Hi Marilyn, Sorry if I confused you, yes, I am talking about the Windows XP operating system, and using the Classic start menu. Let me explain a little about that. In Windows XP and Vista, you had a choice of what start menu you wanted to use, either the classic, which refers to the Windows 98 start menu, or, the XP or Vista start menus respectively. You do not have that option in Windows 7 or 8, but you can customize the start menu in Windows 7 somewhat. I use the start menu in all versions of Windows that I have the same way, I arrow up and down, and when I come to the item I want, I just hit enter, it is the same as using the right arrow key. In Windows 7 after pressing the Windows key, the start menu will open, and the focus will be on the search box, at this point, if you up arrow, you should find all programs, just hit enter, and then you can arrow through your programs. If you have had someone put things on the start menu for you, when the focus is on the search box, just down arrow, and they should be there. You can have everything you want displayed as a list, it just has to be set that way just like in Windows XP. If you need more, just sing out. 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 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? So what you are saying is that you can work faster with the xp start menu but does it have to be the xp operating system (I call it my xp computer)? I''m with Gerald Levy on all of this and may just continue with xp. I bought my brother's win 7 with new scanner and printer when he moved to win 8. He likes 8 bevause he's an engineer and they always like complicated things!! 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/
