Re: [JAWS-Users] Help with creating fillable forms in Word 2010
Hi Brian! When you create forms in Word, are you able to export them to a PDF format, and have the controls stat in tact using the methods you described in your email? -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Brian Vogel Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 6:56 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Help with creating fillable forms in Word 2010 Fernando Gregoire wrote, in part: " Fortunately Word still has the option, in the Developer tab together with the new content controls, a split button called Legacy Control which allows you to insert a form field like the ones available in Word 2003 and earlier, which are backward compatible and more accessible with the keyboard and JAWS. " It's actually "Legacy Tools," but your central point still stands. I customize the ribbon to include the developer tab, if you need assistance with this it needs to be a message of its own. One can then get to the insert function for the various types of form fields with keyboard shortcuts, all of which start with ALT+L to throw focus to the Developer Tab, followed by N for the Legacy Controls area of the Controls Group, followed by one of the following: E for a text field H for a checkbox C for a dropdown form field (AKA a Combo Box) F for frame S for form field shading R for Reset form fields Remember, you need to be creating a Microsoft Word document template, a dotx file, not a docx regular document, and that when you are finished you will want to Protect the form from editing *except* for those fields where you want the end user to be able to type in data. You do that via ALT+L (Developer Ribbon), PE (Protect Item), then, under the "Editing Restrictions" section of the protection dialog check the checkbox for "Allow only this type of editing" in the document and selecting "Filling In Forms" from the associated dropdown associated with the checkbox, then hitting the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button. I far prefer the legacy controls to the current ones. Do keep in mind that as text fields get filled in the content will shift what's in the remainder of the form. As a result, I don't ever put text fields of indeterminate size next to one another, but on completely separate lines. Brian 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Excel cells now reading differently
Hi there! I have encountered some issues with Excel as well. I ended up having to reinstall the desktop application. I hate to say it, but you may have to do that. I noticed that there is a Windows app from the store called Excel. If this is installed, it will give you fits. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of George Martinez Sr Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 3:30 PM To: JAWS USERS Subject: [JAWS-Users] Excel cells now reading differently Hello all, I am using JAWS 2018 and Office 365 in Windows 10 1803. I have just noticed the last week or 2 a very annoying event in Excel. I have a Description in a cell as follows, "June 27 payroll draw" When I go to that cell and press F2 and begin to arrow right each time I arrow right JAWS reads me "June 27 payroll draw" instead of "J" then "U" etc. This is more than annoying because if I did not have a little residual sight I would have no way of knowing where the cursor is to delete the 7 and replace with 8. Is anyone else finding this in Excel recently? I feel like the little white ball bouncing between Microsoft and VFO's paddles of "improvement." George A. Martinez, Accountant 12231 N. 50th Ave. Glendale, AZ 85304 O-602.368.8854 F-1-888.822.0282 C-602.368.5424 "He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more; He who loses faith, loses all." Eleanor Roosevelt 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/
[JAWS-Users] Password screen still not working
Hi folks! I'm using the latest build of JAWS 2018, along with the latest build of Windows 10, and I still get no consistency with respect to JAWS speaking at the log on screen. This is getting to the point of annoying. Most times I have to start Narrator in order to log into my computer. Also, if I change my password for Office 365, and then try to log onto the Outlook desktop application, it crashes, the first time. When I relaunch the program, I have to press Insert plus F10 to find the Windows security option. I am able to find where to type in my Password, but the behavior is inconsistent. I'm hoping the engineers at VFO will address this issue soon. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[JAWS-Users] Issues with my braille display navigating an Excel spreadsheet
Good morning all! I wondered if anyone could help me with an issue I am experiencing with navigating an Excel workbook. I can use my PC to navigate to the cells, and my braille display will follow me. If I use the display to move through the columns though, it won't advance past the A column. I can scroll down by row using my braille display, but cannot scroll through the columns, and go from A to B to C etc. Is there a setting that I can change that will help me do this? Many thanks! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 18 and PDF?
Generally speaking, JAWS reads PDF files, provided they are created properly. The structure of the document has to include proper tags and other accessibility considerations, so that screen readers are able to read the information. Scanned images are most likely not going to be read by a screen reader, unless you perform some type of OCR, (Optical Character Recognition). This functionality is already built into JAWS. Certainly, in some cases, this works well, but in others, it is not ideal. For example, if you're trying to fill out paperwork that was sent to you as a scanned image, chances are, this will not work for you very well at all. While JAWS may read to you the information, you probably won't be able to determine where you should put requested informationlike your name, phone number etc. onto the document, if you can edit it at all. I have seen JAWS read documents that were not properly tagged for accessibility, and other times it doesn't read the file at all. It really depends on the type of file you're trying to read with Adobe, and what type of accessibility considerations were included by the author of said file. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Vicky Vaughan Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 3:23 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws 18 and PDF? Hi List, I am wondering if it is worth spending the money to upgrade to 18 from the latest 16. If you say that it can read PDFs without going through recognition steps, then, it will be worth it for me. Please let me know. Sincerely, Vicky Vaughan 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] NFL Game pass
I have found that it is one of the better options out there, along with Sirius XM. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of t Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 8:28 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] NFL Game pass nice to know I'm not the only one that uses tunein for games, yea -Original Message- From: Mike Mote Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 7:11 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] NFL Game pass I would like to see how this works, but I do not have an account, and I'm not really interested in paying what it costs to subscribe. I use the Tunein app for my NFL football listening experience, and find that it works very well. On 7/9/17, Terry Chaney wrote: > Curious as to if anyone else out there uses the NFL game pass. They've > changed things a lot to make it work better with phones and other > devices making getting archived audio a lot harder. I've completely > failed to make it work thus far but this has often been their history > with improvements later. If anyone else has had some success with > this year's iteration as it is I'd like to know. I've left a comment > and hope it isn't the only won. > > Terry Chaney > > P. S. using Jaws 18, windows 10 and Firefox. > > > 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] jaws 18 and outlook
Justin, that is an Outlook setting that you may want to change. When you're in Outlook, press Alt plus F and then the letter T to get into your options menu. Under the mail options, tab over until you hear JAWS say: display a desktop alert. uncheck the box. I hope this helps. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Justin Williams Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 12:44 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] jaws 18 and outlook I've noticed that jaws starts talking everytime an e-mail message comes in. How do I stop that? Justin 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Labeling buttons found when using the touch cursor
I tried routing my PC cursor to the touch cursor which was sitting on the button, and then tried to label the button, and still no go! I'm starting to think you can't label buttons like this either. -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Justin Williams Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 10:35 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Labeling buttons found when using the touch cursor That's the graphics labeler. Justin -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mauricio Molina Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 9:58 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Labeling buttons found when using the touch cursor Hi, My best guess is that you cannot create a custom label while using the touch cursor. In fact, I just tried pressing JAWS Key+Control+Tab while using the touch cursor and while focus was on a button and was told I could not create a custom label for the button, but when I located the same button when not using the touch cursor, everything worked as it should. HTH Mauricio -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike Mote Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 6:29 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Labeling buttons found when using the touch cursor Thanks it does help! When I tried to do what you suggested, I received an error message saying that a prompt could not be created. Do I need to route my PC cursor to the touch cursor before trying to label the button. How do I do that? -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mauricio Molina Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:43 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Labeling buttons found when using the touch cursor Hello, When on the Internet, once you locate a button without a label, press JAWS (Insert) Key+Control+Tab. You will then be asked to type in a label. I hope this is what you were needing. Mauricio -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of miketmot...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:31 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Labeling buttons found when using the touch cursor Good morning all! I am a brand new member to this list, and I have a question regarding the use of the touch cursor. On a web-site that I use, I am encountering buttons that do not have labels. When I activate them using the touch cursor, they perform certain functions consistently, such as activating the save file option. I am then presented with the standard save as dialog box. My question is this. Can I assign a label to this button? It is not found by either the JAWS or PC cursor. When pressing Insert plus F2, I am not seeing the option to label a button. Any help would be appreciated. Glad to be part of this list! 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/
[JAWS-Users] Labeling buttons found when using the touch cursor
Good morning all! I am a brand new member to this list, and I have a question regarding the use of the touch cursor. On a web-site that I use, I am encountering buttons that do not have labels. When I activate them using the touch cursor, they perform certain functions consistently, such as activating the save file option. I am then presented with the standard save as dialog box. My question is this. Can I assign a label to this button? It is not found by either the JAWS or PC cursor. When pressing Insert plus F2, I am not seeing the option to label a button. Any help would be appreciated. Glad to be part of this list! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
