Hello John! Hmmmm, you know, I don't remember her mentioning trying that and I never thought of it either. I will get back with her on this and have her give it a shot! Many thanks for your suggestion! Ed, At 04:56 PM 5/29/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Hey Ed, >I have a question for you,did she try to root either pc to jaws or what? >That just might correct her problem. >John Carvalho >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ed Thurston" <thurston@xxxxxxxxxx> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:29 PM >Subject: jfw skipping lines > > >Hello, > >I have a friend with an older computer running Windows 98 and using JFW >3.7, who is trying out for a job which requires her to check out obits in a >number of newspapers. However, when she uses the up and down arrows to >double check certain facts or to move on to the next entry, Jaws is >skipping a number of lines. > >She has called FS who walked her through her video options and all are >now set to optimun settings. > >If she gets the job, her employer will get her a new computer, but this is >a competitive placement and if she can't perform very well on this test, >she won't get the position. > >She has good computer skills and has used computers for years on her >previous job, but when the company went out of business, she had to begin >looking for another position. > >If she can just get the arrow keys to read the on line newspaper >properly, she feels that she has an excellent chance at the position. > >Now come on jaws users, give some serious thought to helping your fellow >jaws user to have a chance at obtaining that job by solving the blank >line problem. > >Many thanks and get the suggestions rolling in! > >Ed thurston > >-- >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 > > > >-- >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 > > -- 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