[openyourmind] Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.718 (February 2012)
- From: Κούβαρης Κώστας <kostaskouv@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:25 +0200
Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.718 (February 2012)
The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final
JAWS 13.0.638 release and the JAWS 13.0.718 posting.
JAWS
•Resolved issues with the MLB, NBA, and NHL ResearchIt lookup sources
not returning any results.
•Updated the JAWS Help with the new layered keystroke for toggleing the
Text Analyzer. The previous command, INSERT+SPACEBAR, T, now activates
the Table Layer. Text Analyzer is now toggled using INSERT+SPACEBAR, A.
•Resolved issues with JAWS not speaking on the LogIn screen after
locking the computer or waking up from Sleep.
•Resolved an issue with changes to the Scheme setting under the Say All
Options group in Quick Settings not being saved correctly.
•If Auto Forms Mode is disabled and the Virtual PC Cursor is located in
an edit field when you perform a ResearchIt lookup, addressed an issue
where Forms Mode was activated when you closed the Results Viewer and
returned to the Web page.
•The script functions GetSystemVolume, SetSystemVolume, and
ChangeSystemVolume now work correctly in Windows 7.
•Addressed multiple issues searching for specific topics using the Index
and Search pages in the JAWS Help system.
Adobe Acrobat
•Resolved a reported issue where pressing ALT+DELETE was not reporting
the correct cursor position as expected in some PDF documents.
IBM Lotus Notes
•JAWS no longer says "selected" twice when using the SPACEBAR to select
messages in the Inbox or other folders.
Microsoft Access
•Addressed a reported issue where JAWS was not reading correctly when
navigating in a data sheet. This only occured when using Microsoft
Access in Windows XP.
Microsoft Excel
•When Braille Mode is set to Current Row or Current Column, increased
the number of cells that may be shown on the braille display depending
on how much content is in each cell. There now could be up to 20 cells
displayed at one time depending on the size of the display.
•Addressed issues where the List columns (INSERT+SHIFT+C) and List rows
(INSERT+SHIFT+R) commands were not working as expected.
•Resolved an issue where the closed or expanded state of a folder in the
tree view of the Save As dialog box was not being indicated on the
braille display.
•Resolved an issue where setting a new monitor cell would erase
previously defined monitor cells and place them all at the current cell.
•When Cell Verbosity in Quick Settings is set to Content Only, addressed
a customer reported issue where JAWS was not announcing cell coordinates
as expected when selecting cells.
•Addressed an issue reading a cell defined as a title if the cell data
contained an ampersand character.
•Resolved issues with the Totals Row and Totals Column options in Quick
Settings not working as expected.
•Resolved issues with assigning manual title regions.
•JAWS is now much more responsive after deleting rows or columns from a
large spreadsheet. Previously, JAWS would take several seconds to
respond after deleting the data.
•Improved the process for setting up monitor cells using Quick Settings.
There are now 10 individual monitor cell options, 1 through 10, under
the Monitoring Cells group. Pressing the SPACEBAR on one of these
options will assign it to the currently selected cell in the
spreadsheet. For more information, refer to the Monitor Cells in Excel
help topic.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
•Addressed an issue where JAWS was not recognizing the <acronym> tag
when used inside a <label> tag.
•JAWS now announces the Required state of a form field when navigating
using the ARROW keys. This was also addressed for Firefox.
•Addressed a customer reported issue where JAWS was not reading the
contents of list boxes on certain Web pages such as
http://www.nkch.org/Job-145/Index.htm.
•JAWS now recognizes the aria-hidden attribute so that text that is
supposed to be hidden is no longer announced.
•JAWS now announces the name of ARIA button menus, such as those found
on facebook.com or Google.com, when navigating using the Navigation
Quick Key B.
•When downloading a file in Internet Explorer 9, JAWS will no longer
continuously announce the notification bar as you navigate using the TAB
key.
•The Navigation Quick Key Delay option no longer resets back to 0 if it
is changed through Quick Settings.
•Addressed an issue encountered when running both JAWS and MAGic
together where JAWS would unexpectedly close when attempting to paste
text that was copied from an Internet Explorer 8 window.
Microsoft Office
•When quoted sentences are created in Microsoft Word and Outlook using
the default smart quotes, resolved an issue where JAWS would read past
the right quote instead of stopping at the end of the sentence when
reading by sentence.
•If you edited the last line of a paragraph in a Microsoft Word document
or Outlook message, resolved an issue where moving by paragraph would no
longer work until you perform the next or previous character command.
•Removed references to Office 2003 from various INSERT+F1 help messages
for Office 2007 and 2010.
Microsoft Outlook
•When navigating through the fields in a meeting request, resolved an
issue where the contents of the field were not being read automatically.
•JAWS no longer says "not selected" for each message while navigating
the list of messages in Outlook 2007 under Windows XP.
Microsoft Word
•After adding a sentence to the end of a document, resolved an issue
where the previous sentence command would no longer work.
•In the Save As dialog box, resolved an issue where the selected folder
in the tree view was not being shown on the braille display.
•When a paragraph starts with a heading and then changes to another
style, such as normal text, on the next line, the full paragraph no
longer appears in the Heading List dialog box (INSERT+F6). Only the
first line of the paragraph that contains the heading should be listed.
•Changing the F1 Help option in Quick Settings now works as expected.
When set to On and you are navigating through a form, JAWS indicates
when a field contains an F1 help message. When set to Read with
formfield is selected, the help content associated with the current
field is read automatically without the need to press F1. When set to
Off, F1 help for form fields is not indicated.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS skipping several lines when atempting to
move to the next sentence after inserting text into a bulleted or
numbered list item.
•Resolved an issue where using CTRL+UP ARROW to move to the previous
paragraph was not working if another unit of movement, such as moving by
character or word, was performed in the current paragraph.
•After text is added to an existing sentence, resolved an issue where
the ALT+NUMPAD 5 command would fail to read the current sentence until
pressing LEFT or RIGHT ARROW, or performing a screen refresh (INSERT+ESC).
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would say "blank" after each character
typed into the edit field of the Find and Replace dialog box in Word 2003.
•Resolved an issue where it was not possible to expand or collapse
heading levels in Outline view.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would not automatically read while
navigating in the Font edit combo with the Virtual Ribbons enabled.
Mozilla Firefox
•Addressed issues of JAWS not correctly reporting the font color.
•When downloading a file, JAWS now correctly reports the download
percentage as it updates.
•JAWS will no longer announce hidden form controls in Firefox 8.0.
•Resolved an issue where changing the setting for Auto Forms Mode was
not working when toggled through Quick Settings.
•Addressed an issue encountered when running both JAWS and MAGic
together where JAWS would unexpectedly close when attempting to paste
text that was copied from a Firefox window.
•Resolved an issue where the braille display was not showing the
currently selected item in a menu as you navigate with UP or DOWN ARROW.
Mozilla Thunderbird
•Resolved an issue where the Virtual Cursor was being activated when
replying to a message from the Inbox and the message was not opened.
Visual Studio
•Added a new keystroke, CTRL+SHIFT+SLASH, to speak the variable value
when stopped at a breakpoint.
Windows Live Messenger
•If you select text that was entered into the input field of a
conversation, addressed an issue where JAWS was not reading the selected
text. JAWS would only say "selected" when performing a selection command.
Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.638 (December 2011)
The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final
JAWS 13.0.527 release and the JAWS 13.0.638 posting.
JAWS
•Resolved issues with the Research It sports scores lookup sources where
the expected results were not being returned whether you entered a
specific date or not.
•Addressed an issue with the Wiktionary lookup source not returning a
definition if searching for a word containing uppercase letters.
•Resolved an issue with the Time Search lookup source for Research It
only returning the list of time formats you can use, however no actual
results for your search were returned.
•Updated the JAWS Help system to make it easier for users to locate
firewall and ILM multi-user network authorization information. These
topics can be found under Network JAWS and in the Index.
•JAWS no longer says "selected" when using SHIFT+LEFT ARROW or
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW in ribbons to move between groups.
•When performing a Say All using a setting other than the default Line
without pauses, addressed an issue where JAWS would read the last line,
sentence, or paragraph continuously until CTRL was pressed to silence
speech.
•JAWS is now less verbose when announcing the start or end of ARIA
regions on Web pages.
•When using Convenient OCR, the resulting text now remains available if
you switch between the JAWS and Invisible Cursor. The text is removed
when you activate the PC Cursor.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS was not properly speaking the Username
edit field on the Talking Communities Webinar client login screen.
•Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS would speak part of the
word just typed when pressing BACKSPACE and Typing Echo is set to
Characters and Words.
Adobe Acrobat
•Resolved an intermittent issue where JAWS would unexpectedly close when
doing a JAWS Find in a PDF document.
Eclipse
•Resolved issues using JAWS with the Rational Team Concert plug-in.
Eudora
•Addressed an issue of JAWS speaking extraneous information when
pressing CTRL+D to delete a message.
Lotus Notes
•Resolved a reported issue where SameTime conversations were not refreshing.
Microsoft Excel
•Addressed several instances where braille was not tracking properly in
Line Mode.
•Monitor cell information is now shown in braille as a flash message.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not properly reading the controls in
the Format Chart Area dialog box.
•Resolved an issue where the Total column option in Quick Settings was
not remaining on the same setting with a braille display connected.
•After pressing EQUALS on a cell to begin a formula and then selecting a
range of cells, resolved an issue where JAWS would not properly announce
the selection.
•Addressed issues of controls in the Sort dialog box not reading correctly.
•Resolved double speaking issues encountered when entering data into a cell.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
•When on the last line of a multi-line edit field and Forms Mode is not
active, resolved an issue where pressing the END key would jump to the
beginning of the field instead of the end of the line as expected.
•Pressing INSERT+SHIFT+V no longer opens the Personalized Web Settings
dialog box. You can configure personalized Web settings using Quick
Settings (INSERT+V).
•Resolved an issue where alt text in links was not being spoken when the
Text Links Show option in Quick Settings was set to Title.
•After using SHIFT+ENTER to open a link in a new window, when you close
the window, focus now returns to the link you opened. Previously, JAWS
would place you back at the top of the page.
•Resolved an issue with the Page Refresh option in Quick Settings.
Microsoft Outlook
•JAWS is now much more responsive when navigating messages in Outlook
2010 that contain graphics.
•Resolved an issue where pressing ENTER on a button in the spell checker
would not work unless you first used INSERT+3 to pass the keystroke
through. Activating buttons with the SPACEBAR worked correctly.
•Resolved reported issues of JAWS not reading reliably while navigating
in the Calendar using the Day View.
•When navigating text you are editing in the Signatures and Stationary
dialog box in Outlook 2007 and 2010, addressed an issue where JAWS would
not speak the phonetic or ASCII value when navigating by character, or
spell the word when navigating by word.
Microsoft Word
•Resolved an issue where the pressed state of buttons in the Modify
Styles dialog box were not being indicated in braille.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading correctly when navigating
in the Modify Styles dialog box.
•JAWS is much more responsive when navigating by character over a
graphic in Word 2003.
•Addressed a customer reported issue with the laptop keyboard layout
where pressing CAPSLOCK+N or CAPSLOCK+Y for the next or previous
sentence was reading the sentence twice.
•Addressed an issue where the Braille cursor dot pattern used when
navigating in revised text, was being altered when changing the dot
pattern for the standard Braille cursor.
•When you move to a table using the List Tables dialog box
(INSERT+CTRL+T), addressed an issue where JAWS was silent the first time
you navigate to a cell.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was only indicating inserted and deleted
text in a document when using Track Changes. JAWS now indicates all
revisions in both speech and braille.
•Resolved an issue in Word 2007 where JAWS was not announcing the
selected style when navigating the Style Name edit combo box in the
Apply Styles dialog box. The selected style was shown in braille.
•When turning off Table Detection in Quick Settings, addressed an issue
where JAWS was still indicating tables in a document.
Mozilla Firefox
•Resolved issues with using the END key to move to the end of text in a
table cell.
•Addressed issues of JAWS not recognizing graphics on certain Web pages,
such as http://www.discogs.com.
•Resolved an issue encountered on some Web pages where tables were shown
on one line with Documentation Presentation set to Screen Layout. This
was also observed on http://www.discogs.com.
•Resolved a customer reported issue where JAWS was missing content on
certain pages even though it visually was on the page.
Silverlight
•JAWS now reads column and row headers while navigating Silverlight grid
controls.
Windows Live Mail
•JAWS now indicates the unread status of messages using both speech and
braille.
Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.527 (November 2011)
The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final
JAWS 13.0.303 release and the JAWS 13.0.527 posting.
JAWS
•Resolved an issue encountered on some systems when updating
authorization to JAWS 13. After updating authorization, you may need to
restart JAWS in order for it to take affect.
•Resolved a long-standing issue where it was sometimes necessary to
reboot the computer in order to use JAWS if the application unexpectedly
closed.
•Resolved an issue where the braille cursor was not positioned as
expected in edit fields when using Structured Mode.
•The Primary and Secondary language for Convenient OCR can now be
changed through Quick Settings (INSERT+V).
•Documentation is now available describing the latest improvements in
the JAWS scripting language. For more information, visit the
Enhancements in Scripting Web page.
•If more than one command prompt window is open, addressed an issue
where JAWS would continue reading text from one command prompt window
even after changing focus to the other.
•Resolved an issue with Contracted English Braille translation where the
number sign was not appearing directly before the number if the number
was proceeded by a quote and a comma.
•If the Results Viewer and Virtual Viewer are open at the same time,
resolved an issue where pressing ESC would close both viewers.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS was not playing a sound to identify
checked items in some dialog boxes even if the current speech and sounds
scheme was configured to do so.
•Resolved an issue turning off the "read only" announcement in a speech
and sounds scheme.
•If you are using a braille display, JAWS no longer goes into Line Mode
when renaming a file or folder.
•In applications where JAWS can announce indented text, resolved an
issue where JAWS was not speaking indentation information when using the
Say Line command (INSERT+UP ARROW).
•Pressing ALT+UP ARROW in the help text in Settings Center and Quick
Settings now reads the prior sentence.
•Resolved an issue with PAC Mate Desktop not starting correctly.
•The Study Mode option is now only available if you are using a braille
display that has a double row of cursor router and navrow buttons, such
as the PAC Mate Portable Braille Display, or the Focus 40, Focus 80, and
Focus 40 Blue braille displays. Study Mode is located under Braille
Options in Quick Settings.
•The Current Word Expand option is now only available in Quick Settings
when contracted braille translation is set to Output only.
•In the Startup Wizard, the Enable Flash Messages check box and
Contracted Braille Translation combo box now have INSERT+F1 help.
•Addressed issues that could occur when installing JAWS 13 while JAWS 12
and MAGic 11 are currently running.
•Resolved an issue where nothing is heard when navigating to a visited
link and the current speech and sounds scheme is configured to play a sound.
JAWS Research It
•Resolved an issue where the Results Viewer was blank if Research It did
not find any results for a search. A message is now displayed if no
results are found.
•The NCAA lookup source now returns all division 1-A scores and
schedules. Previously, only the top 25 was displayed. In addition, if
you search for a particular team, both division 1-A and 1-AA are searched.
•Addressed issues with the Weather lookup source when checking the
weather for international locations.
Adobe Acrobat
•Resolved an issue with JAWS not announcing edit combo boxes in certain
PDF documents while navigating with the ARROW keys.
Eclipse
•Addressed an issue where Eclipse would unexpectedly close when opening
and closing the menu.
Microsoft Excel
•When you press an access key in the spell checker to move to the next
error, JAWS no longer speaks the access key you just pressed while
reading the current error.
•Addressed a reported issue in Excel 2003 and Windows XP where the Undo
option was not working as expected.
•Addressed an issue in Excel 2010 where JAWS would speak the tutor
message each time an option in the Fill tab of the Format Cells dialog
box was changed. This would occur even if Tutor Message was set to only
announce custom messages.
•Resolved an issue in Excel 2003 where the content of text boxes was not
being displayed in the Virtual Viewer. There were only blank lines where
the text in the box should have appeared.
•Improved how JAWS reads cell information when pressing ESC after adding
a comment.
•Resolved an issue where the current cell was not read after pressing
ESC to close the custom summary.
•When navigating the color controls in the Fill page of the Format Cells
dialog box, resolved an issue where JAWS was not properly reading the
selected color.
•Resolved an issue setting column and row titles in Quick Settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
•Addressed an issue where JAWS would not indicate combo boxes on certain
Web pages when navigating with the Virtual Cursor.
•When selecting a same page link to move to a different location on the
current page, pressing ALT+LEFT ARROW to go back now returns you to the
link.
•Resolved an issue with using TAB to navigate buttons contained inside
Flash content.
•When you press ENTER on a link in the custom page summary, JAWS now
moves you to the correct location on the Web page.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would get stuck on words containing a left
quote when navigating by word.
Microsoft Office
•Resolved issues navigating in Microsoft Office applications with Tutor
Messages set to Custom.
Microsoft Outlook
•JAWS is now much more responsive when navigating in the Inbox in
Outlook 2010.
•Navigation in the File menu in Outlook 2010 has been improved.
•Resolved a customer reported issue in Outlook 2003 where pressing
NUMPAD 5 twice quickly to speak the current character phonetically was
not working in the subject field of an appointment.
•When pressing ALT+GRAVE to move to the message body and the first line
of the message contains a link, JAWS no longer activates the link.
•Addressed an issue in Outlook 2007 and 2010 using TAB to navigate to
links in a read-only message.
•Resolved an issue of hearing a system ding while navigating through
messages in the Inbox. This occured if you had several consecutive
messages from the same address.
•Resolved an issue of hearing indentation information while navigating
through links in a read-only message in Outlook 2007 and 2010.
•If the edit combo box in the Find and Replace combo box contains text
from a previous search, addressed an issue where the contents of this
field were not being announced by JAWS when the dialog box opens.
•When navigating by paragraph in an Outlook 2007 or 2010 message, JAWS
no longer speaks the paragraph twice.
•Addressed a reported issue in the Outlook 2010 calendar where the
backstage view options were not being announced while navigating.
•When deleting consecutive messages from the same sender, or that have
the same subject, resolved an intermittent issue where JAWS would
sometimes not automatically read the next message in the list.
•Resolved an issue in the non-English version of Outlook where JAWS
would unexpectedly close while navigating the calendar after setting an
appointment after 23:00.
Microsoft Word
•Updated the INSERT+F1 help message for the Quick Access tool bar in
Word 2007 and 2010.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not correctly reporting the
indentation level of the last line in a Word document.
•Resolved an issue where after clearing the Word check box in the Manage
Application Settings dialog box, JAWS would continue using any setting
changes made in Quick Settings instead of reverting to default settings.
•Resolved an issue where margin information was being reported
differently depending on whether or not the cursor was in a table.
•The Include Demensions option in Quick Settings has been renamed to
Include Graphical Demensions to make it easier to find when doing a
search. This option only appears when Quick Settings is opened from Word
or Outlook.
•Addressed an issue where page changes were not announced during a Say
All until you pressed ALT+TAB to move away and back to the document.
This only occured in Word 2007.
•JAWS no longer incorrectly announces indentation information when
encountering outdented text, such as in an outline.
•Resolved a customer reported issue with the New Lines and Paragraphs
Indication option in Quick Settings not changing based on whether
paragraph marks are shown or not. When you enable or disable the
displaying of paragraph marks in the Word Options dialog box, JAWS
automatically sets the New Lines and Paragraphs Indication setting
accordingly.
•Addressed an issue where style changes were being announced after
enabling spelling detection from Quick Settings.
•Resolved an issue where Grammatical Error Detection was enabled when
turning off Spelling Error Detection in Quick Settings.
•Removed references to the Task Pane from the INSERT+F1 help messages
for the Quick Access and Status Bar toolbar controls.
•Resolved an issue with Quick Settings where changing Style Changes to
Always Announce was not turning off the Headings Announce option.
•Resolved an issue with the Spanish version of JAWS where JAWS messages
containing accented characters were not read correctly in Word.
•If you have customized the dot pattern for the braille cursor,
addressed an issue where using Track Changes was changing it back to the
default setting.
•Pressing ALT+DELETE while in a table now provides more accurate cursor
position information.
•Resolved an issue in Word 2007 with JAWS not properly navigating tables
until you used ALT+TAB to move away and back to the document. This
occured when opening a document containing tables from Windows Explorer.
•Resolved an issue where table navigation commands would no longer work
after typing text into a table cell.
Mozilla Firefox
•The page title is now shown on the braille display when pressing
INSERT+T even when you are positioned on a heading. Note that the
currently selected heading is included with the title information. This
was also addressed in Internet Explorer.
•Toggling the Document Automatically Reads check box in Quick Settings
now works as expected. When this option is cleared, JAWS will not
automatically read the Web page after it loads.
Visual Studio
•Addressed an issue where you had to press ALT+TAB to move away from the
application and back to get focus into the output window after starting
a compile.
Windows 7
•Addressed an issue encountered after using ALT+TAB to move to the
Desktop where JAWS would not announce the count of the selected item,
for example, five of eight. Pressing INSERT+T would also not speak the
window title. This did not occur if WINDOWS Key+M was used to go to the
Desktop.
Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.303 (October 24, 2011)
The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final
JAWS 13 public beta release and the JAWS 13.0.303 posting.
•Resolved an issue with the Wiktionary lookup source for Research It not
returning any results when attempting to get the deffinition of a word.
•If nothing is selected on the Desktop, addressed an issue where an item
was still indicated as being highlighted in braille.
•JAWS is now more reliable when navigating very complex PowerPoint slide
show presentations.
•Resolved an issue with Research It where the NHL lookup source was not
showing results for the current day if no specific date was entered in
the edit field.
•Resolved an issue where the Braille cursor was not always at the same
location as the PC cursor when editing a document in Microsoft Word with
Track Changes enabled.
•In Microsoft Excel, Pressing INSERT+NUMPAD 5 twice quickly now spells
the current cell.
•Resolved an issue in Eudora where JAWS was not automatically speaking
the newly highlighted message after deleting the current message.
Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.241 (October 13, 2011)
The following is a list of improvements made between this release and
the second public beta release.
JAWS
•Resolved an issue with all of the sports scores look up sources for
Research It not returning any results.
•Resolved issues with the Stock Quotes Research It look up source.
•Resolved an issue selecting Mark Colors in Braille from the Run JAWS
Manager dialog box where JAWS would use the Custom Highlight Assign
instead. Selecting Mark Colors in Braille now works as expected.
•You can now perform commands that include the SPACEBAR directly from a
Focus braille display. For example, ALT+SPACEBAR to open the System
menu, or INSERT+SPACEBAR to activate the JAWS keystrokes layer.
•Updated the INSERT+W help message for the Webinar training room plug-in
to remove references to keystrokes that are no longer supported.
•If Quick Settings is open in another window, resolved an issue where
pressing INSERT+V while in the JAWS window, the title of the Quick
Settings dialog box was not getting announced as it gained focus.
•Added long Keyboard Help messages for the list of onMouseOvers
(INSERT+WINDOWS KEY+SEMICOLON), next clickable element (SLASH), prior
clickable element (SHIFT+SLASH), and list of clickable elements
(INSERT+CTRL+SLASH) keystrokes. To hear the long description for a
command, press the keystroke twice quickly.
•Added an Include Dimensions option to the General Options group in
Quick Settings. When selected, JAWS will announce dimensions for
graphics embedded in documents or Outlook messages where Word is the editor.
•Resolved an intermittent issue saving default settings in Settings Center.
•Resolved an issue where bullets were not displaying correctly in
braille with certain documents opened in WordPad.
•Addressed an issue with the Reuters Research It lookup source where
only five stories were listed even though the results page says top 10
stories. Research It now lists all 10 stories.
•When pressing BACKSPACE in an edit field of a Java application, JAWS
now reads the character being deleted.
•When opening the Select a Voice Profile dialog box (INSERT+CTRL+S),
resolved an issue where the currently selected profile was not displayed
on the screen.
IBM Lotus Notes
•Addressed an issue of JAWS not reading section titles while navigating
in a note.
Microsoft Excel
•The help messages that are spoken when entering or editing a formula
are now also shown on the braille display as flash messages.
•Addressed an issue with the Input message edit field in the Data
Validation dialog box not being spoken and brailled correctly.
•Resolved issues changing between manually defined column and row titles
to automatically defined column and row titles determined in the Excel
spreadsheet.
•Resolved an issue in Excel 2007 and 2010 where the content of text
boxes was not being displayed in the Virtual Viewer. There were only
blank lines where the text in the box should have appeared.
•When navigating the list of functions for inserting into a spreadsheet,
addressed an issue where JAWS was not speaking or displaying in braille
the function description.
•Addressed an issue with editing the contents of a text box.
•If you want to manually set column and row title reading, you no longer
have to open the Quick Settings dialog box multiple times to configure
these options.
•If you add a hyperlink to another worksheet in the same spreadsheet,
resolved an issue where JAWS would not announce the hyperlink if it was
in a merged cell.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
•Improved navigating frames on a Web page that contain a Long
Description attribute. This was addressed for both Internet Explorer and
Firefox.
•Resolved issues creating a word list (CTRL+INSERT+W) on Web pages in
both Internet Explorer and Firefox.
•Addressed issues navigating with the JAWS cursor in Internet Explorer 9.
Microsoft Outlook
•Addressed a reported issue where JAWS would announce "CC" for the
Subject field in a meeting request. This only occurred in Outlook 2010.
•Addressed an issue where Outlook 2010 could unexpectedly close when
opening the Signatures dialog box.
•Resolved an issue reading messages in the Inbox message list that
contain & symbols in the From field and have no subject. This was
observed in Outlook 2010.
•Resolved an issue in Outlook 2010 where the status of the check boxes
was not being read in the tree view of mail folders when selecting the
folders that you want to apply view settings to.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would begin reading the entire Inbox list
instead of the currently selected item after moving to the Inbox from
the Calendar using CTRL+SHIFT+I.
•Resolved an issue where you could not perform the command to forward a
message from the Focus braille display when in the message body.
•When pressing INSERT+CTRL+I to read the info bar, resolved an issue
where JAWS was announcing the info bar was empty even if it was not.
•Resolved an issue where pressing CTRL+SHIFT+V to open the Move dialog
box would not work from an open Outlook 2007 or 2010 message.
•Addressed an issue with JAWS no longer reading correctly after updating
the date field in an Outlook template.
•Resolved an intermittent issue where text entered into the Search edit
field in Quick Settings would not be correct if you attempted to type
immediately after opening Quick Settings. This occurred more frequently
when opening Quick Settings from an open message.
•Resolved an issue where Link Count was not appearing in Quick Settings
when opened from Outlook. This option can be found under Reading Options
in the tree view.
•Addressed an issue where the Invisible Cursor was being activated when
using ALT+GRAVE to move to the message body.
•Addressed a reported issue of changes made to a Speech and Sounds
scheme not working as expected.
•Resolved an issue in Outlook 2007 and 2010 where pressing INSERT+A in a
message with one or more attachments would not move to the attachments list.
•When copying selected text from the body of a message, JAWS no longer
says "copy to clipboard" twice.
•Addressed an intermittent issue where the messages "menu" and "leaving
menus" were spoken while navigating in the File menu in Outlook 2010.
•If you have more than one e-mail account, addressed an issue where JAWS
would not read the available accounts when moving focus to the From
button and activating it in a new message.
Microsoft PowerPoint
•Resolved an issue where pressing ESC to close the Virtual Ribbon would
completely close the menus, even if you were in a submenu. Now, if you
are in a submenu, each press of the ESC key will move you up a level in
the menus until you finally exit the ribbon.
•Addressed an issue activating items in the Virtual Ribbons using the
SPACEBAR.
Microsoft Word
•Resolved an issue navigating in the Envelopes dialog box.
•Resolved a reported issue of characters not always being entered when
typing in the footer area of a document.
•Resolved an issue where F6 and SHIFT+F6 would not work as expected
after performing a Find in Word 2010.
•Addressed an issue with JAWS becoming sluggish in Word 2003 under
Windows 7 64-bit.
•When a non-uniform table is encountered during a Say All, addressed an
issue where JAWS was not announcing when the number of columns and rows
changed.
•Resolved an issue where navigating over a border using the ARROW keys
gave a different description than when you pressed ALT+SHIFT+B to
describe the border.
•Resolved a reported issue with JAWS double speaking while reading by
line. This was also addressed in Outlook.
•When selecting text in Word and Outlook, JAWS now says "selected" or
"unselected" prior to reading the text as it does when selecting in
other applications.
•Resolved issues selecting by line.
•JAWS announces page numbers correctly in non-English versions of Word.
Mozilla Firefox
•Resolved an issue where an extended select list box would no longer be
shown in the virtual buffer after selecting one or more items.
•JAWS now indicates if a Web page element offers context help as you
navigate. To read this help message, press INSERT+F1 while focused on
the element.
•When selecting a link located inside a table, resolved an issue
encountered when going back to the previous page where JAWS would not
remember your last location.
•Addressed issues with navigating in ARIA tree views.
•Resolved an issue in the Chatzilla extension with incoming text not
automatically being read in a chat session.
•Resolved an issue of JAWS not identifying links in lists that contain
both text and links.
•Resolved an issue where the Web page would scroll each time UP or DOWN
ARROW was pressed.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS not reading as expected in the Password
Manager in Firefox 7.
•Extraneous text is no longer sometimes flashed in braille when Forms
Mode is activated in an edit field.
•Addressed issues navigating Web pages when using JAWS and MAGic together.
Mozilla Thunderbird
•When composing a message, field names are now shown correctly in braille.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS not reading as expected in the Password
Manager in Thunderbird 6.
Winamp
•JAWS no longer announces "shuffle mode is off" when using
INSERT+SPACEBAR followed by S to mute speech.
Windows Live Mail
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would become sluggish when moving up past
the message headers using the JAWS cursor.
Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.171 (September 26, 2011)
The following is a list of improvements made between this release and
the initial public beta release.
JAWS
•Added three new keystrokes to the Table layer (INSERT+SPACEBAR, T).
They are ALT+COMMA to read the current cell, WINDOWS KEY+COMMA to read
the current row, and WINDOWS KEY+PERIOD to read the current column.
•JAWS now announces links in the Results Viewer when navigating using
TAB or SHIFT+TAB.
•Resolved an issue with the Amazon Product Search ResearchIt lookup
source not returning any results.
•Addressed an issue of no speech on the Windows logon screen if a Handy
Tech braille display was connected.
•You can now press H in addition to QUESTION MARK from within a layer to
get help on layered keystrokes. For example, INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, H will
list the keystrokes in the OCR layer. This addresses issues encountered
using QUESTION MARK on non-English keyboards.
•Updated the JAWS help with new topics for the Convenient OCR feature.
•Resolved an issue in Settings Center where the search was being cleared
after pressing CTRL+SHIFT+D to open Default.
•Addressed a reported issue where JAWS would speak dollar amounts, such
as $27.19, as a combination of pairs and single digits even with Number
Processing set to Single Digits.
•Added access keys for the OK and Cancel buttons in all JAWS place
marker dialog boxes.
•When pressing UP or DOWN ARROW on the Display Placemarkers For group of
radio buttons, addressed an issue where focus would move to the next or
previous control instead of remaining on the selected option.
•Resolved an issue using JAWS with the Event Viewer in Windows XP.
•Resolved an issue selecting text using the SHIFT+CURSOR ROUTER buttons
on Focus braille displays.
•Improved skim reading a document when using the Attributes and Color
Rules Apply for Reading option.
•Resolved an issue in Settings Center where the location in the tree
view was lost when switching to another application then back to
Settings Center.
•The custom placemarker summary is now displayed in the Results Viewer
as expected.
•Resolved an issue in the Modify Voice Alias dialog box where JAWS was
not speaking the names of the Pitch and Rate slider controls when
modifying the OCR Voice alias.
•Addressed a reported issue selecting the laptop keyboard layout using
the Startup Wizard.
Quick Settings
•In Windows 7, after you press the APPLICATIONS key on an item in the
tree view to open the context menu to change the persistence level,
resolved an issue where the braille display would only show the first
item in the menu even though JAWS would speak the other options as you
navigate. In addition, the check mark indicating the current persistence
level for an option is now shown in braille.
•Updated the INSERT+F1 help messages for the Search edit field and the
tree view to provide more information specific to Quick Settings.
•Toggling the Select and Copy option, located under the Virtual Cursor
options, now works as expected when set to Virtual Cursor or Using On
Screen Highlight.
•Added context help for the Last Changed Settings tree view item.
•Addressed an issue where changing the punctuation setting for an
application in Quick Settings would not work. JAWS would continue using
the default punctuation selected in the Startup Wizard.
Convenient OCR
•Resolved an issue reading text with the Invisible Cursor after
performing OCR in a PDF document.
•Resolved an issue with Convenient OCR not recognizing the last line of
a screen from a DVD movie.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would close when attempting to perform OCR
and a Handy Tech braille display was connected.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would not close properly if you attempted
to close it while OCR is in progress.
Adobe Acrobat
•Addressed an issue that could occur when launching JAWS in Adobe Reader
10 while MAGic is currently running.
IBM Lotus Notes
•Resolved a reported issue with selecting and copying text where the
prior line was being copied to the clipboard instead of the currently
selected text.
Microsoft Access
•Addressed an issue navigating in data tables in Access 2007 and 2010.
Microsoft Excel
•Added more descriptive Keyboard Help messages for the ALT+PAGE UP and
ALT+PAGE DOWN keystrokes.
•Changes in attributes such as bold or italics are now shown in braille
as a flash message.
•Resolved an issue where the error for there being no custom summary was
not shown on the braille display.
•Addressed an issue where braille was changing to Line mode in the Find
dialog box.
•If you enter text in a blank cell followed by DOWN ARROW, resolved an
issue where JAWS would read the entire row. JAWS should only read the
current cell.
•Resolved an issue in the Categories list box in the Options dialog box
where JAWS would occasionally speak the previous item before speaking
the currently selected item while navigating with UP and DOWN ARROW.
•When changing the Cell Verbosity option in Quick Settings to Content
Only, JAWS no longer reads cell coordinates when selecting cells.
•Resolved an issue in Quick Settings where toggling Comments Detection
was being applied to all worksheets in the workbook instead of the
currently active sheet.
•Addressed an issue in Quick Settings with the Merged Cells Detection
not being document specific.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
•Resolved an issue reading check boxes on the Earthlink Web Mail site.
•Resolved an issue on www.usajobs.gov where the page would unexpectedly
close or refresh while attempting to apply for a federal job.
•Resolved an issue reading buttons on Google Web sites using the Virtual
PC cursor and Navigation Quick Keys.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would unexpectedly close on www.google.ua
when pressing CTRL+BACKSPACE to delete by word.
•Resolved an issue where the Skim Read summary could not be opened from
the Word List dialog box.
•Addressed issues with certain list boxes where JAWS would speak the
selected item twice while navigating.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS closing unexpectedly when replying to a
message in GMail.
•Resolved a reported issue where under certain circumstances, Data Grids
would disappear from the Virtual Buffer after a page was updated.
Microsoft Office
•Resolved an issue in both Excel and Word when typing a 2003 command
sequence. The popup message "continue typing the 2003 command sequence"
was not spoken or brailled correctly.
•Addressed issues using INSERT+B to read the contents of dialog boxes in
Microsoft Office applications.
•JAWS now reads the text of the dialog box that appears when you attempt
to close the application and the current document has not yet been saved.
•Removed some unnecessary text that was being shown on the braille
display when opening the ribbon with the Virtual Ribbon disabled.
•Resolved issues of JAWS not announcing and spelling grammattical errors
when spell checking a Word document or Outlook message.
Microsoft Outlook
•Addressed an issue where JAWS would become sluggish after opening a
context menu in Outlook 2007 or 2010.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading column headers for
messages in the Sent Items folder of Outlook 2003.
•Addressed issues navigating around the Info tab of the File menu in
Outlook 2010.
•Improved JAWS identifying graphics contained in e-mail messages.
•Resolved an issue navigating the address book in Outlook 2010 when
opened from a message header.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not correctly returning focus to the
Advanced Find dialog box after selecting a contact.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS beginning to read the entire message list
when the Inbox opens after launching Outlook.
•Resolved an issue using the Automatic Replies dialog box in Outlook
2010. JAWS now reads the contents of the People inside my organization
field when pressing UP or DOWN ARROW.
•Resolved an issue encountered when positioned at the beginning of a
line in a new message. The braille cursor would appear both at the
beginning of the current line and at the end of the previous line.
•If the Virtual Ribbon is off and you activate the ribbon from the body
of a message, resolved an issue where JAWS would say "message" instead
of the control name while navigating through controls.
•JAWS now alerts you when you enter a table in an Outlook 2007 or 2010
message.
•Several options specific to Word are no longer listed when opening
Quick Settings from within Outlook.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS was not reading controls correctly in the
Appointment Recurrence dialog box in Outlook 2007.
•When attempting to change the format of an Outlook 2007 message to
plain text, resolved an issue where JAWS would not read the
Compatibility Checker dialog box.
•Resolved issues with the CTRL+E keystroke to move to the Search edit
field in Quick Settings not working when opened from Outlook.
Microsoft PowerPoint
•Addressed issues with navigating and reading tables contained in slides.
Microsoft Word
•Resolved a reported issue of JAWS not properly reading field labels on
some Word forms.
•Addressed an issue where the Virtual Viewer was not being shown on the
screen after pressing INSERT+F twice quickly to virtualize font information.
•When spell checking a document, resolved multiple issues where the next
error was not getting announced after pressing ALT+C to accept a change
or when pressing ENTER to ignore the error and move to the next one.
•Resolved an issue where changes to the Row Titles Column Set option in
Quick Settings were not being saved.
•Resolved issues with JAWS detecting newly created tables and not
reading bookmark titles.
•If you are using Navigation Quick Key W to move by words in a word list
(INSERT+CTRL+W) during a Say All, The Say All no longer stops after
pressing W twice.
•Resolved an issue with the text of endnotes not being shown on the
braille display.
•Addressed an issue in Word 2010 where the bullet type was still being
announced even though Bullet Type Indication was disabled in Quick Settings.
•Resolved an issue in Word 2010 where JAWS would not read the values in
the edit fields of the Font dialog box after navigating in the Effects
group.
•If a word list is generated for a Word document or Outlook message,
pressing SHIFT+W now moves to the previous word as expected.
•Resolved an issue when using ALT+SHIFT+A in outline view to show all of
the text associated with the selected heading level.
•If the Virtual Viewer or Results Viewer opens, if Quick Keys are on in
the current document, they will now remain active.
•Addressed an issue of form fields being spoken twice when using F and
SHIFT+F to move through a protected form.
•Resolved an issue where the word list summary was not displaying all
occurrences of a word as a link.
•Resolved an issue where the first time a table navigation command is
performed in a new table, JAWS would not speak. This would occur if the
Virtual Ribbon was disabled and a table was inserted.
•Resolved an intermittent issue with tables in Word 2010 where after
typing in a cell then pressing TAB, JAWS was not always announcing the
next cell you moved to.
•Addressed an issue of JAWS not reading controls when navigating the
Options dialog box if it is opened from the Spelling and Grammar dialog
box. Controls read fine when the Options Dialog box was opened from the
document.
•Resolved multiple issues with JAWS not indicating non-uniform tables
either during a Say All, or general navigation.
•Pressing TAB or SHIFT+TAB to move to the next or previous cell in a
table no longer causes JAWS to speak part of the text in the cell you
were just in.
•Addressed a braille issue where an entire line of text containing a
link was being underlined. Only the link itself should have an underline
in braille.
•Resolved a reported issue where JAWS would sometimes get the table row
or column count wrong in Word causing it to announce a change in the
number of row or columns when in fact, no change occurred.
•Resolved an issue with the German version of JAWS where spelling errors
were not being indicated.
Mozilla Firefox
•The message "Use JAWSKey+ALT+R to read descriptive text" is no longer
heard continuously as you navigate through a table containing a caption.
•JAWS now reads the name of the page being bookmarked when the Add
Bookmark dialog box opens.
•Resolved an issue where links were not highlighted in braille. This
only occured in Windows XP.
•Pressing INSERT+SPACEBAR, O, C to OCR a graphic now works as expected.
•Addressed a reported issue reading lists that contain links.
•Resolved an issue regarding the JavaScript function, SetTimeout,
reported by a developer.
Mozilla Thunderbird
•JAWS no longer says "selected" when selecting text in a message and the
verbosity level is set to Advanced.
•JAWS now reads all of the controls in the Account Settings dialog box.
Winamp
•Resolved an issue where keystrokes that include both the ALT and CTRL
keys were not working as expected.
Windows 7
•Resolved an issue in Windows 7 or Vista, if JAWS was getting license
keys from a license server on the network and was set to run on the
secure desktop, it would not release the ILM key after you logged in.
This could cause JAWS to tie up two keys at a single work station.
•Braille display controls, such as panning buttons and cursor routers,
will now work in the UAK dialog box.
Windows Live Mail
•Improved JAWS support for the Windows Live Mail calendar. Appointments
are now announced as you navigate in the Day, Week, and Month views.
Enhancements in JAWS 13.0.97 (September 2011)
The following is a list of improvements available in this public beta
release. Note that while many customer reported enhancements are
included in this release, the following is a list of more notable changes.
JAWS
•Resolved a distortion issue with the RH Voice (Russian) synthesizer.
•JAWS now correctly reads the tree view structure of the Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) on Windows XP computers.
•Resolved an issue for the Arabic version of JAWS when navigating arabic
text with Smart Word reading enabled.
•Resolved an issue with VMware and Windows 7 that would cause JAWS to
unexpectedly close.
•When using the Word Index command (INSERT+CTRL+W), JAWS now includes an
accurate word count total for each item in the word list.
•JAWS now correctly speaks the buttons on the
https://giftstest.rehab.state.al.us/bepnet/main/beplogin.aspx Web page.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS would not switch languages when a voice
profile was set to a language other than English. This was observed when
reading Web pages.
•Resolved an issue with sluggish performance when browsing the
www.ziggo.nl Web site.
•Resolved an issue with the Research It Business Search lookup source
and changes shown for the S&P 500 Index.
•Resolved an issue with the Time Search lookup source in Research It.
•Resolved an issue with the People Search lookup source where search
results would not appear if both the city and state were used in the
search criteria.
•Resolved an issue where ALT GR combinations were being treated as word
delimiters with Keyboard Echo set to Words.
•Resolved an issue encountered when using CTRL+BACKSPACE to speak and
delete the current word. If Typing Echo was set to words, when you typed
the new word followed by a space, JAWS would speak part of the
previously deleted word along with the new word.
•Updated the Braille Display Input Commands help topic with the command
DOTS 1-2-4-5-7 CHORD which cycles through the settings for contracted
braille input.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was reading the entire line when pressing
BACKSPACE under the Command Prompt.
•Addressed a reported issue navigating tables on certain Web pages.
•JAWS now recognizes the datalist element on a Web page as an edit combo.
•Resolved an issue in Settings Center where JAWS did not announce the
open or closed status of the Braille Marking item.
•Resolved an issue in Settings Center where pressing UP ARROW to move
from a level two control to a node, would continue showing the name of
the control on the braille display instead of the title of the node.
•Addressed an issue using braille Structured Mode in multi-line edit fields.
•Resolved an issue in PAC Mate Remote where pressing DOT 8 on a PAC Mate
BX with contracted braille input enabled would insert the letter "i"
instead of a line feed. With contracted braille input disabled, the
letter "i" followed by a line feed was inserted.
•Resolved issues using the Virtual Viewer in localized versions of JAWS.
•When you enter text to search for in the JAWS Find dialog box that
includes spaces before or after the word, resolved an issue where the
leading and trailing spaces were not included in the search.
•Addressed a reported issue not reading check boxes contained in tables
on certain Web pages.
•Resolved a reported issue where spaces inserted in text caused a blank
line to be shown on the braille display even though text would be spoken
when using the ARROW keys.
•Resolved an issue where information was not being shown on the braille
display as expected in some applications.
•Resolved an issue accessing buttons and other elements on PHP-based Web
pages.
•The Text Analyzer can now be used with Arabic text.
•With the addition of the new Quick Settings dialog box, the Adjust
Braille Options and Personalized Web Settings dialog boxes from prior
versions have been removed.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not indicating in braille that an item
on the Windows 7 Desktop was selected when in Line Mode.
•Updated the Basics of Scripting manual which is included with JAWS. To
access the manual, go to Start, All Programs, JAWS 13.0, Explore JAWS,
Explore the Manuals, and select the file Basics of Scripting.exe. This
is a self-extracting ZIP archive and will extract the manual as a series
of HTML files for easy navigation.
•Updated the Basics of Scripting manual with information on Script
Utility Mode. References to the Homerow Utility have been removed.
•Addressed an issue with domain-specific placemarkers where JAWS would
try to move to a placemarker that was anchored to specific text even if
you were on a different page in the same site where this text did not exist.
•Added stubs for the Settings Center, Text Analyzer, Virtual Ribbon
Menus, and OpenBook Overview DAISY books to the FSReader Open dialog box
which is displayed when you select Training from the JAWS Help menu.
Titles that include an asterisk at the end have not been installed.
Pressing ENTER on one of these titles will open the Check for Updates so
you can download and install one or more books.
•The Import function is now exposed and can be used by scripters.
•Improved the JAWS help text for ARIA widgets, such as those found in
Yahoo Mail.
•Addressed issues with the braille cursor not being shown correctly in
TextPad.
•Added dictionary entries for Learning Ally.
•Resolved an issue with the GetCellCoordinates script function.
•Addressed issues closing JAWS after playing an audio stream in Windows
Media Player.
•Resolved an intermittent issue where the Dictionary Manager would not
always close correctly.
•Resolved an issue using the Focus 40 Blue over a Bluetooth connection
where the rocker bars were being treated as WHIZWHEELS if the display
was powered off and back on.
•Resolved an issue for localized versions where Eloquence language name
was reporting in English only.
•If you press WINDOWS KEY+K in a document or Web page that does not
contain any placemarkers, JAWS now speaks a message.
•Addressed a reported issue with control types not displaying correctly
in Braille using Structured Mode in some situations.
Adobe Acrobat
•Resolved an issue where the cursor would unexpectedly jump to the top
of the document when selecting text in an untagged PDF file.
•JAWS now properly reads table headers that use the TH scope=”both”
attribute.
•Resolved an issue where Adobe Reader would close unexpectedly after
closing and restarting JAWS.
Apple iTunes
•Resolved a reported issue in the latest iTunes app store when making a
purchase.
•Resolved an issue using JAWS in the iTunes Store after allowing the
automatic update of QuickTime Player to version 7.7.
Eudora
•Resolved an issue where the BACKSPACE key was not working correctly
when composing an e-mail message.
Google Chrome
•When opening a new Web page in Google Chrome, JAWS now speaks the
summary information, such as the number of headings and links, for the
new page.
IBM Eclipse
•Addressed an issue with Eclipse where JAWS announced both the current
and next items in a tree view.
IBM Lotus Notes
•When moving up and down in the Lotus Notes Inbox, JAWS now announces
“unread” when focus moves to a message that has not been opened.
•Addressed an issue where the braille cursor was not being shown on
blank lines. This also resolved an issue where the braille cursor would
not blink.
•Resolved an issue where the Lotus Notes.jkm file was empty.
•Resolved an issue in Lotus Notes where JAWS was not identifying links
in messages when navigating with the ARROW keys.
•Addressed an issue reading section titles when navigating in a note.
IBM Sametime
•Resolved a longstanding issue where JAWS would announce items in the
Sametime contact list twice.
Java
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading pop up messages. The
INSERT+B command will now also reread the message.
•Resolved an issue where top line menus were not read after pressing the
ALT key.
Microsoft Excel
•Updated the JAWS help file to include the INSERT+CTRL+C and
INSERT+ALT+C keystrokes.
•Resolved an issue where the correct information was not being shown in
braille when navigating in Line Mode.
•Pressing ALT+1 through ALT+4 in Excel 2007 and 2010 now activates items
on the Quick Access tool bar as expected. In Excel 2003, these
keystrokes read column information.
•Resolved an issue reading column and row titles that are defined for a
spreadsheet.
•Added more descriptive Keyboard Help messages for the ALT+PAGE UP and
ALT+PAGE DOWN keystrokes.
•Resolved an issue in the header/footer, custom header area of the Page
Setup dialog box where JAWS was not speaking the text in the various fields.
•In Excel 2007 and 2010, Pressing CTRL+F2 now moves focus to the Print
Tab as expected. Pressing INSERT+CTRL+F2 now speaks the formula.
•Resolved an issue where the equals sign was not spoken when written in
a formula.
•Resolved an issue in Excel 2007 where JAWS was not indicating checked
items in the Autofilter menu.
•Removed extra speech and braille feedback from the data validation
dialog box that was unnecessary and could be confusing.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was saying “blank” when moving left and
right in edit controls that update automatically as you navigate.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not speaking the selected color when
navigating the list of colors on the Fill tab of the Format Cell dialog box.
•Addressed an issue where items in the suggestion list of the
spellchecker were not spelled as the list is navigated.
•If the Options dialog box was opened from the spellchecker, resolved an
issue where control information, such as the name and status of a check
box, was not being announced.
•The state of check boxes in the Proofing Category in the Options Dialog
box are shown in braille.
•Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not reading input messages in
cells surrounded by white space.
•Resolved a reported issue navigating objects in a spreadsheet.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
•Resolved an issue where JAWS 12 and Internet Explorer 8 would fail when
accessing a training page on The Hadley School for the Blind Web site.
•Addressed an issue with Internet Explorer 9 where JAWS was announcing a
blank line before the first item in a list.
•When selecting the Surf’s Up link on the Freedom Scientific Training
home page, JAWS now opens the Surf’s Up Web page.
•JAWS correctly reads labels for combo and edit boxes when navigating a
Web page using Internet Explorer 8.
•Addressed an issue regarding left and right movement of the JAWS Cursor
in arabic text.
•Resolved an issue when navigating by headings on a Web page where blank
lines were separating each link. This was observed with Internet Explorer 9.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing text for command
elements such as buttons. This was observed with Internet Explorer 9.
•Resolved an issue where the Virtual PC Cursor would not return to its
previous location on a Web page.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS would read consecutive links on the same
line even if the links were separated with a <br> HTML tag. This
occurred with Internet Explorer 9.
•Resolved an issue where the Invisible Cursor was not working properly
in Internet Explorer 9.
•Addressed an issue where links on the www.acb.org Web site were not
announced correctly unless using Compatibility View in Internet Explorer 9.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing changes when pressing
buttons in a taskbar.
•Resolved an issue navigating a Web page that is opened from inside
another application.
•Resolved an issue with typing in edit fields on certain Web pages. JAWS
would speak the name of the edit field each time a character was typed.
•Resolved an issue in Internet Explorer 8 where JAWS would not read
alternate text for images that also contained an ARIA describedby attribute.
•Resolved an issue where one word was being broken up into two words on
some Web pages like m.facebook.com.
•Improved how JAWS reads alternate text for an image contained inside an
element label on a Web page.
•Resolved multiple issues where Internet Explorer and JAWS would
unexpectedly close after selecting a link.
•Resolved empty virtual buffer issues using the Japanese, Arabic, or
Hebrew version of JAWS with Internet Explorer 9.
•Resolved an issue when navigating combo boxes in Forms Mode where the
selected item was not being shown in braille. This also resolved an
issue in Line Mode where braille was taking a while to update.
•Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not recognizing edit fields at
www.peapod.com.
•Resolved an issue using Navigation Quick Key R to move to radio buttons
in a Web-based dialog box.
•Resolved an issue in Internet Explorer 8 with an application from CitiBank.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not recognizing the Submit button on
some Web pages.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS not announcing the correct number of
columns in certain tables.
•Resolved a reported issue selecting the Listen live link on www.klpw.com.
•Addressed a reported issue in tables containing a blank cell in the
middle or at the end of a row. JAWS would merge two cells when reading
the table.
•Resolved a reported issue with Internet Explorer 8 in XP where pressing
F1 for Internet Explorer help and then exiting the help with ALT+F4,
focus was not returning to Internet Explorer as expected.
•Resolved a reported issue where JAWS was not reporting the name of some
progress bars.
•Addressed issues of not being able to read text in edit fields on some
Web pages in Internet Explorer 9.
•JAWS and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 no longer unexpectedly close
after selecting the Listen Live link at wjvl.com.
•JAWS now properly works with combo boxes embedded in flash content.
Microsoft Office
•Pressing INSERT+F1 on an item on the ribbon now gives help specific to
that option.
•JAWS can now read files opened in Protected View in Microsoft Word and
Excel.
•Resolved an issue navigating Virtual Ribbons in Office 2010 with the
CTRL+ARROW Keys.
•Resolved an issue in Access 2007 where JAWS was not reading text in
edit fields when navigating by character or word.
Microsoft Outlook
•Addressed an issue in Outlook 2010 when moving through the date and
time fields in an appointment. Although JAWS would display the items in
braille, it now speaks the fields too.
•When creating a new meeting announcement in Outlook 2007, JAWS no
longer announces additional information when moving to and reading the
Location edit field.
•Resolved an issue where the cursor would not move beyond the first line
of an Outlook 2010 message.
•In Outlook Web Access Light with Documentation Presentation Mode set to
Screen Layout, resolved an issue where table rows were split over
several lines.
•Resolved an issue in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 where too much
information was being presented when the spellchecker dialog box first
gained focus. This has also been addressed in Microsoft Word.
•You can now use INSERT+SHIFT+W to open an Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010
message in the default Web browser.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS announcing "message list view" when sending
a message from the Contacts list.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would repeat text over and over after a
Calendar reminder opened.
•Addressed an issue where the entire line was not being read in a custom
view in the Outlook 2010 Contacts folder.
•Resolved an issue of not announcing the time of a conflicting appointment.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010
•Resolved an issue where JAWS did not correctly display Ribbon buttons
in the virtual buffer.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
•Addressed an issue when editing in the text editor in Visual Studio 2010.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would repeat the selected item in a tree
view when opening the context menu.
Microsoft Word
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was announcing small bullet characters
(INSERT+NUMROW 4) as space markers. This also fixed an issue where JAWS
was not recognizing actual space marker characters.
•JAWS can navigate and edit tables that are in the headers and footers
of a Word document.
•Addressed an issue in Word 2010 where JAWS was announcing multiple
items instead of just one when moving through the Files of Type combo
box in the File Open dialog box.
•Resolved an issue in Word 2010 where JAWS was not announcing or
displaying in braille the Tools menu that appears in such dialog boxes
as Open and Save As.
•JAWS correctly announces the Copies edit box in the Word 2010 Print tab.
•Resolved an issue with braille where JAWS was not correctly displaying
line spacing in documents.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS would announce the previous search result
instead of the next result when using the Find command in Word 2010.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing the correct indentation
values in Word documents that contain multiple indentation levels.
•Addressed an issue in Word where JAWS was announcing the number of
spaces instead of tabs for indentation.
•Corrected a typo in the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box for Word.
•When navigating into a comment in a Word document, JAWS no longer
announces “out of comment.”
•Resolved an issue where, after changing the unit of measure in Word,
JAWS was not announcing the unit of measure in a document.
•Resolved an issue where the braille flash message was occurring too
fast to display the new page number when changing pages in a Word document.
•Resolved an issue where pressing ALT+F in Word 2010 would cause JAWS to
close.
•JAWS no longer announces the words “context menu” when moving through
each item in a context menu list.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS would announce the message “end of row”
instead of “start of row” when moving to the first cell of a Word 2010
table.
•Updated the help message for the Document Presentation option for both
Word and Outlook.
•Resolved an issue where braille no longer displayed table information
after moving focus into a table.
•Resolved an issue when pressing F6 to move among comment, endnote, and
footnote panes.
•Addressed an issue where the first instance of an item found using Find
or Find and Replace was not announced. This was observed in Word 2007
and Word 2010.
•Resolved an issue using CTRL+ALT+END to move to the last cell in a table.
•Resolved issues where navigating with the ARROW keys could become
sluggish. This was especially noticeable when using Auto Correction, or
after inserting footnotes, endnotes, or comments.
•Resolved an issue in Word 2010 where pressing ENTER on the Indentation
edit field in the Virtual Ribbon was not turning on Forms Mode.
•When performing a find in Word 2010 and you press the SPACEBAR on the
Next Search Result button, JAWS now automatically speaks the next result.
•Addressed an issue in Word 2010 when navigating task pane dialog boxes
containing multiple tabs. JAWS now indicates which tab is currently
selected.
•JAWS now supports the Browse Search Results tab in the Word 2010 Find
dialog box. This allows you to navigate a list of all the matches for a
search item and quickly move to a specific match in the document without
having to go through each result one by one until you reach the one you
want.
•JAWS no longer says "entering table" when you press ALT+TAB or ALT+F4
and focus returns to the Word document where the cursor is already in a
table.
•In Word 2007 and 2010, JAWS now reads the column headers in the New
Address List dialog box as you press TAB or SHIFT+TAB.
•Resolved an issue when moving to a place marker in large documents.
•JAWS now announces the section number in Word 2003 when using the
Navigation Quick Key S.
•Resolved an issue with navigation in Word 2003 being sluggish in
Windows 7 64-bit.
•When a numbered or bulleted list is generated by pressing ENTER,
resolved an issue where JAWS was reading the list item just typed
instead of the new item being auto-generated.
•Resolved an issue with JAWS tracking properly in a protected document
when the screen scrolls.
•JAWS now more reliably announces non-breaking spaces in a document
while navigating or when performing a search.
•Resolved an issue in Word 2010 where JAWS would not automatically read
the font name when navigating through the list of fonts in the Symbol
dialog box.
•Resolved an issue where tab measurements were not getting announced
correctly.
•Resolved an issue where it was not possible to disable the "selected"
message in the Beginner Verbosity level.
•Addressed issues that could occur after accepting or rejecting a revision.
•When customizing dropped cap options, resolved an issue where JAWS was
not automatically reading the font names while navigating through the
list of fonts.
•Resolved an issue with text becoming scrambled when typing contracted
braille into a table.
•Resolved an issue in Word 2007 and Word 2010 where JAWS would get stuck
on the ribbon when adding or removing items from the Quick Access tool
bar. This was not a problem if using the Virtual Ribbon.
•In both Word and Outlook 2007 and 2010, when you move to the
Suggestions list in the Spell Checker, the word "suggestion" no longer
appears twice on the braille display.
•Resolved the double-speaking of some controls in the Print dialog box
in Word 2010.
•JAWS no longer unexpectedly closes in certain documents when
encountering a table and a Braille display is connected.
•When a document is opened in Protected View in Word 2010, addressed an
issue where proofreading elements, such as objects and comments, were
not available.
•Addressed an issue where JAWS would unexpectedly close when using
Navigation Quick Key G to move to an Excel chart contained in a Word
document.
•The message spoken when toggling Navigation Quick Keys on or off is now
shown in braille as a flash message.
•Addressed an issue in Word 2010 where JAWS was not detecting objects in
a document if paragraph marks were enabled.
•Improved the indication of bulleted lists created using non-standard
symbols.
•Addressed an issue of JAWS not correctly identifying space markers in
Word 2010.
Mozilla Firefox
•Resolved an issue where Firefox 5 and JAWS would unexpectedly close
when trying to install a Flash plugin.
•Addressed an issue where focus would not move to a selected graphic
when using the Select a Graphic dialog box (INSERT+CTRL+G).
•Resolved an issue when using Firefox to read Web pages that have ARIA
landmarks.
•JAWS now announces the aria-label property for Web page links when
using Firefox.
•JAWS now announces the aria-haspopup property for objects on a Web page.
•JAWS now supports role=”article” in the list of ARIA landmark regions.
•JAWS correctly provides feedback for the starting and ending points of
each landmark region shown in the virtual buffer.
•Resolved an issue where Firefox would unexpectedly close when JAWS was
closed and restarted.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was too verbose when reading combo boxes.
•Resolved an issue where the PC cursor was active instead of the Virtual
PC Cursor after pressing ENTER from the Select a Paragraph dialog box or
the Select an Anchor dialog box.
•JAWS now supports Extended Select list boxes which allow you to select
more than one item.
•Addressed an issue where the text of toggle buttons was not being
announced.
•Resolved an issue in Firefox 5 when attempting to open a message in a
new tab in Gmail Basic.
•Resolved an issue in Firefox 5 where the program would unexpectedly
close when performing a Google search.
•Resolved an issue with navigating in combo boxes where JAWS would read
the label and the selected item multiple times.
•Resolved multiple issues reading text in dialog boxes in Firefox 4 and
later.
•Addressed an issue where the current position on a Web page was lost
when pressing ESC from the Jump to Line dialog box.
•Addressed an issue with buttons getting announced more than once when
navigating to them using Navigation Quick Key B.
•Pressing INSERT+H or INSERT+W now gives Firefox specific keystroke
information.
•Addressed an issue with JAWS not remaining at the current position on a
Web page when moving between tabs or windows with the Webvisum extension
installed.
•Resolved an issue subscribing to RSS feeds in Firefox 4 and later.
•Addressed issues with JAWS not properly reading frame names on some pages.
•Resolved a reported issue related to the "legend" element.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would not move to the selected form field
after pressing ENTER from the Select a Form Field dialog box.
•Addressed issues of text at the beginning of a line in a multi-line
edit field not always being shown on the Braille display.
•Custom labels will now work on pages that contain a port number as part
of the address.
•Resolved a reported issue where opening links in a new tab was not
working as expected.
•Check boxes are now displayed more reliably in braille.
•Resolved a reported issue where the first row in some tables was being
treated as a separate table.
Mozilla Thunderbird
•When an e-mail message is deleted, JAWS will now announce the next item
in the Message list that has focus.
•Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading highlighted messages in
the Message list.
•Addressed an issue where it was not possible to select non-contiguous
messages using CTRL+DOWN ARROW or CTRL+UP ARROW.
•JAWS now properly reads the message list in Mozilla Thunderbird 5.
•JAWS no longer says "table" while navigating through the message list
in Thunderbird 5 or later.
•When canceling a message, JAWS now automatically reads the confirmation
dialog box.
•Resolved an issue where the Virtual PC cursor would not turn off when
replying to a plain text message.
•Addressed an issue reading the status line in Thunderbird 5.
•Resolved an issue where the keystrokes to read message fields were not
working in Thunderbird 5.
Skype
•Resolved an issue with Skype where it would fail when adding a contact.
Windows 7
•Resolved an issue where JAWS would not speak or display in Braille the
contents of the Windows 7 logon screen until TAB or SHIFT+TAB was pressed.
•Resolved an issue with unnecessary characters appearing on the Braille
display when focused on the Password edit field on the logon screen.
This only occurred with contracted Braille enabled.
•JAWS now automatically reads the text of the dialog box that allows you
to force a currently running application to close.
Yahoo Mail
•Addressed an issue when composing a new message with Yahoo Mail and
Internet Explorer 8. JAWS no longer speaks the entire page when focus
moves to the Subject line.
•Resolved an issue where pressing TAB would move you to a completely
unexpected section of the page instead of to the next element in the tab
order.
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