Hi Patrick, You are right, but I am also in this case. Control shift down arrow will start skimming from where the cursor is sitting. That is what I meant. Press Jaws key plus regular number one to turn keyboard help on, and hit control insert numpad down arrow. This will give you a synopsis as to what the hotkey does. Hal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Kwanashie" <patrick.kwanashie@xxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 9:25 PM Subject: Re: Jaws 6 and reading highlighted text > Read highlighted text is shift-insert down arrow, not control-inset down > arrow. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hal Pearson" <hspearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:31 AM > Subject: Re: Jaws 6 and reading highlighted text > > > > Hi Angel, > > > > At the moment I have no ideas, but I'm using windows me, and jfw 6.0. When > > I > > position the cursor where I want to start skimming through the document, > > it > > works fine. Thanks for telling me your chosen .wav file for on mouse over, > > I > > chose a short crinkle sound. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Angel" <angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 12:28 PM > > Subject: Jaws 6 and reading highlighted text > > > > > >> I downloaded and installed Jaws 6. There is a new feature in jaws 6 > > allowing one to skim read using the key strokes shift insert down arrow, > > or > > control shift down arrow, or some such. However, when I press control > > insert down arrow to have the highlighted text spoken the highlighted text > > doesn't speak. Why is this I ask. I am running windows 98 second > > edition. > > Any assistance with this will be most appreciated. > >> -- > >> To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > >> Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > >> > >> If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > > contact > > the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx