[bksvol-discuss] Re: turning off insert mode with jaws in Word

  • From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:03:47 -0600

Oh, my instructions are how to do it with a laptop.

Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 12:28 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: turning off insert mode with jaws in 
Word


Lissi:

U hit your extended insert key on accident, e.g., the 1 on the 6 pack
of cursor keys to the left of the home key--& all u need to do is hit
it again to turn it off--it's a toggle.

On 12/15/07, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Booksharian Friends,
>
> Two nights ago while validating in Microsoft word 2003, I think, 
> with JAWS
> 8.0, without meaning to change things, letters began disappearing 
> when I
> tried to edit. When I inserted a letter, the letter following it
> disappeared, so each change created a new problem.
>
> I found a more time consuming way to continue working by moving to a 
> new
> line and inserting what I needed where no letters followed and then 
> using
> backspace to reconnect the word.
>
> Since I know Jamie works in word, I asked her off list about the 
> problem and
> she guessed I'd somehow gotten into something called insert mode 
> which I'd
> never heard of but which sounded like a probable cause of my 
> problem.
>
> I searched through Word's menus and couldn't figure out what I 
> should
> change. Then I wondered if there was a JAWS related command I should 
> be
> using.
>
> By closing my validation file, shutting down my computer and 
> restarting, the
> problem disappeared on its own.
>
> Does anyone know how I can turn insert mode off if this should 
> happen again.
> It has happened before, but then I just shut down without asking 
> about a
> solution.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
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