Right on! After Bruce suggested that, I played around and it worked every time! Thanks ! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna K Byrne" <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Jaws Find > The thing with any find command is that it just searches going ahead, not > where the cursor has already been. So it's best to go to the top of the > document/page with control-home. > > At 08:24 AM 1/3/2004, you wrote: > >I THINK YOU MAY BE RIGHT, BRUCE. WHILE I AM A "PURE" BRAILLE USER, I DO > >HAVE THE SPEECH ON. AND WHEN I OPEN A SITE, I THINK JAWS STARTS READING AND > >I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO USE CONTROL+HOME....BUT MAYBE THIS DOESN'T HELP. I'LL > >TRY MORE DILIGENTLY AFTER READING SOME OF YOUR MESSAGES. > > > >JEFF > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bruce Toews" <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx> > >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:51 PM > >Subject: Re: Jaws Find > > > > > > > What I often find with JAWS find is that I invoke it too quickly. Usually > > > if I do a control-home after a failed find it works just fine. > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > -- > > > Bruce Toews > > > E-Mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx > > > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net > > > For the best oldies anywhere go to http://www.treasureislandoldies.com > > > > > > On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, David Poehlman wrote: > > > > > > > on the other hand, I don't often have a problem with it and if I refresh > >the > > > > display, jaws find works if I have had an issue with it. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Grant Hardy" <hardy_grant@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:05 PM > > > > Subject: RE: Jaws Find > > > > > > > > > > > > I know precisely what you mean. Often, you can even copy and paste a > >word > > > > directly from the internet into JAWS Find, and it still won't find it! > > > > It sometimes does work though. Often arrowing down a few lines and then > > > > trying again works. > > > > > > > > Grant > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > >Behalf Of > > > > Jeff Bohrman > > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:50 PM > > > > To: Mailing List JFW > > > > Subject: Jaws Find > > > > > > > > Bruce and others: > > > > Glad you brought up a topic that has been bothering me. I noticed that > >when > > > > I use the Find command in Internet, it never works. When I got thi > >Why? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > >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. > > > > 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. > > 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.