Re: Caution using Adobe with wide screen resolutions
- From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:21:30 -0600
I suggest, then, that you upgrade to Vista at your earliest convenience,
as apparently resolution is no longer an issue.
Bruce
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 13:59:39 -0500, "ptusing" <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> Hi,
> I appreciate your answer.
> My point is that resolutions like 1152 and 1280--and those are some of
> the
> resolutions thatsome on-board Adobe versions comewith on laptops--do not
> work with JAWS.
> You areright 1024 isthe best resolution; manufacturers want some laptop
> users of the wide screens to leave 1024 resolution and go higher which
> is
> why I postedmy comments.
> Tech Support is right in so far as JAWS works in 1280 etal,but the Adobe
> versions that are out there do not in my humble opinion.
> Many thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Caution using Adobe with wide screen resolutions
>
>
> > Hi. I'm not using a laptop at the moment, but here's an interesting
> > tidbit.
> > I'm using JAWS 8.0 on a monitor which supports 1024x768 resolutions, and
> > the interesting part is that when I wentdown to the *recommended* setting
> > of 800x600 resolution, JAWS would not read much of anything, and when it
> > did it was very hit or miss. so i went right back to the 1024x768
> > resolution, and all appears to be fine.
> > So I dunno if it's entirely an Adobe issue, but it would appear that
> > something was amiss there.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11:48 AM 2/8/2007, you wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>I am in the middle of a huge mess after following instructions from 2
> >>companies and
> >>this is why I am posting this.
> >>
> >>If any one else has this problem, call the highest person you can find at
> >>F S Tech Support and start praying.
> >>
> >>I finally found a person who was a contractor with ADobe and that person
> >>(not me) said ADobe requires resolution 1024 by 768. Your wide screen
> >>laptop may run fine
> >>with every other software so you might not notice the resolution is
> >>higher than the 1024 resolution.
> >>It is totally unclear if any ADobe versions run in the higher resolutions
> >>other than 1024 by 768.
> >>
> >>It appears this concept is totally new to Freedom Scientific and there
> >>are a lot of ADobe versions out there
> >>that are tauted to work with XP or with JAWS 7; I know of 3.
> >>
> >>I am not blaming any one and in general, my respect for F S Tech
> >>Support is high.
> >>
> >>What is needed is feedback from others running into this problem.
> >>
> >>My real suggestion is that one use 1024 with ADobe.
> >>
> >>Also, get a giant bottle of Excedrin.
> >>
> >>I am now stuck unable to repair versions ofJAWS and MAGIC but 2 versions
> >>work.
> >>
> >>It is a darn shame but other than the ADobe issue,
> >>I think JAWS works in higher resolutions.
> >>
> >>By the way, the ADobe version specificfor laptops that is supposed to work
> >>in the higher resolutions does not work withJAWS well; there are
> >>conflicts.
> >>
> >>I do not feel stupid asI followed directions given me by every one and
> >>asked several people.
> >>
> >>I am in the wrong place at the wrong time and I think ADobe
> >>is the culprit.
> >>
> >>Have a great day.
> >>
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