Hello Carol,
You have two additional options for viewing the manual: first is the CHM
edition which is included with Window-Eyes. To reach it, go to the Help
menu, choose Documentation, followed by Manual. Additional versions,
including single-page HTML, are available at
http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Manual/.
Additionally, our Window-Eyes tutorial covers all of the most important
concepts, features, and keystrokes and may also help you acclimate to
our product. Like our manual, it is available for download from
http://www.gwmicro.com/Audio_Video_Archive/Window-Eyes_Tutorials/.
On the whole, we recommend new users learn the Window-Eyes default
keystrokes for two reasons: 1) they provide a consistent layout which
we officially support, and 2) the design philosophy behind all screen
readers differs, and thus there is never an exact match between commands
and screen reader operation. With that said, we provide an app called
JAWS Quick Key (accessed with Insert-J) which lets you press a JAWS
command, and if applicable, hear the Window-Eyes equivalent.
Let us know if you have any other questions.
Regards,
Steve
On 6/29/2011 5:39 PM, Carol Pearson wrote:
Hi all,
I tried several times with earlier versions of WindowEyes to get past
the question of sets and when to save which ... and always became
confused and eventually returned to "the only other alternative at that
time". This means that I haven't upgraded since WE 5. However, I have
recently installed the latest demo and am really enjoying it this time
around.
First, the Tips are a new feature to me and I find them helpful. It
would be good if they could be placed in various orders, according to
preference, so you could go from very elementary upwards or take at
random, as appears to be the case at present. I know this would create
more work for GW staff, but I'd personally like to find I understand the
tips and find them worth looking at when I first see them ... Anyway,
even if this is not altered, I like the idea.
I notice from the text copy of the manual that, although items have
headers, you can't of course search very well to find the next header.
Are there any copies of the manual which enable you to do this? I have
found I don't want to read everything and would like to be able to see
quite quickly exactly what's in the manual and to find parts again with
ease. (I prefer working with manuals than with Help menus.)
Finally I understand about the set files now, so I'm really keen to go
further this time. With this in mind, I'd be interested to hear from
others who used Jaws about their trancision to WindowEyes, whether it's
better to completely move to new concepts, new keystrokes etc. and leave
the old behind, or if it really is a good idea to rearrange all the
keystrokes so you're using old and familiar? I'm thinking that I'd
rather do the former but would be interested to know what has worked for
others.
I'm sure I'll have more questions and comments to come but, for now, I'm
just going on learning some more.
--
Carol Pearson (known to many friends as Carol P)
UK
--
Stephen Clower
Product support specialist
GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com
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