Hi,
I'd just like to reassure anyone who wants to acquire more skill with
Internet Explorer 7 that if you just seek out the
instructions/documentation
both in the help files of IE and online at Microsoft pages produced
specifically to explain how to use the browser, you can find nearly
anything
you need to know. Control D, for instance, which puts up the Add Bookmark
function, is clearly explained, as is Alt I for putting up the Favorites
list, Control H/Control Shift H for toggling the History pane and on and
off, and many more things. The whole deal, actually.While it's surely good
to have tutorial services available in various forms from various sources,
it's also worthwhile knowing that instructions for how to use the browser
by
keyboard as we screen reader folks do are available. right on our own
computers, without need of intermediaries. When I finally decided to
upgrade
from IE 6 to IE 7, I found to my relief that all this information was
there,
and I systematically studied it and learned the new commands and routines
of
the popular browser. I forgot the URLs of some of the online Microsoft
information I read up on back then, but I think I can say with some
certainty that most of what someone needs in order to gain fluency with IE
7
is right there in the well organized help system of the browser. Sometimes
it seems that many users must be unaware of this, so I'm encouraging
people
to take a look at IE Help before concluding that the application is so
complex and esoteric that you necessarily will have to seek out special
instruction. Take a few minutes at a time, or a well-spent hour, or
whatever, and check it out. Much of the mystery will just go away.
Good luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Medlar" <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 4:51 AM
Subject: Re: Internet Explorer key stroke
Hi Marsha and all,
Another good key in IE is control+d which adds the current link to your
favorites.
I learned about alt+d in an audible cassette tutorial on IE that I
purchased
from Freedom Scientific in year 2001 or so. Another good resource for
learning Jaws is the Iowa School for the Blind. I think a tutorial is
about
$25 or so.
But I am learning so much by subscribing to this list. So thanks
everyone.
Ann
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marsha" <marcatony@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: Internet Explorer key stroke
The Alt+D is a windows command not a Jaws command. I used the computer
about five years before Jaws, when I had my DH as a screen reader, and I
always used the Alt+d.
Marsha
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