Hello sir, Is there any such recommendation for windows7 with jaws available? Regards Jyotsna
On 6/28/10, BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA <bsvermad...@gmail.com> wrote: > hello accessindia! > > here i am pasting recommended settings by freedom scientific for windows, > internet explorer and outlook express. i am not a technical person, so, i > can't guarantee, whether it will completely work with yor system or not. i > use these settings and found working fine with me. please go through the > entire documentation and follow the instructions: > > Windows XP and JAWS > > This topic discusses settings changes we recommend you make when using JAWS > > in Windows XP Home or Professional. You must be logged in with > > administrative rights to make several of these changes. > > Many of these settings are changed within Control Panel. To open Control > > Panel, press the WINDOWS KEY to open the Start Menu, move to Control Panel, > > and press ENTER. Depending on your system settings, Control Panel either > > opens in a separate window, or the Control Panel items open as a sub-menu. > > We recommend making changes in the following areas: > > a. Display Properties > > b. Folder Options > > c. Start Menu > > d. Windows Explorer > > e. System Performance > > Display Properties > > 1. From the Control Panel, move to "Display" and press Enter. > > 2. From the themes combo box, select Windows XP. > > 3. In the List of backgrounds on the Desktop page, choose Bliss. > > 4. Set Position to "Stretch." > > 5. In the Screen Saver combo box on the Screen Saver page, press HOME to > > select none. > > 6. On the Appearance page, set Windows and Buttons to Windows classic > > style. > > 7. Set Color Scheme to Windows Standard. > > 8. Set Font to normal. > > 9. Close the dialog. > > Note: After making these changes, the Display page Themes combo box says > > "Modified Theme." > > Folder Options > > 1. From the Control Panel, press ALT+T to go to the Tools menu. > > 2. Press O for Folder Options. > > 3. From the Tasks radio button group, select Use Windows Classic folders. > > 4. (Optional): > > 1. On the View page, move to the Advanced Settings tree view. > > 2. Clear the Hide Extensions For Known File Types check box. > > 3. If you also use screen magnification software, clear the Show pop-up > > description for folder and desktop items check box. Pop up descriptions > > often hides the menu item just below any given menu item, making it > > impossible to visually see the next item in the menu list. > > 4. Move to the Apply to All Folders button and press SPACEBAR. > > 5. Select Yes in the dialog that opens to acknowledge this change. > > 5. Move to the OK button in the Folder Options dialog box and press > > SPACEBAR to close this dialog box. > > Start Menu > > 1. From Control Panel, Move to Taskbar and Start menu and press ENTER. > > 2. From the Taskbar page, press ALT+G to move to and uncheck Group > > Similar Taskbar Buttons. > > 3. Press ALT+H to move to and uncheck the check box for Hide inactive > > icons. > > 4. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Start Menu page. > > 5. Select Classic start menu. > > 6. Press ENTER to close this dialog box. > > Windows Explorer > > 1. Press WINDOWS KEY+E to open Windows Explorer. > > 2. Press ALT+V to open the View menu. > > 3. Select "Arrange Icons by" and press ENTER to open the submenu. > > 4. Move to the menu item "Name" to arrange by Name, and Press ENTER to > > select this and close the menus. > > 5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, and move to the item "Show in Groups." If it is > > checked, press ENTER to uncheck it and close the menus. > > 6. Press ALT+T to open the Tools menu. > > 7. Press O to open the Folder Options Dialog. > > 8. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the View page. > > 9. Press SPACEBAR to activate the "Apply to all folders" button, and > > press SPACEBAR on the YES button to acknowledge this change. > > 10. Move to the OK button and press SPACEBAR to close this dialog box. > > System Performance > > 1. From the Control Panel, move to System and press ENTER to open the > > System Properties Dialog. > > 2. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Advanced page. > > 3. Press ALT+S to activate the Performance Settings button. The > > Performance Options Dialog opens. > > 4. Clear the following check boxes: > > a. Animate Windows when Minimizing and Maximizing. > > b. Slide open Combo Boxes. > > c. Smooth-scroll List Boxes. > > d. Use Visual Styles on Windows and Buttons. > > 5. Press ENTER to close the Performance Options dialog and return to the > > System Properties dialog box. > > 6. Press ENTER to activate the OK button and close the System Properties > > dialog box. > > Internet Explorer and outlook express: > > If you want to use the Internet Explorer toolbar, you should include text > > labels on the buttons. To do this go to the Toolbars submenu under the View > > menu and choose customize and select Text Labels. There are several advanced > > options that should also be changed. Open the Internet Options dialog under > > the Tools menu and go to the Advanced page. Under The Accessibility Section, > > make sure the following are checked: > > > > · Move system caret with focus/selection changes. > > > > · Always expand all text for images. > > > > Under the Browsing section, make sure the following are not checked: > > > > · Show channel bar at startup. > > > > · Show friendly URLs. > > > > · Use smooth scrolling. > > > > · Enable page transitions. > > > > In the Accessibility dialog, make sure Ignore Colors Specified On Web Pages > > is checked. This dialog opens when you press the Accessibility button in the > > General page of the Internet Options dialog. > > > > Outllook Express. > > After installing Outlook Express, it is recommended that you specify your > > Inbox as the starting location of Outlook Express. To do this, open the > > Options dialog under the Tools menu. Move to the General page and check the > > box that reads, "When starting, go directly to my Inbox folder." For optimal > > functionality with JAWS, it will be necessary for the toolbar to be enabled. > > To do this, make sure that Toolbars is checked in layout under the View > > menu. Text labels for the Toolbar also need to be turned on. Go to the > > Layout dialog under the View menu. Hit enter on the customize toolbars > > button and make sure it specifies Show Text on toolbar. You can also > > disable the preview pane in this dialog if desired. The Preview pane is used > > to view messages automatically as you move up and down the message list. > > Uncheck Use preview pane to disable this feature. If you want to leave the > > preview pane enabled, but do not want messages to be marked as read > > automatically as they are updated in the preview pane, go to the Options > > dialog under the Tools menu. 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