Hello Mike,
It sounds like you are asking for general information that explains what
toolbars are and how to access them using JAWS.
I will use Microsoft Word for examples, but the information below does not
apply to Microsoft Word 2007.
In addition to having a menu bar, many programs also have one or more
toolbars that are generally found near the top of the program's window. The
toolbars give people the ability to use a mouse to click on a function that
they want to do instead of having to search through levels of menus or
dialog boxes to perform the functions. The toolbars are usually positioned
horizontally from left to right and quite often are positioned just under
the menu bar. There are programs that have toolbars positioned vertically.
A toolbar can have several small graphical pictures and might or might not
be labeled with text labels. An example of a toolbar is the standard
toolbar in Microsoft Word. A few of the choices on the standard toolbar are
"New blank document", Open, save, print, "mail recipient", "spell checking"
among others. Mouse users can move the mouse across the toolbar and click
on the choice for the function they want performed.
There are many toolbars included in some programs. Quite often toolbars can
be made active by going under a view menu with Alt-V, using the up or down
arrow to find the toolbar choice, using right arrow to move into the toolbar
submenu and then using up or down arrows to find the toolbar you want. In
Microsoft Word there will be several toolbars. If you want to work with
forms then press enter on the forms toolbar choice. If you want to work
with drawing tools then press enter on that choice. The standard and
formatting toolbars in Microsoft Word should be left checked. When using up
or down arrows through the toolbars submenu listen for whether an item is
checked or not. If it is checked it is already active and in use. Simply
press enter on a choice to reverse the status, in other words if it says
checked and you press enter you will remove the toolbar from the screen and
visa versa.
In Microsoft Word to access a toolbar that is active first press Alt or Alt
with an underlined letter on the menu bar to move to the menus. After
moving to the menu bar use the keystroke CTRL+tab to cycle between available
toolbars and the menu bar. You will learn which choices are on what
toolbars and what to listen for to know it is the toolbar you want. For
example, you listen for "New blank document" to know you are on the standard
toolbar.
Once on the toolbar you want you can use right and left arrows to move
across the toolbar. Pressing enter on a choice performs the function. For
example, if you right arrow across the standard toolbar to the "E-mail
recipient" button and press enter, the headers to fill in for your E-mail
message will appear.
In HTML formatted E-mail, help systems, Internet browsers like Internet
Explorer, etc., you access an active toolbar by using Insert-F8, (the insert
key on the number pad when the numlock key is off with the function key 8).
When the toolbar appears then you can up and down arrow to choices.
It is important to remember that most things a person uses the toolbars for
can be accomplished by using menus or with hotkeys. This isn't always true
though.
This has been a quick general overview or synopsis of what a toolbar is
and how to access toolbars using JAWS. Let me know if I can clarify any of
the points I made.
Brian Lee
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Barbara Brunner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 7:03 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Information on using Tool Bar
> Hi All,
> Could someone please tell me where I can get information on the Tool Bar
> or
> Bars, how to use it, navigate it, and just its overall functions? I know
> this sounds like a stupid question but, to me the only stupid question is
> the one that isn't asked. I just haven't found anybody that has been able
> to explain it to me so that I can get a real grasp of it.
>
> Thanks Much,
>
> Mike
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