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Fixes in JAWS Version 8.0.1163 (Second automatic update)

Important: JAWS version 8.0.1163 is the first JAWS release that can
install and run as a Public Beta on Windows Vista computers. Before
downloading and
installing this version on a Vista computer, refer to the details linked
from our home page for the important installation procedures. 

The following items were fixed in this update: 

JAWS
? Resolved a reported problem with certain models of the IBM ThinkPads
where the CD-ROM tray could inadvertently open or close since installing
JAWS 8.0.
This was a result of a fix added in JAWS 8.0 to avoid a screensaver or
Power Save mode from interrupting the use of JAWS during a long SayAll. 
? When you have Typing Echo set to Words, and you use either the LEFT
ARROW or the BACKSPACE keys to navigate through and correct a misspelled
word, JAWS
now speaks the entire word after the correction is made. Previously,
JAWS would only speak from the correction to the end of the word. 
? The following scripting commands now function correctly by saving data
and creating a registry variable: GetRegistryEntryDWORD,
GetRegistryEntryString,
SetRegistryEntryDWORD, SetRegistryEntryString. 
? JAWS, when used with a non-English Windows operating system, now
successfully switches to other languages when using RealSpeak Solo
voices. 
? JAWS now saves the setting for the Eloquence Software Punctuation
combo box. This box appears in the Synthesizer Options dialog box of the
Configuration
Manager. 
? When creating combo box controls in Visual Studio 2005, JAWS now
correctly recognizes these controls. 
? JAWS now maintains changes made to an application's Punctuation
settings. Punctuation settings are accessible from the Synthesizer
Options dialog in Configuration
Manager and the Global Voice Settings dialog and the Individual Voice
dialog under the Voices command in the Options menu. 
? When Word is configured as the editor in Outlook 2003, the
auto-complete feature used in the To field of the header now works
correctly. 
? When performing a Say All using a SAPI 5 voice, JAWS no longer
switches back to Eloquence when the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys are
pressed to speed up or
slow down the SAPI 5 voice. 
? JAWS no longer has difficulty when it encounters empty table elements
on a Web page. 
? If a table on a Web page has no summary, JAWS no longer sends a blank
braille flash message to a braille display when you use the Navigation
Quick Key
T to jump to a table. 
? JAWS no longer experiences a significant delay (for example, 15 to 45
seconds) when pressing ALT+TAB to switch between different tasks. 
? JAWS can now accept the selected speech synthesizer or braille display
as the primary device in the Set Primary Device dialog of the JAWS
Synthesizer
and Braille Manager. 
? When you issue the OnMouseOver command (CTRL+INSERT+ENTER), JAWS now
reads the text associated with the OnMouseOver link instead of opening
the link.

? JAWS is able to announce radio buttons that appear in .NET
applications; however, due to MSAA limitations, JAWS cannot provide
positional information,
such as radio button 3 of 5. 
? JAWS now announces keyboard layout switching, even if you change the
default Windows command to switch keyboards. Previously, JAWS would
indicate keyboard
switching only if you used ALT+SHIFT. 

Adobe Reader (PDF)
? When backspacing over characters in a Form field, characters now
briefly disappear and then reappear on a braille display. Previously,
characters would
not appear until you used the ARROW keys to move left or right in the
Form field. 
? JAWS now reads graphics that appear in pdf files. 
? JAWS now announces all open dialog titles when Adobe Reader is open. 

Citrix/Windows Terminal Services
? Resolved a reported issue in Citrix Remote sessions where JAWS would
not always recognize the ALT key after a computer is unlocked. 

Internet Explorer
? JAWS now correctly announces long description HTML attributes that
appear on Web pages. 
? JAWS now correctly identifies text and graphics when navigating Web
pages. Previously, if you pressed CTRL to stop speech on a Web page, and
then press
TAB to move the focus to a graphic, JAWS would be out of sync with the
text and graphics that appeared on the page. 
? JAWS now provides table description information when navigating to a
table using a braille display. 
? You can now navigate to Form elements within a table using table
navigation commands. Once you have arrived at the element, you can then
press ENTER to
activate Forms mode. 
? Fixed a problem when using the WebBoard messaging application to
respond to a message. 
? JAWS can now read very long sentences without looping on the same line
when the Say All function is configured for Read by Sentence. 
? Tables that appear on a Web page are now correctly read by JAWS and
braille displays configured for Braille Structured mode. 
? Resolved a reported problem where JAWS was not properly recognizing
all the edit fields on the eBay Web site. 
? When using PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to navigate through a Web page by a
specified number of lines, JAWS now honors the number of lines per page
as determined
by the HTML Options in Configuration Manager. 
? When using the navigation quick keys S and SHIFT+S for move to Next
Same Element or Previous Same Element on a Web page, JAWS now moves to
the same type
of element instead of moving to every link on a Web page. 
? JAWS now reads HTML Span tags that are hidden within HTML Anchor tags. 
? You no longer receive an error message when performing a Google search
using Internet Explorer 6. 
? If, during a Say All, you press H to jump to a heading, JAWS now
announces heading level and then the text of the heading before
continuing to read. 
? Resolved a reported problem where JAWS would sometimes read the name
of the Web page before the name of a combo box when navigating. 
? When using the JAWS Find function on a Web page, you can now enter a
term for searching without having to worry about using uppercase or
lowercase characters
in the Find field. This specifically applies to Internet Explorer 6 and
Windows 2000. 
? JAWS now announces the contents of an edit field after pressing
CTRL+A. 
? If multiple Web pages are open in Internet Explorer or Firefox, and
the current page has Forms mode turned on, Forms mode turns off as you
move to other
pages, but turns on again when you return to the original page. 
? JAWS no longer experiences problems with the Flash animation that
appears on the Bank of America Web page. 

JAVA
? Resolved a long standing issue where JAWS had difficulty reading Web
pages that have embedded JAVA applets. 
? JAWS can now distinguish between individual groups of buttons that
appear in JAVA applications. 

Microsoft Access
? JAWS now correctly announces when functions are added to a database. 

Microsoft Excel
? When in an Excel spreadsheet, JAWS now announces all spelling errors
and possible suggestions or corrections. 
? In Excel, the INSERT+TAB keystroke once again announces the name of
the current Tab control in a dialog. 
? JAWS correctly speaks the name of tabbed pages in the Options dialog. 
? When using the Spelling function in Excel, JAWS now speaks the
misspelled word, spells the misspelled word, and speaks the first item
in the Suggestions
list. 
? JAWS now only speaks the name of a Tab control once instead of twice. 
? When you select cell data using the Cells with Data command, the
Column command, or the Row command, JAWS only announces the data once. 
? When using the spelling function, JAWS spells the misspelled word that
appears in the Not in Dictionary field and also announces the first word
that appears
in the Suggestion list box. 
? JAWS now announces when a new worksheet is added to a workbook using
the ALT+SHIFT+F1 keystroke. 
? JAWS now recognizes the SHIFT+F2 command, which opens the comment of a
cell. If a comment exists, JAWS reads the last line of the comment. If
the comment
is new, JAWS says, "blank." 
? JAWS no longer says "blank" when you type characters into the edit
fields of the Find and Replace dialog and the Go To dialog. 
? Items that appear in drop-down list boxes are now spoken by JAWS and
shown in braille when navigating the list using the UP and DOWN ARROW
keys. 
? When you press the ALT key, the braille display now states "Menu Bar
File" instead of "mnubar." 
? You can now use the Merged Cells option, which appears in the Adjust
JAWS Verbosity dialog, to stop JAWS from detecting merged cells in a
worksheet. 
? JAWS now correctly shows all cell comments when the
CTRL+SHIFT+APOSTROPHE command is issued. Previously, the comments would
appear as white square, Unicode
symbols. 
? JAWS now always activates the selected link that appears in a list
(INSERT+F7) instead of the last link that appears in a list. Previously,
the last link
would always be activated no matter which link was selected. 

Microsoft Office 2007
? The name of the Options dialog in any Office 2007 application is now
announced by JAWS. 
? When configured for Braille Structured mode, JAWS now provides more
information about the commands and buttons that appear on Office 2007
Ribbons. 
? JAWS no longer echoes each character as it is entered into the Search
edit combo box after pressing F1 to open Help. 
? JAWS now correctly announces and displays in braille menu items that
appear for Split buttons. Split buttons no longer double speak. 

Microsoft Outlook 2007, Outlook 2003, and Outlook Express
? When using CTRL+SHIFT+A to create a new appointment, JAWS now says
Subject: edit instead of CC: edit. 
? Resolved an issue reported by users where deleting an Outlook Express
message and selecting another message to read would sometimes result in
reading
the previously deleted message. 
? In Outlook Express, if you delete a message and then another message
to read, JAWS will not respond as expected. Previously in JAWS, if you
deleted an
Outlook Express message and then selected another message to read, JAWS
would instead read the previously deleted message. This issue is fixed
in this
JAWS release. 
? When using international versions of Microsoft Outlook, JAWS now
announces the appointment text as a user tabs to an appointment field. 
? Fixed an issue where the Say Word command was not working in the To,
CC, and BCC fields of an e-mail message. 
? JAWS now correctly speaks the time and flag color of a reminder event
in Outlook. 
? Fixed an issue where JAWS would announce both the previous and current
time selections when choosing the start time or end time for an
appointment. 
? JAWS now lets you type a message when creating a meeting request or a
task request in Outlook 2007. 
? JAWS announces "Message Edit" when the cursor appears in the edit
field of a task request in Outlook 2007. 
? Fixed an issue in Outlook Express where JAWS was not making a program
event sound, such as a ding sound, when reaching the top or bottom of an
e-mail
message. 
? JAWS can now read and navigate in multi-line edit fields, such as the
message body window, for an e-mail message, task, or note in Outlook
2007. 
? JAWS now reads the misspelled word when you check spelling in Outlook
Express. 
? When Word is configured as your e-mail editor, and you use the DOWN
ARROW or the UP ARROW to navigate through the header of an e-mail
message, a ding
sound is no longer heard as JAWS reads the contents of the header. 
? When deleting several e-mail messages from Outlook folders, JAWS now
continues to announce when messages are being deleted. 
? Some applications, such as Outlook, tend to use division attributes
(div tags) instead of paragraph attributes (P tags) to separate blocks
of text in
a document. When reading by paragraph, JAWS now recognizes DIV tags as
paragraph breaks, and will read by paragraph instead of reading the
entire message.

? The Find command (CTRL+SHIFT+F) now works correctly from within the
Inbox in Outlook 2003. 
? When using the Find/Replace dialog or when moving to different fields
in Outlook 2007, JAWS no longer repeats the word "edit" multiple times. 
? JAWS now announces the selected text when you press CTRL+A in an edit
field while in Forms mode on a Web page. 
? When creating a signature in Outlook 2007, JAWS now speaks what was
entered for the signature when you use the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW keys
to review the
text. 
? JAWS now correctly announces the contents of multi-line edit fields,
dialog titles, and window titles in Outlook 2007. 
? JAWS now reads shared Outlook calendars within an Exchange server. 
? JAWS now announces active appointments when using the UP and DOWN
ARROWS to navigate through a list of current appointments in Outlook
2003. 
? JAWS no longer speaks extra text at the end of lines when creating an
HTML message in Outlook 2003.  
? In Outlook, the Reply Directly To Sender command (INSERT+SHIFT+R)
allows users, who subscribe to mailing lists, to reply directly to the
sender of the
message rather than the entire mailing list address. The INSERT+SHIFT+R
command now appears in the JAWS help file. 

Microsoft PowerPoint
? JAWS no longer says, "blank" when navigating by characters, words, or
sentences when in an editable area of a PowerPoint slide. 

Microsoft Word
? There is a change in the way Navigation Quick Keys detect misspelled
words in Microsoft Word. When Navigation Quick Keys are turned on
(INSERT+Z), and
you select Next Misspelled Word (M), JAWS does the following: Announces
and highlights the error, spells the error, and speaks the sentence that
contains
the error. 
? Resolved an issue where JAWS was not correctly identifying grammatical
errors in a Word document when using Navigation Quick Keys. 
? JAWS correctly announces different styles in a Word document. 
? When using a braille display with Word, JAWS no longer repeats the
next page or prior page messages twice when you press CTRL+PAGE DOWN or
CTRL+PAGE UP.

? When INSERT+H is pressed while in a Word document, the following
messages now appear in the JAWS Virtual Viewer: Say the current table
column. WINDOWS+PERIOD,
and Say the current table row. WINDOWS+NUMPAD5. 
? Fixed an issue where JAWS would announce the Tab page name twice when
pressing CTRL+TAB to navigate to other pages in a multiple page dialog. 
? When JAWS is configured to use Laptop layout, the ALT+INSERT+Q
keystroke now states which Speech and Sounds Scheme is currently loaded. 
? When performing a grammar check using Navigation Quick Keys in Word
(INSERT+Z, A), JAWS now detects errors in all sentences in a Word
document. 
? JAWS no longer says, "Blank, blank no more spelling errors found" in a
Word document when performing a spelling check using Navigation Quick
Keys (INSERT+Z,
M). 
? JAWS can now find and report spelling errors when moving backwards
through a document using the navigation quick key, SHIFT+M. 
? When you apply a custom label to a field, JAWS now recognizes and
reads the label assigned to the field. 
? If the last row in a table is blank or nonuniform, JAWS handles it
accordingly by announcing that the row is blank or by announcing the
text that appears
in the nonuniform row. 
? JAWS no longer double speaks and braille displays no longer repeat
twice when navigating through combo box selections. 
? The CTRL+PAGE UP and CTRL+PAGE DOWN keys can now be used to move to
the previous page and next page even after Word's navigation quick keys
are turned
off. 
? When a braille display is attached to a computer, JAWS no longer
announces "next page" or "prior page" twice as a flash message when
pressing CTRL+PAGE
UP or CTRL+PAGE DOWN. 
? The Mark Proofreading Errors in Braille command now works as expected. 
? Form field labels are now announced by JAWS and braille displays. 
? In Word 2007, JAWS no longer echoes both the typed character and typed
text as you enter text into edit fields. 

Mozilla Firefox
? Resolved a problem in Firefox where JAWS would become very sluggish
when entering the term "about:config" into the Firefox address bar and
pressing ENTER.

? When using CTRL+TAB to navigate through multiple tabbed pages, JAWS
now announces the title of the page as you move from one tabbed page to
another. 
? If multiple Web pages are simultaneously open in Firefox or Internet
Explorer, and the current page has Forms mode on, Forms mode turns off
as you move
to other pages, but turns on again when you return to the original page. 

Winamp
? JAWS now announces the station information when you press
INSERT+SHIFT+W. 
? Resolved a long standing Winamp issue by adding the open and close
Library keystroke (ALT+L) and the open and close Video Window keystroke
(ALT+V) to
the Winamp Hot key help (INSERT+H). In addition, JAWS now recognizes the
open or closed status of the Library and Video Window when you press
ALT+L or
ALT+V. 
? JAWS now recognizes the on or off status of the Always on Top option
when you press CTRL+A. 
? JAWS now recognizes the open or closed status of the Station Info
window when you press ALT+B. 

Windows Live Messenger
? When configuring Windows Live Messenger's audio and video settings,
JAWS now announces the list items that appear in combo boxes of the
Audio and Video
Setup dialog. 
? In Windows Live Messenger 8.1 beta, JAWS recognizes the status bar so
that the Typing Announcement and Typing Sound features work correctly. 

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