I am generally slow about new versions of Jaws.
I will try this one now.

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> On Apr 13, 2015, at 5:23 PM, Michal Nowicki via Jfw <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Are you using the latest update to JAWS 16?  Last week, FS released a minor 
> update, which, among other fixes, addressed accuracy in reporting color.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Marquette 
> via Jfw
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 4:50 PM
> To: Donna Hardy; 'The Jaws for Windows support list.'
> Subject: Colors with JAWS 16 using Track Changes in Word 2010
> 
> We use track changes in our practice, and it is sometimes important to 
> distinguish colors in track changes.  The standard defaults, in MS Word 2010, 
> are RED and strikethrough for deleted text and Blue and double underlining 
> for added text.  For psychological reasons, clients don’t like to send 
> documents with lots of red.  So, I have changed my track change colors, as 
> per the “review” ribbon.  Unfortunately, I have learned that, despite the 
> colors set on my computer, the recipient’s computer will change them, 
> particularly if “track changes” are shown “by author.”
> 
> That caused me to explore.  I sent a document from my Windows 7 (JAWS 15) 
> computer to my Windows 8.1 JAWS 16) computer.
> 
> Deletions on the Windows 7 (JAWS 15) computer indicated the proper colors for 
> deletes and additions.
> 
> On my Windows 8.1 (JAWS 16) computer, the colors were either “Black on White” 
> or “black on black.”
> 
> I got the same read-out from JAWS, whether I used JAWS Key plus 5 or JAWS Key 
> plus f to check the colors.
> 
> Is JAWS 16 simply defective when it comes to detecting track change colors?
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