Re: Jaws Find

  • From: "Jeff Bohrman" <jeffjaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:17:56 -0500

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
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