Re: a Jaws dictionary question

  • From: "Tippy" <tippy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:10:58 -0600

Troy,
  Did you do it as a single application rule or as a global application.
  Tippy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Troy Burnham" <tburnham@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: a Jaws dictionary question


> Bruce,
> So are you saying that what I did should've worked?  If so any idea why it
> didn't?
>
> I opened the dictionary with insert-d and pressed spacebar on the add
> button, then in the first field I put the two-word nickname with a space
> between the words, then I tabbed down and as my replacement I put a single
> word then okayed it.  It sounds like what you did but after doing it have
> you gone to a web page to see if Jaws reads it correctly or whether Jaws
> says y every time it sees a space?
> Troy
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: a Jaws dictionary question
>
>
> I didn't think so either, so I thought I'd try it before sticking my neck
> out.
>
> In a Word document, I wrote the sentence
>
> I love New York is a great guy.
>
> I then created an entry in the dictionary to change
>
> I love New York
>
> to
>
> Bruce
>
> After saving, I went to my Word document, and it applied the rule I had
> created. The things you learn.
>
> Bruce
>
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> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Gene Stevens wrote:
>
> > I don't think you can replace a phrase with a word. I mean you'd have to
> > assign a new word for each old one if that makes sense.
> >
> >
> > Gene Stevens
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> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricque" <ricque@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: a Jaws dictionary question
> >
> >
> >>  Hi Troy,
> >>  The best thing to do, is go back to the dictionary manager, and
closely
> >>  study the changes you made.
> >>  The answer is probably in your modifications.
> >>  Ricque
> >>  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy Burnham" <tburnham@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>  To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>  Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:34 AM
> >>  Subject: a Jaws dictionary question
> >>
> >>
> >>  Hi All,
> >>  Some of you know that I play games on the AllInPlay web site.  I have
> >>  tried
> >>  to enter some of the nicknames used on the site into the Jaws
dictionary
> >>  so
> >>  that I can change them to something else because the name is either
> >>  annoying
> >>  or too long, but I'm running into a problem with names that are two or
> >>  more
> >>  words because I put the entire name in and replace it with just one
> >> word,
> >>  but after I exit the dictionary and save my changes, from then on Jaws
> >>  says
> >>  y whenever it sees a space on any web site that I go to.  Is there any
> >> way
> >>  to solve this problem?  This occurs in Jaws 6.0 6.1 and 6.2, I haven't
> >>  tried
> >>  it in 7.0 because for one thing I'm not even using 7.0 and I doubt
that
> >> it
> >>  would make a difference anyway.
> >>
> >>  Thanks in advance for any solutions to this problem.
> >>  Troy
> >>
> >>
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