RE: help with jfw 5 and Microsoft Word
- From: "emarquette" <emarquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:11:19 -0500
I don't see how FS can simply stick their collective heads in the sand
about the 5.0 video problems.
On exactly the same machine I get dramatically better reading
performance from 4.51. For example, the buttons in the MS Word XP spell
checker are not labeled in 5.0. They are in 4.5
The file list in the WordPad file dialog box won't read at all with 5.0.
The file listing in the Word XP dialog skips and jumps around in 5.0.
It reads perfectly in 4.51.
The only thing 5.0 does better than 4.51 does is to read bookmarks in MS
Word XP.
There have been numerous messages on this list about the broken video
in 5.0. One person even went through some completely complex and
convoluted (hats off to him) process for installing 4.51's video with
5.0.
That's way beyond me.
I have sent FS numerous email messages about this problem. I received
one automated reply from technical support thanking me for my inquiry.
Manners are appreciated, but a real solution is what I was looking for.
Meanwhile, I happily use 4.51 most of the time.
Ed Marquette
930 West 34th St.
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 561- 7111
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Tom Reid
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:06 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: help with jfw 5 and Microsoft Word
Hi Ed,
interested in your comment that there are lots of video errors in jaws 5
compared to 4..
Have you raised this with F S.
I've had to keep 4.5 just because jaws 5 will not read access 97 as well
as it does. When I raised that one, I was told that there was no more
development work going to be done with access 97.
I had bought smas so would have had to upgrade anyway, but, there is a
warning to people.
If you've got a choice, don't just upgrade without looking at what you
are getting.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "emarquette" <emarquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:52 AM
Subject: RE: help with jfw 5 and Microsoft Word
> You have identified three issues. I will address them in order. 1.
> JFW indeed will say the word over and over again if it is surrounded
> by punctuation marks. If there is a way to fix it, I am unaware of
> it. That's just the way Word functions. WordPerfect, by contrast,
> considers all the stuff between spaces to be a single word. Just keep
> on pressing JAWS and the arrow keys, knowing the word is repeated
> because it has to swollow each of the punctuation marks.
>
> 2. There are several ways to get attribute information:
> A. When on the suspect text, press JAWS key plus F. That will get
> you font information plus attribute information. Try pressing the key
> combination twice quickly. You get somewhat different information. B.
> Turn on attribute changes in the JAWS Verbosity menu, accessed by
> pressing JAWS key plus the V key. C. For a quick and dirty review of
> text (probably more than you want), but with attribute information
> articulated, press Alt plus JAWS key plus down arrow.
>
> 3. I don't think the functionality of 4.51 and 5.0 is different with
> respect to reading word at a time. As for 5.0 as compared to 4.51 in
> terms of video accuracy, there are lots of things 5.0 cannot do that
> 4.51 can. My advice is to keep 4.51 installed. When 5.0 refuses to
> give you information, dump it, and read with 4.51.
> Perhaps the video bugs in 5.0 will be fixed in 5.1.
>
>
> Ed Marquette
> 930 West 34th St.
> Kansas City, MO 64111
> (816) 561- 7111
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Terra Syslo
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:38 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: help with jfw 5 and Microsoft Word
>
>
> I am having some problems with JFW 5.0 and MS Word 2000. When I am
> reading by word jaws likes to read every word with punctuation in it
> twice, or more depending on how many punctuation symbols are in the
> word. Is there a way to make it quit doing this? Also, I am trying
> to put something in bold, and try and read it to see if it worked.
> Jaws is not saying when there are format changes. How do I fix this?
> It worked in 4.51. personal email: tsyslo@xxxxxxxxxxxx MSN Messenger:
> tlsyslo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx AOL instant messenger: drizzlecat
>
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