[access-uk] Re: JAWS HELP HELP

  • From: Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:55:09 +0100

Hi Ian,

You mean pressing enter on the topic before pressing F6 doesn't even 
work?  Then I reckon your IE, or the subset of it used by the Microsoft 
viewer is screwed in some way.

All the best

At 09:33 05/08/2004, Ian Macrae spake these words of wisdom
 >Ta Steve, it just seems not to work with this particular edition of JFW.
 >Bizarre, but there you go. =20
 >
 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
 >Of Steve Nutt
 >Sent: 05 August 2004 08:21
 >To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 >Subject: [access-uk] Re: JAWS HELP HELP
 >
 >
 >Hi Ian,
 >
 >You access the JFW help in the same way you access all compiled Windows=20=
 >
 >HTML help.
 >
 >First, you press enter on the item you want to select, then you press=20
 >F6.  If you just press F6 without pressing enter on the item first, you=20=
 >
 >will select the last topic you had selected.  Of if you have not
 >selected a=20
 >topic in this session, you will select precisely nothing.  So, arrow
 >down=20
 >the treeview, expand it if you want with right arrow, find the item you=20=
 >
 >want, press enter, then F6.  The JFW virtual cursor should then kick in,
 >
 >and you should be able to read with the arrow keys.  When you have=20
 >finished, press F6 again to get back to the list.
 >
 >Just so you know, none of these are JFW keystrokes, rather, they are=20
 >Windows keystrokes, and should work with any screen reader.
 >
 >All the best
 >
 >At 14:28 04/08/2004, Ian Macrae spake these words of wisdom  >Okay, done
 >that thanks.  It took me across to the panel but it didn't  >allow me to
 >read using the arrow keys, nor did it begin reading  >automatically.
 >Next step please?  By the way, Because the version I'm  >using is
 >lisenced to BBC Technology and was installed by their rep from  >their
 >CD, I don't have the manual to look it up in. =3D20  >  >Cheers now.  >
 >>Ian  >  >-----Original Message-----
 > >From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
 >Behalf  >Of Hughs Mail
 > >Sent: 04 August 2004 14:17
 > >To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > >Subject: [access-uk] Re: JAWS HELP HELP
 > >
 > >
 > >See what the F 6       key will do=3D20
 > >
 > >For email use hugh.megarry@xxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
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 > >All the best for now=3D20
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 > >Email hugh.megarry@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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 > >=3D20
 > >
 > >-----Original Message-----
 > >From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
 >Behalf  >Of Ian Macrae
 > >Sent: 04 August 2004 14:12
 > >To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > >Subject: [access-uk] JAWS HELP HELP
 > >
 > >
 > >Hi all,
 > >Having been a JFW user only for about five years now and having just
 >had  >V5 put on to my machine here at work, I thought it was time to try
 >to  >really get to know the shark instead of busking my way through as I
 >have  >been.  So, can anyone tell me how you navigate the Jaws help
 >screens?  >I've opened up Jaws Help topics from the Jaws window and am
 >confronted  >with a list which runs down a side panel on the left of the
 >screen. When  >I enter on a particular section as I go down that list, a
 >larger window  >on the right contains the associated text.  But I can't
 >figure out how  >to get across to that window.  I've tried tabbing and
 >that doesn't work.  >Neither does arrowing.  And neither does entering
 >again on the opened  >topic.  So what do I have to do?  >  >Cheers now.
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