Re: screen vs simple layout

  • From: "Tom Lange" <trlange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:36:13 -0800

Hi,
Let me see if I can explain this clearly. It has to do with the way that tables are presented to you on web pages.

By default, JAWS 7 and 8 set the document presentation mode to simple layout. Suppose you have a table with 3 columns and 3 rows. As you use your down arrow to read down the page and encounter this table, each cell in the table would appear to be on a separate line. Thus each of the nine table cells would appear one after another in a vertical fashion, like this

Table has 3 columns and 3 rows
Model
Description
Price
STD
JAWS for Windows Standard Edition
$995.00
PRO
JAWS for Windows Professional Edition
$1185.00
Table End


.  Get the picture?

Now, when you set document presentation mode to screen layout. instead of encountering each cell as a separate line item, again using your down arrow, you'd find that each table row appears on its own line, and the complete row would be read to you, as follows:

Table has 3 columns and 3 rows
Model  Description  Price
STD | JAWS for Windows Standard Edition  | $995.00
PRO  | JAWS For Windows Professional Edition  |  $1185.00
Table End

Hope this helps.

Tom

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