Marilyn, If you go to the desktop and then press the windows key, you get to an edit field. If you then arrow down, you'll find a list of all of the programs that are in the computer, pretty much like what you have in XP. Doesn't that happen for you?
Miriam -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Walker Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 8:06 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? Ok. this is what I want: a list of desktop items. All of the arrowing gets me no where. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <ricjust...@jaws-users.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : Hi Marilyn, : Unless you use a third-party program : designed to change the GUI (graphical user interface), it's not going to : happen. : The only thing available in "classic" in Windows 7 is the appearance of : the Desktop. : The plus with Win7 over Win8 is that 7 still has menus in Windows Explorer, : 8 does not. : Windows 7 does not give any option to change the start menu as in Windows XP : and Vista, but there is no need to be afraid of it, : just takes a little getting used to. : I don't find navigating it any faster as others have claimed : I work mainly from the start menu, and can still operate much quicker with : the Windows XP start menu. : HTH, : Rick Justice : : Tomorrow's another day, another way! : and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Marilyn Walker" <mlw1...@sbcglobal.net> : To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:09 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : : : I was hoping Kelsey would tell us about classic view. Maybe others call it : something else or Microsoft does. Marilyn : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Mich" <mi...@eastlink.ca> : To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 10:21 PM : Subject: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : : :: Hi I to would like to know about classic view in windows 7 to please. the :: only thing I have seen about a classic view is a program called windows :: shell classic or something. is that what we are talking about? from Mich. :: ----- Original Message ----- :: From: "Marilyn Walker" <mlw1...@sbcglobal.net> :: To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> :: Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:25 PM :: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7 :: :: :: > Is there a link to "classic view" that I could use? Marilyn :: > ----- Original Message ----- :: > From: "Kelsey Nicolay" <piano.girl0...@gmail.com> :: > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> :: > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 6:55 PM :: > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7 :: > :: > :: > : Hello, :: > : Xp was great, but windows 7 is very accessible. What you need to :: > : do is have someone change everything over to classic view. This :: > : will make everything look and behave just like xp. I did this :: > : when I was using vista and use windows 7 now and my cousin did :: > : that for me. It works great. You don't even know it's windows :: > : 7. Give it a try and let me know how it goes. :: > : As a word of caution, if you are using an earlier version of :: > : JAWS, you may find that it is not fully compatible. I han into :: > : this issue when I got windows 7 last year. I was using a version :: > : of JAWS 11 that was not fully supported, so I was getting some :: > : error messages, but JAWS still worked. My cousin just called :: > : Freedom Scenentific and they let him download a newer update that :: > : fixed the problem. So like I said, use windows 7 in classic :: > : view. :: > : :: > : 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/ 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/
