program.

I think you can turn it off (it would be for all programs) via an ie
"advanced" setting.  These are the ones you reach via the tools |
options menu of ie, then you go to the right-most tab of "advanced"
setting, and you go down a long list of "checkible" list box options.  I
think one of them controls autocomplete of addresses outside of ie.

I'm not sure where-else in windows you can get to this setting.





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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission

Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314

 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawslite-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Reed Poynter
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 2:46 PM
> To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [JAWSLite] JAWS and Word or just Word
>
> Hi Listers,
>
> Using MS Word 2000 or 2003, and JAWS 8 or 9...
>
> When you want to open a file, you hit control+o.  You start
> typing, JAWS
> echoes your key strokes, and Word starts auto completing, you hear it
> filling in the filename, you keep typing, Word fills in a
> little more, you
> hear it doing this, you forget where you were with your typing...
>
> Is there any way to tell JAWS to not echo Word's auto
> complete (or whatever
> it's called). Is there any way to tell Word to not auto complete the
> filename?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Reed
>
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