[JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem
Hi listers, I'm using a laptop with Vista and Jaws 12, the initial release. I've recently encountered a problem that may not be a focus issue at all, but I don't know what else to call it. When I route the PC cursor to the Jaws cursor and do a left mouse click, I get tossed out of my location and put, usually, back on the desk top. So, I have no way to do the left mouse click which is a partifcular problem because I need to pay my property taxes, and the site has some controls that don't respond to regular Jaws commands. I'm guessing that I changed something to cause this, but I sure don't know what that would be. One other piece of info is that when I'm in my windows mail inbox, the jaws and page down keys used to tell me how many messages were in the list. Now Jaws just says ind... Any ideas? Thank you, Shari For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem
You may have set the JAWS Cursor to follow the PC cursor. To change that, so that you get the default, JAWS Cursor not to follow, pres ctrl+insert+NumpadMinus twice quickly. press this again if it is not toggled the first time. . - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 3:37 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Hi listers, I'm using a laptop with Vista and Jaws 12, the initial release. I've recently encountered a problem that may not be a focus issue at all, but I don't know what else to call it. When I route the PC cursor to the Jaws cursor and do a left mouse click, I get tossed out of my location and put, usually, back on the desk top. So, I have no way to do the left mouse click which is a partifcular problem because I need to pay my property taxes, and the site has some controls that don't respond to regular Jaws commands. I'm guessing that I changed something to cause this, but I sure don't know what that would be. One other piece of info is that when I'm in my windows mail inbox, the jaws and page down keys used to tell me how many messages were in the list. Now Jaws just says ind... Any ideas? Thank you, Shari 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] Focus issue/problem
Thank you, Flor, You solved the left mouse click problem. Here's a curious hing though. I had both IE and Firefox open. For no particular reason, I went to IE to try to pay the tax bill. I followed your suggestion, but IE threw me into Firefox. I then tried to pay the tax bilkl through FF, and it worked perfectly. Thanks,S hari - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem You may have set the JAWS Cursor to follow the PC cursor. To change that, so that you get the default, JAWS Cursor not to follow, pres ctrl+insert+NumpadMinus twice quickly. press this again if it is not toggled the first time. . - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 3:37 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Hi listers, I'm using a laptop with Vista and Jaws 12, the initial release. I've recently encountered a problem that may not be a focus issue at all, but I don't know what else to call it. When I route the PC cursor to the Jaws cursor and do a left mouse click, I get tossed out of my location and put, usually, back on the desk top. So, I have no way to do the left mouse click which is a partifcular problem because I need to pay my property taxes, and the site has some controls that don't respond to regular Jaws commands. I'm guessing that I changed something to cause this, but I sure don't know what that would be. One other piece of info is that when I'm in my windows mail inbox, the jaws and page down keys used to tell me how many messages were in the list. Now Jaws just says ind... Any ideas? Thank you, Shari 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] Focus issue/problem with GoldWave
Is there a way to prevent Jaws v12 from loosing focus when navigating out a loaded file in GoldWave? What happens is if I alt tab away from the file to check email and then return to the GoldWave file, GoldWave shows the control panel and not back to the open file. This is troublesome because I can no longer use arrow keys to move through the file. I have to close and reopen the file and use arrow keys to locate where I left off. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem
that is only an apparent problem, because you altered the cursors in mid-quest. It is confusing, like many other things to do with JAWS settings; but the way to resolve it is to set and forget the cursors so that JAWS Cursor WILL NOT FOLOW the PC Cursor, and leave well enough alone until and unless by changing you know what you are doing. (It can happen accidentally, and is very off-putting. That's how I know about it.) - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Thank you, Flor, You solved the left mouse click problem. Here's a curious hing though. I had both IE and Firefox open. For no particular reason, I went to IE to try to pay the tax bill. I followed your suggestion, but IE threw me into Firefox. I then tried to pay the tax bilkl through FF, and it worked perfectly. Thanks,S hari - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem You may have set the JAWS Cursor to follow the PC cursor. To change that, so that you get the default, JAWS Cursor not to follow, pres ctrl+insert+NumpadMinus twice quickly. press this again if it is not toggled the first time. . - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 3:37 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Hi listers, I'm using a laptop with Vista and Jaws 12, the initial release. I've recently encountered a problem that may not be a focus issue at all, but I don't know what else to call it. When I route the PC cursor to the Jaws cursor and do a left mouse click, I get tossed out of my location and put, usually, back on the desk top. So, I have no way to do the left mouse click which is a partifcular problem because I need to pay my property taxes, and the site has some controls that don't respond to regular Jaws commands. I'm guessing that I changed something to cause this, but I sure don't know what that would be. One other piece of info is that when I'm in my windows mail inbox, the jaws and page down keys used to tell me how many messages were in the list. Now Jaws just says ind... Any ideas? Thank you, Shari 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] Focus issue/problem
Yes, I never intentionally made the change, although obviously I did make it. At least I will know what to do if it happens again. I stored your message in my Jaws tips folder because I don't want to rely on my memory for these things. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem that is only an apparent problem, because you altered the cursors in mid-quest. It is confusing, like many other things to do with JAWS settings; but the way to resolve it is to set and forget the cursors so that JAWS Cursor WILL NOT FOLOW the PC Cursor, and leave well enough alone until and unless by changing you know what you are doing. (It can happen accidentally, and is very off-putting. That's how I know about it.) - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Thank you, Flor, You solved the left mouse click problem. Here's a curious hing though. I had both IE and Firefox open. For no particular reason, I went to IE to try to pay the tax bill. I followed your suggestion, but IE threw me into Firefox. I then tried to pay the tax bilkl through FF, and it worked perfectly. Thanks,S hari - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem You may have set the JAWS Cursor to follow the PC cursor. To change that, so that you get the default, JAWS Cursor not to follow, pres ctrl+insert+NumpadMinus twice quickly. press this again if it is not toggled the first time. . - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 3:37 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Hi listers, I'm using a laptop with Vista and Jaws 12, the initial release. I've recently encountered a problem that may not be a focus issue at all, but I don't know what else to call it. When I route the PC cursor to the Jaws cursor and do a left mouse click, I get tossed out of my location and put, usually, back on the desk top. So, I have no way to do the left mouse click which is a partifcular problem because I need to pay my property taxes, and the site has some controls that don't respond to regular Jaws commands. I'm guessing that I changed something to cause this, but I sure don't know what that would be. One other piece of info is that when I'm in my windows mail inbox, the jaws and page down keys used to tell me how many messages were in the list. Now Jaws just says ind... Any ideas? Thank you, Shari 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem
So as to attempt to get a better understanding of such matter, you might want to look into the JAWSKey+r dialogue of types of cursor restriction settings. JAWS works so well in most programs that hardly any alterations are needed for normal oparations; at least I believe so. - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Yes, I never intentionally made the change, although obviously I did make it. At least I will know what to do if it happens again. I stored your message in my Jaws tips folder because I don't want to rely on my memory for these things. - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem that is only an apparent problem, because you altered the cursors in mid-quest. It is confusing, like many other things to do with JAWS settings; but the way to resolve it is to set and forget the cursors so that JAWS Cursor WILL NOT FOLOW the PC Cursor, and leave well enough alone until and unless by changing you know what you are doing. (It can happen accidentally, and is very off-putting. That's how I know about it.) - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Thank you, Flor, You solved the left mouse click problem. Here's a curious hing though. I had both IE and Firefox open. For no particular reason, I went to IE to try to pay the tax bill. I followed your suggestion, but IE threw me into Firefox. I then tried to pay the tax bilkl through FF, and it worked perfectly. Thanks,S hari - Original Message - From: Flor Lynch florl...@iol.ie To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem You may have set the JAWS Cursor to follow the PC cursor. To change that, so that you get the default, JAWS Cursor not to follow, pres ctrl+insert+NumpadMinus twice quickly. press this again if it is not toggled the first time. . - Original Message - From: Shari shariw...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 3:37 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue/problem Hi listers, I'm using a laptop with Vista and Jaws 12, the initial release. I've recently encountered a problem that may not be a focus issue at all, but I don't know what else to call it. When I route the PC cursor to the Jaws cursor and do a left mouse click, I get tossed out of my location and put, usually, back on the desk top. So, I have no way to do the left mouse click which is a partifcular problem because I need to pay my property taxes, and the site has some controls that don't respond to regular Jaws commands. I'm guessing that I changed something to cause this, but I sure don't know what that would be. One other piece of info is that when I'm in my windows mail inbox, the jaws and page down keys used to tell me how many messages were in the list. Now Jaws just says ind... Any ideas? Thank you, Shari 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Yes, you can turn it off. Go to control panel, mouse, hardware tab, properties, and find the disable radio button. Steve Lansing, MI - Original Message - From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:38 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 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] Focus issue
No, thankfully I don't have one of those useless scroll wheels. Thanks for the heads up, though. I will definitely keep it in mind next time I buy a laptop. Deanne - Original Message - From: Jewel jewelbla...@xtra.co.nz To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Deanne! Does your keyboard have a little wheel just to the left of the, in my opinion, useless grave key next to the figure one? Even the tiniest misplaced touch of this scroll wheel will cause your cursor to jump all over the place. It is an absolute pain in the backside! Jewel - Original Message - From: Deanne Miller jawsstude...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:16 AM 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 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5148 (20100526) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com 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] Focus issue
How would you go about turning off the mouse with Win. 7? - Original Message - From: Steve k...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Yes, you can turn it off. Go to control panel, mouse, hardware tab, properties, and find the disable radio button. Steve Lansing, MI - Original Message - From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:38 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 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue (turning the mouse off)
Steve and Diane thank you for this information. I think I have taken care of turning it off there was an enable check box and I unchecked it before pressing the apply button and then down to ok. It appears that my mouse pad is now off. Thank you all again for the assistance. - Original Message - From: Deanne Miller jawsstude...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:35 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 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Josh, I don't know if there is a way to turn the touch pad off in settings but, there should be a very small button at the center top edge of the touch pad that will turn it off until or unless you push that little button again. HTH Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:38 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 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] focus issue wwhen in Move command.
Hi Having this more often then not. I am using jaws 11 but it happened in 10 also, using xp home. I select a file to move into a folder on my e drive and Jaws will show all the folders in my 2nd drive as it should.The next time I go and do a Move my e drive says 1 folder and that's the last folder I did a move to. I can shut down my computer and try it again and it still says 1 folder. think the only way I get around this is to go to my external drive and do a move and when I go back to the e drive and do a move it shows all the folders again( I say think because I only have my external drive for a week.). A sighted person said that using right mouse click opens the preview pane but I have not had any success. Maybe I am using the wrong key commands? What is the command for Right mouse ? thanks for any help. regards Scott For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
I searched for the little button on my Inspiron 1545 but had no luck in finding it. However I did find in the control panel a mouse section and it appears that it did turn the mouse pad off unchecking the enable button but the left click button and the right click button right below the mouse pad are still functioning. Is this normal if you get the mouse pad turned off successfully or should it be completely disabled? - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh, I don't know if there is a way to turn the touch pad off in settings but, there should be a very small button at the center top edge of the touch pad that will turn it off until or unless you push that little button again. HTH Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:38 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 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/
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Gena, Some laptops don't have the button like the HP/Compaqs do. So, you need to go into the control panel to do it. Windows 7 also has the option, under hardware in the control panel as I recall. - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh, I don't know if there is a way to turn the touch pad off in settings but, there should be a very small button at the center top edge of the touch pad that will turn it off until or unless you push that little button again. HTH Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:38 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Josh, When I have my button pushed so that the touch pad is turned off, the left and right mouse buttons are also disabled. I don't know if there would be a separate setting for the left and right mouse buttons in the same area that you found the setting for the touch pad or not. All I know is that when I have the external button turn off the touch pad, it turns everything concerning the mouse off. Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:39 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue I searched for the little button on my Inspiron 1545 but had no luck in finding it. However I did find in the control panel a mouse section and it appears that it did turn the mouse pad off unchecking the enable button but the left click button and the right click button right below the mouse pad are still functioning. Is this normal if you get the mouse pad turned off successfully or should it be completely disabled? - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh, I don't know if there is a way to turn the touch pad off in settings but, there should be a very small button at the center top edge of the touch pad that will turn it off until or unless you push that little button again. HTH Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:38 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Josh: You disabled only the touch pad. If you want to disable the mouse buttons as well, go to Control Pannel, Mouse. The first menu you are on should be the Buttons menu. Tab to Click Lock Turn On and check the box there. Then Tab to Okay. This should disable your mouse buttons. HTH Deanne - Original Message - From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue I searched for the little button on my Inspiron 1545 but had no luck in finding it. However I did find in the control panel a mouse section and it appears that it did turn the mouse pad off unchecking the enable button but the left click button and the right click button right below the mouse pad are still functioning. Is this normal if you get the mouse pad turned off successfully or should it be completely disabled? - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh, I don't know if there is a way to turn the touch pad off in settings but, there should be a very small button at the center top edge of the touch pad that will turn it off until or unless you push that little button again. HTH Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:38 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Gena thank you. I will search around a little more to see what I can find out. - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh, When I have my button pushed so that the touch pad is turned off, the left and right mouse buttons are also disabled. I don't know if there would be a separate setting for the left and right mouse buttons in the same area that you found the setting for the touch pad or not. All I know is that when I have the external button turn off the touch pad, it turns everything concerning the mouse off. Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:39 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue I searched for the little button on my Inspiron 1545 but had no luck in finding it. However I did find in the control panel a mouse section and it appears that it did turn the mouse pad off unchecking the enable button but the left click button and the right click button right below the mouse pad are still functioning. Is this normal if you get the mouse pad turned off successfully or should it be completely disabled? - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh, I don't know if there is a way to turn the touch pad off in settings but, there should be a very small button at the center top edge of the touch pad that will turn it off until or unless you push that little button again. HTH Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:38 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Deanne, thank you for this information. I will check it out and hopefully it will take care of any mouse problems. - Original Message - From: Deanne Miller jawsstude...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh: You disabled only the touch pad. If you want to disable the mouse buttons as well, go to Control Pannel, Mouse. The first menu you are on should be the Buttons menu. Tab to Click Lock Turn On and check the box there. Then Tab to Okay. This should disable your mouse buttons. HTH Deanne - Original Message - From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue I searched for the little button on my Inspiron 1545 but had no luck in finding it. However I did find in the control panel a mouse section and it appears that it did turn the mouse pad off unchecking the enable button but the left click button and the right click button right below the mouse pad are still functioning. Is this normal if you get the mouse pad turned off successfully or should it be completely disabled? - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue Josh, I don't know if there is a way to turn the touch pad off in settings but, there should be a very small button at the center top edge of the touch pad that will turn it off until or unless you push that little button again. HTH Your friend, Gena -- From: Josh lawdog...@comcast.net Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:38 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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 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/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
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 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/ __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5148 (20100526) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
Jewel: Yes, you would probably need to enable the touch pad for a sighted person, but it's pretty easy to do that. Simply go to Mouse properties, Device Settings, and press the Enable button. When the sighted person is finished using your laptop, simply disable it again. I haven't disabled mine, though. I set the sensitivity very low so it takes a pretty heavy touch to move the mouse pointer. So far, this has kept me from accidentally triggering the mouse pointer and unintentionally changing the focus. I'm fairly certain that the touch pad is not responsible for the issue of changing focus in a text document because it never happens at any other time. When the sensitivity is set too high, my laptop would switch from my email inbox to my desktop, for example, and I would have to alt tab back to my inbox. This never happens now that I have it set to low sensitivity, yet the cursor sometimes jumps around when I'm typing text. Hmmm. Deanne - Original Message - From: Jewel jewelbla...@xtra.co.nz To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue 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 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/ __ Information from ESET Smart Security
[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 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
This happens to me quite often too I am expert in cutting and moving text now smile! From: Deanne Miller Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:16 AM 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 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] Focus issue
is a issue with the new jaws 11. So much for fixing things. -Original Message- From: Deanne Miller 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 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Holger Fiallo Kind Regard For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue
It has also been happening to me since I downloaded the Jaws eleven updates! Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy my original artwork at: www.tigerfeathers.ca - Original Message - From: Holger Fiallo To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue is a issue with the new jaws 11. So much for fixing things. -Original Message- From: Deanne Miller 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 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Holger Fiallo Kind Regard 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] Focus issue
I am using JAWS 10 and experience similar events. - Original Message - From: Holger Fiallo holgerfia...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Focus issue is a issue with the new jaws 11. So much for fixing things. -Original Message- From: Deanne Miller 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 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Holger Fiallo Kind Regard 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] 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 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] Focus issue
Yes, the touch pad can definitely make the focus jump around. I have mine set to low sensitivity for that reason. The problem doesn't happen too often, but once in a while it does and it seems to happen for no apparent reason. A friend of mine also complained of it happening on her desktop computer. Hmmm. . . maybe it's just one of those things we have to live with for now. Thanks very much for the suggestion, Deanne - Original Message - From: wild.flower wild.flo...@sbcglobal.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:40 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 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] 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 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] Focus issue
I wish the mouse pad were the cause of my problem, but since not only am I using a desk top computer, but the problem only appeared in the last few weeks after I updated version eleven I do believe that there are other factors contributing to the issue for some or many of us. Joy Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy my original artwork at: www.tigerfeathers.ca - Original Message - From: Josh To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:38 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 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] Focus issue
Deanne! Does your keyboard have a little wheel just to the left of the, in my opinion, useless grave key next to the figure one? Even the tiniest misplaced touch of this scroll wheel will cause your cursor to jump all over the place. It is an absolute pain in the backside! Jewel - Original Message - From: Deanne Miller jawsstude...@gmail.com To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 11:16 AM 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 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5148 (20100526) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
[JAWS-Users] Focus issue with IE favorites
Does anyone else experience a one-keystroke lag on the focus while adding a favorite to IE7? I am able to determine the actual focus by using the SayLine command, but using first letter navigation, the current version of Jaws reports the wrong folder when selecting where to add the new favorite. Do you suppose FS has heard about this problem a gajillion times already, or is it worth reporting? Thanks, Jeffrey Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
