Shift+Enter did not work. But something in the back of my mind says that Shift+Enter was for something else.
-----Original Message----- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kimsan Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 10:55 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Cannot activate some links in I.E. 8 Have u tried shift-enter to fource the links to open? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr" <amca...@verizon.net> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Cannot activate some links in I.E. 8 > This is what I am already doing, but I'd like to know why I have to do > this > and if there is a way that I can go back to just pressing enter on the > link. > > Annette > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of kerryn > gunness > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:43 PM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Cannot activate some links in I.E. 8 > > u can try, navigating to the link, press application key, arrow down to > open > in new window and press enter, that link would open in a new i e window. > > Kerryn Gunness > Death and life are in the power of the tongue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annette Carr" <amca...@verizon.net> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:16 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Cannot activate some links in I.E. 8 > > >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> I have been finding a number of websites in which I am unable to activate >> the links on that page. When I hear JAWS announce that I am on a link, I >> press the Enter key. In more and more situations, nothing happens. I >> have >> tried using the applications key and have found that Open is not a choice >> on >> the menu until I have attempted at least once to use the Enter key to >> activate the link without success. So the sequence looks like this: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> . Navigate to the desired link >> >> . Activate the application menu and find that open is not on the >> menu. >> >> . Press Escape to close the applications menu. >> >> . Ensure that I am really on the link. >> >> . Press the Enter key to try and activate the link. >> >> . If nothing happens, activate the applications key. >> >> . Select Open, Open in new tab or Open in new window, and then >> press >> the Enter key. >> >> . The link is now activated and the new page is opened. >> >> >> >> I am using I.E. 8, Office 2010, and JAWS 12 on a Windows7 64bit computer. >> I've even tried JAWS 11. I have not gotten around to trying JAWS 13. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have any ideas to why this is happening? Is it a JAWS issue, >> an >> I.E. issue or a Security setting? Is there a way to change it? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Annette >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
