the parent window is the main application, MS word in this case. the child
window is the document that appears when you start word. you can close word
with alt-f4, which, if you have a document open, closes the document as well
as the application. however, you can also do control-f4, which just closes
the current document you are working on, reading, etc. this still leaves
word open. if you do insert-t with jaws now you will hear jaws say "title
equals microsoft word." does this make sense? maybe there is a definition in
the jaws glossary. this is the best I can do. I think that the child window
and parent window are called as such because the document cannot be open
without the application being in the background...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: maximizing the child window in ms word
Hi,
Pressing control N opens what generally is called a new document. If I've
cleared the previous document from the screen but left Word running with
just its menu line, status bar and tool bar still framing the screen, to me,
*that* is the one and only window involved. So when I press Control N to
start a new document, or load a preexisting document using the Open (control
O or Files menu) command, then a new document appears in the empty window,
ready for editing. I don't know what this has to do with parent windows and
child windows. I have a feeling it refers to some way in which I don't
ordinarily use Word. Hope someone will explain accurately
thank you. I believe this is not at all unrelated to Jaws, because, unable
to see the screen clearly, I have only Jaws with which to interpret what's
on it as I hear Jaws speak the program's announcements to me. That's a
pretty intimate connection.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <godsquad@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: maximizing the child window in ms word
I know that this isn't Jaws, but what on earth is a child window? Is that
the window that comes up when you hit ctrl+n in Word?
Ben
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <bcsarah.fan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "JAWS List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: maximizing the child window in ms word
I never knew there existed such an option, but apparently you can maximize
just the child window in word. I thought that doing alt-space x maximized
everything, but now I don't know what it maximizes anymore. someone sighted
said maximize your document, and I was unsure of how to do this. then they
clocked on it with the mouse and said "there. it's maximized." is there a
way to maximize the parent and child windows separately?
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