Hi, Yes, this will. As I recall, Joseph in the original message gave the keystrokes for a desktop and a laptop in the message you are replying to. Hope this helps, Jeffrey Check out my blog! The URL is http://jeffreyshockley.livejournal.com "You learn something new every day!" "You can do anything if you put your mind to it!" "It is not what we see that determines who we are. It is how we choose to see it." --Doomed Dragon -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of marie peake Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:31 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Reading the status line in folders hi will this also work on a laptop from marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:42 AM Subject: re: Reading the status line in folders > Hi there, > Press JAWS Key (either Insert or CAPS Lock should work) and Page Down > (Numpad 3). > Cheers, > Joseph > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Cal" <yesitscal@xxxxxxxxx >>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Date sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:17:59 -0700 >>Subject: Reading the status line in folders > >>Hi! > >>I'd like to know what to do when I'm in the my documents folder, > or any folder for that matter, in order to get JAWS to read out the number > of files and >>the total size when I press the insert + page-down key to read > the status line. For instance, whereas before it would say X objects, X > mb, all I get now >>is the name of the last document which I assume is on the screen. > Hope someone >>can help. Thank you. > > > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: > http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx