Re: Reading the desktop with Windows 7

  • From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:43:38 -0900

It would be pretty simple to write a script that puts the desktop into
a single long column.  I wrote a program today that does it, but a
jaws script would be a better answer.

Not a good solution if you have your desktop icons in an order that
makes sense to you though.

On 1/24/10, Dianne B. Phelps <d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was told to go to a blank place in the desktop and tap right arrow and go
> through that menu to find "classic View". Mine reads just fine. I do notice
> with some of these things though the selections are listed, they appear in
> two columns as best I can tell and when I arrow right or left, I enter the
> second column.
>
> Dianne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Dave Carlson
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:26 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Reading the desktop with Windows 7
>
> Any possibility that this is related to the screen resolution?
>
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ann Byrne" <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 07:15
> Subject: Reading the desktop with Windows 7
>
>
> Items on my desktop are in a list, which is the way I like
> them.  However, JAWS reads only seven of the nine items in the
> list.  If I press the first character of an invisible item it will
> show, leaving some of the others invisible.  Shouldn't JAWS just
> happily arrow through the whole stinkin' list???
>
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