Re: JAWS and links in Word documents
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:34:54 -0800
Jean,
Your first suggestion was the solution. I touched on the link with my up or
down arrow key movement, heard it speak, but then arrowed left and right
once. Now, so far as I can tell, it isn't as if I wasn't really on the link
to begin with. As I arrowed back and forth, I heard letters I had just
typed as I wrote out the link. But somehow Jaws doesn't let the cursor
effectively focus until you tweak it a little bit, like that. Then you hear
"Word is loading.." and so forth. Why Word needs to take credit for this,
or in what sense it's actually "loading" the web page (after all, it isn't
loading it into a Word document), I don't know. But just so it works.
Thanks. And Happy Thanksgiving.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS and links in Word documents
Yardbird.
About links in Word that you think don't activate. It could be that
you're not really positioned on the link. When arrowing up or down and
Jaws says Hyperlink when you come to a line that is a link, try arrowing
left or right to make sure you are actually on the link itsef. Also,
although I'm not sure if this is necessary in this case, but it might
be, make sure Background Open of Web Pages is checked under Tools,
Options, General tab.
Not sure if that's what your problem is, but it's a good start.
Jean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS and links in Word documents
> Not as far as I know. I've never done anything deliberately to allow
> this
> to happen. Here's something interesting, though; unlike on the Web
> or in
> an email, when jaws announces a link in a Word document and I click on
> it,
> it doesn't ncessarily activate. But that's another issue, and not one
> I
> have much concern about although I'd be curious to understand what's
> happening.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Czuy" <dczuy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: JAWS and links in Word documents
>
>
> Hello Yardbird:
>
> JAWS doesn't announce links in Word documents for me, but it does
> online.
> What settings are there in JAWS to allow it to read links in Word
> documents?
> Do I also have to modify a setting in Word?
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Derek Czuy
> E-mail and Windows Messenger: dczuy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web Site: http://www3.telus.net/public/dczuy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:54 PM
> Subject: Re: JAWS and links in Word documents
>
>
>> yes. Jaws should simply say "link," the way it does when it
>> encounters an
>> active link online or within an email message. It works this way on
>> my
>> computer, anyway (XP Home, Word 2000, Jaws 6.2). Aren't links
>> speaking
>> for
>> you, this way?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Derek Czuy" <dczuy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:51 PM
>> Subject: JAWS and links in Word documents
>>
>>
>> Hello list members:
>>
>> When reading Word documents line by line with the up and down arrows
>> or
>> using Say All, is there a way to have JAWS tell you when links are
>> encountered?
>>
>> Yours truly,
>>
>> Derek Czuy
>> E-mail and Windows Messenger: dczuy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Web Site: http://www3.telus.net/public/dczuy
>>
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