Re: Frustrating problem with jaws and word processing
- From: "Jerry Neufeld" <jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:19:12 -0500
Hello TerriLynne,
It sounds as though you may need to maximize your screens when working with
documents. Unless maximized, Jaws is very balky about scrolling and, more
often than not, will come to a gradual stop, much as you describe.
Good luck.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "TerriLynne" <terri_lynne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:17 PM
Subject: Frustrating problem with jaws and word processing
> Hi all,
> I am so frustrated with word processing and jaws. This is a problem that
> has started in the last month or two, and I don't know what caused it.
> Whether I am in MSWord, wordpad, or notepad, jaws is only happy reading
> the top four or five lines. After that, it is a real trial to get it to
> read anything. I have to hit the down arrow several times, doing it
> quickly twice in a row at least once, or more likely twice. Then it allows
> me to go down, but it still doesn't read the line. I have to go up and
> back down a couple of times for every couple of lines. And there is no
> getting to the bottom of a document. CtrlEnd doesn't get there. Page down
> can take me some way down, but if the document is long, even this won't
> work.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions?
>
> Sign me desperate. Smile.
>
> TerriLynne
>
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