If I were to disable the mouse pad thingie, if a sighted person was to need to
use my machine, I
would have to enable it again wouldn't I as sighted people, generally, are lost
if they haven't got
access to mouse functions.
Jewel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deanne Miller" <jawsstude...@gmail.com>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Josh:
On my XP machine, I found the disable button in the control pannel under
mouse, Device Settings. Pressing enter on Mouse should automatically open
the mouse properties. Control Tab to the Device Settings page. Tab to
disable and press Enter. Alternatively, you can tab to settings, press
Enter, arrow down to Sensitivity, right arrow to open the submenu, arrow
down to Touch Sensitivvity, press tab and arrow to the left to make the
touch pad less sensitive. The smaller the numbers, the less sensitive the
touch pad. Tab again and it should say something like Heavy Touch. Tab
again and press Enter on Okay, and your touch pad will be much less likely
to pick up on you lightly touching it by mistake, or sense your wrist moving
over the top of it.
Just a side note: you can sometimes find the pointing device in your system
tray. Press enter on it, Enter again on properties, Control tab to Device
Settings, and you're in the same menu to either disable it or change the
sensitivity.
Hope this helps,
Deanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh" <lawdog...@comcast.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
> Speaking of the mouse pad on laptops is there a way to turn this feature
> off in settings? If I can turn it off then I can see if maybe I am the
> cause of Jaws jumping around.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wild.flower" <wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
>
>
>>I have had this happen to me off and on with the past few versions of
>>JAWS. For me it is not a JAWS issue. I use a laptop and there is a touch
>>pad for visual users to use to move the mouse around. There is also a
>>small button just above that touch pad that turns this touch pad on and
>>off. If I do not have the mouse touch pad turned off and I accidentally
>>touch the pad while typing, browsing or anything else the cursor will jump
>>focus and screw me all up and put me in a place I don't want to be. I
>>found that as long as I keep the mouse touch pad turned off, I never have
>>any problems keeping focus where I want it and everything works fine. I
>>hope this helps.
>>
>> Your friend,
>> Gena
>>
>> wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Deanne Miller" <jawsstude...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:16 PM
>> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
>>
>>> Sometimes when I'm writing an email, or writing in MS Word, the cursor
>>> will jump and all of a sudden I'm typing in the middle of the previous
>>> sentence or the previous paragraph. And I never know the cursor has
>>> moved until I review my text and find it all mixed up. It doesn't
>>> happen too often, but I can never figure out what makes the cursor jump
>>> like that. Has anyone else experienced this and, if so, is there any way
>>> to keep it from happening?
>>> Thanks for any help,
>>> Deanne
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>>
>>
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