Hi: Eric can correct me if I'm wrong, but last I knew, FS didn't recommend using Word in Outlook or OE to compose email.
Annette wrote: > Sorry for sending the wrong info for this topic. My fingers got out of > control and I pasted my response in the wrong message. > > Annette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Annette > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:55 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] text in Ms word and outlook express gets lost > > I frequently have problems with JAWS not speaking portions of a word or > line, entire lines, and multiple lines when in MS-Word and composing an > e-mail in Outlook. I think it is a video conflict with JAWS and the > computer. Here is what I do when I encounter these problems. I start with > the first item on the below list, and if that does not fix the problem I > move on down the list. > > I have a theory that the mouse is some how interfering with the info JAWS is > trying to retrieve to read. So I repeatedly move the mouse in a upward or > downward direction to move it off of the area where I am trying to work. Of > course I haven't an idea where the mouse is moving to, but my goal is to > move it to the top or bottom of the screen. My thought is that there is > less chance that it will interfere with what I am doing. > > Use Insert+ESC to refresh the screen. > > Select the word, phrase, line, paragraph that you are having trouble reading > Then use Insert+ESC to try refreshing the screen. > > Use Alt+Tab to move away from the program and then move back to the program. > > Insert+F4 to unload JAWS, and then Control+Alt+J to reload it. Before > doing this, make sure the version of JAWS that you are using has the > Control+Alt+J short cut set up. > > Close the document that you are working on and then re-open it. > > Exit out of the program and then reload it. > > If all of these tricks fail, give up on it for now and come back later, > after a system reboot. > > Font size can also effect how JAWS reads. I have found that Arial 12 works > well. > > Also check your view. I prefer to use "Print Layout" in MS-Word in either > Full-page or Page width view. > This is not the recommended view from FS. I do this because at work we deal > with a lot of text formatting and my co-workers find "Normal layout" to be a > problem. > > HTH, > Annette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of leonard morris > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:20 PM > To: jaws > Subject: [JAWS-Users] text in Ms word and outlook express gets lost > > I am using jaws 8 and for several months I noticed that occasionally in MS > word documents or while sending or replying to an email using outlook > express the text on the screen gets lost. I can only hear jaws say blank > blank blank as I arrow up and down. Sometimes if I unload and load jaws the > text comes back. However, I often must switch to an alternative screen > reader to continue reading/writing the text. This strange behavior has not > happen yet with the alternate screen readers I have on my computer. Any > ideas how to fix this issue? Thanks. > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
