[nvda] Re: New Member and question

Hi, Jeff,
That was very helpful; thank you.
Erin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Shang" <Geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 4:39 PM
Subject: [nvda] Re: New Member and question



Erin B. Edgar wrote:


Hello,


Hi Erin.
My name is Erin, and I am a new user of NVDA. I love it! I think I am somewhat dense, though, as I don't really understand how objects work and relate to one another. I've read the user guide, but I'm still not getting it. I'm sorry I can't be more specific in the information I want, but I'm unsure how they all fit together and what are considered "objects".
This is probably a very unhelpful answer, but pretty much everything is an object. The desktop is the main top-level object. Running applications are children of the desktop object. If you have a dialogue box open in an application, for example, the dialogue box is a child of that application and the various controls are child objects of that dialogue box. etc.
The best way to really get to know objects is to go exploring. You can't break anything by doing this, and if NVDA ever crashes, report it as a bug.
My most immediate question concerning navigating within NVDA is how I would get to the desktop if I was working within a program such as OE. With JAWS for instance it is Windows+m. But how do I navigate the object list tree in NVDA to get there?
As has been pointed out, windows+m will get you there as it's a general Windows command, not just a JFW command. But I guess if you kept navigating to the parent object iin the NVDA object tree then you'd eventually get there.
Also, on another tack, when the user guide says that NVDA works with "the Windows Operating System", does this mean that it works with all Windows platforms e.g. Vista, XP Home, XP Pro, etc?
NVDA works, or is at least meant to work, on Windows 2000 and all later versions. This means Win2k, Windows XP (all versions), Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista (all versions). Attempts have also been made to get it running on older Windows releases, but these seem to be running up against some pretty significant obstacles at the moment.
Glad you've found using NVDA an enjoyable experience and feel free to ask for further help. 

Geoff.

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