Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

2007-09-13 Thread Kenneth Suratt
is there any other mailing groups for the blind. I would appreciate it very 
much if you can send me a list.
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Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista


 Joseph,
 Very good, thank you for this information.


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 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
 Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:39 PM
 To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

 Hi David,
 I'll happy to explain this situation for you:
 First of all, I'd like to inform that I've done a podcast on this very
 matter (Dual Core processors) located at Blind Cool Tech website (for more
 info, check it out).
 In terms of operating system, I'd say that it depends. I agree that 
 Vista
 supports dual core (and even quad core) processors better than XP, but XP 
 is
 as stable as Vista when you have dual core CPU.  I personally use a 
 Windows
 Vista laptop with Core Solo processor (a dual core processor that has one
 core disabled) with JAWS 8.0.2173.  Also, in terms of JAWS, XP might be
 useful, since FS supports Vista from JAWS 8.0.1163 onwards (earlier 
 versions
 of JAWS such as 7.0.135 will not work under Vista).  So the question is
 this: if you have JAWS 8.0.2173 or later and if you are forced to use 
 Vista,
 then that'll be it.  If you have JAWS 8.0.423 or earlier, use XP.  But 
 since
 you indicated that you're planning to use XP instead of Vista, then any
 version of JAWS (specifically JAWS 4.5 or later should support XP) should
 work.
 In terms of processor speed, I know what you are talking about, except 
 that
 it is the other way around. Dual core processors runs much faster than
 single core counterparts.  Let us now imagine a scienario with two
 computers.  Both have XP and both have Intel CPU's.  One computer has 
 Intel
 Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz and the other has Intel Core II duo at 1.86 GHz. 
 From
 a casual view, one concludes that Computer a performs much faster than
 Computer b.  No, it is the other way around: Computer b runs faster than
 Computer a because of the following: Since Dual Core processors have two 
 CPU
 cores on the unit, it can run twice more processes/programs at once as
 opposed to single core which can only concentrate on one task.  This is
 useful especially if you run JAWS and other tasks, since one core can deal
 with jfw.exe while the other core can deal with another process that JAWS 
 is
 currently on focus such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and so 
 forth.
 So you can think of dual core processors as a CPU with two processor
 cores).  Even though the speed seems to be slow at first glance, it is
 extremely fast, especially for program like JAWS which uses vast amount of
 processing power.
 Since this is a mailing list for a specific product, I won't go into my 
 own
 stats for CPU and so forth (this kind of question is best suited in a list
 like Blind Computing).
 Cheers,
 Joseph

- Original Message -
From: David Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Date sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:05:38 +0100
Subject: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

Dear List

I am to be supplied with a  new PC to assist with my studies.

I currently have a Pentium 3.06 with 1 GB Ram running XP  Pro and
 Jaws 8.
This is 6 years old and has become very unstable despite a number
 of
attempted software and hardware remedies so I am getting a new
 machine.

I am to be supplied with a 1.8 g dual core processor with2 GB of
 ram as a
replacement.  The assessment specifies that  Vista be removed and
 that XP be
installed in the belief that Jaws will work better with this
 setup.

I am happy to use XP but do the list agree with this? Will Vista
 support the
dual core processor better for example? I am slightly concerned
 about the
apparent fall in processor speed on what I have already so if
 Vista supports
dual core better this may be an issue.  I am not aware of any
 features in
Vista that will be of particular interest to a Jaws user apart
 from this.

Thanks for any feedback.

Regards

David



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Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

2007-09-13 Thread Ricque
Hi Kenneth,
Check out the resources page at:
www.blind-computing.com
HTH,
Richard Justice
www.blind-computing.com
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From: Kenneth Suratt
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista


is there any other mailing groups for the blind. I would appreciate it very
much if you can send me a list.
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From: Denny Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista


 Joseph,
 Very good, thank you for this information.


 Denny Huff
 (636) 262-1383
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 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
 Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:39 PM
 To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

 Hi David,
 I'll happy to explain this situation for you:
 First of all, I'd like to inform that I've done a podcast on this very
 matter (Dual Core processors) located at Blind Cool Tech website (for more
 info, check it out).
 In terms of operating system, I'd say that it depends. I agree that
 Vista
 supports dual core (and even quad core) processors better than XP, but XP
 is
 as stable as Vista when you have dual core CPU.  I personally use a
 Windows
 Vista laptop with Core Solo processor (a dual core processor that has one
 core disabled) with JAWS 8.0.2173.  Also, in terms of JAWS, XP might be
 useful, since FS supports Vista from JAWS 8.0.1163 onwards (earlier
 versions
 of JAWS such as 7.0.135 will not work under Vista).  So the question is
 this: if you have JAWS 8.0.2173 or later and if you are forced to use
 Vista,
 then that'll be it.  If you have JAWS 8.0.423 or earlier, use XP.  But
 since
 you indicated that you're planning to use XP instead of Vista, then any
 version of JAWS (specifically JAWS 4.5 or later should support XP) should
 work.
 In terms of processor speed, I know what you are talking about, except
 that
 it is the other way around. Dual core processors runs much faster than
 single core counterparts.  Let us now imagine a scienario with two
 computers.  Both have XP and both have Intel CPU's.  One computer has
 Intel
 Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz and the other has Intel Core II duo at 1.86 GHz.
 From
 a casual view, one concludes that Computer a performs much faster than
 Computer b.  No, it is the other way around: Computer b runs faster than
 Computer a because of the following: Since Dual Core processors have two
 CPU
 cores on the unit, it can run twice more processes/programs at once as
 opposed to single core which can only concentrate on one task.  This is
 useful especially if you run JAWS and other tasks, since one core can deal
 with jfw.exe while the other core can deal with another process that JAWS
 is
 currently on focus such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and so
 forth.
 So you can think of dual core processors as a CPU with two processor
 cores).  Even though the speed seems to be slow at first glance, it is
 extremely fast, especially for program like JAWS which uses vast amount of
 processing power.
 Since this is a mailing list for a specific product, I won't go into my
 own
 stats for CPU and so forth (this kind of question is best suited in a list
 like Blind Computing).
 Cheers,
 Joseph

- Original Message -
From: David Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Date sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:05:38 +0100
Subject: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

Dear List

I am to be supplied with a  new PC to assist with my studies.

I currently have a Pentium 3.06 with 1 GB Ram running XP  Pro and
 Jaws 8.
This is 6 years old and has become very unstable despite a number
 of
attempted software and hardware remedies so I am getting a new
 machine.

I am to be supplied with a 1.8 g dual core processor with2 GB of
 ram as a
replacement.  The assessment specifies that  Vista be removed and
 that XP be
installed in the belief that Jaws will work better with this
 setup.

I am happy to use XP but do the list agree with this? Will Vista
 support the
dual core processor better for example? I am slightly concerned
 about the
apparent fall in processor speed on what I have already so if
 Vista supports
dual core better this may be an issue.  I am not aware of any
 features in
Vista that will be of particular interest to a Jaws user apart
 from this.

Thanks for any feedback.

Regards

David



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Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

2007-09-13 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Try the list of mailing lists at www.whitestick.co.uk. Hope that helps.
Chris Hallsworth
BrailleNote mPower user
- Original Message - 
From: Kenneth Suratt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista


is there any other mailing groups for the blind. I would appreciate it very
much if you can send me a list.
- Original Message - 
From: Denny Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista


 Joseph,
 Very good, thank you for this information.


 Denny Huff
 (636) 262-1383
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 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
 Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:39 PM
 To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

 Hi David,
 I'll happy to explain this situation for you:
 First of all, I'd like to inform that I've done a podcast on this very
 matter (Dual Core processors) located at Blind Cool Tech website (for more
 info, check it out).
 In terms of operating system, I'd say that it depends. I agree that
 Vista
 supports dual core (and even quad core) processors better than XP, but XP
 is
 as stable as Vista when you have dual core CPU.  I personally use a
 Windows
 Vista laptop with Core Solo processor (a dual core processor that has one
 core disabled) with JAWS 8.0.2173.  Also, in terms of JAWS, XP might be
 useful, since FS supports Vista from JAWS 8.0.1163 onwards (earlier
 versions
 of JAWS such as 7.0.135 will not work under Vista).  So the question is
 this: if you have JAWS 8.0.2173 or later and if you are forced to use
 Vista,
 then that'll be it.  If you have JAWS 8.0.423 or earlier, use XP.  But
 since
 you indicated that you're planning to use XP instead of Vista, then any
 version of JAWS (specifically JAWS 4.5 or later should support XP) should
 work.
 In terms of processor speed, I know what you are talking about, except
 that
 it is the other way around. Dual core processors runs much faster than
 single core counterparts.  Let us now imagine a scienario with two
 computers.  Both have XP and both have Intel CPU's.  One computer has
 Intel
 Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz and the other has Intel Core II duo at 1.86 GHz.
 From
 a casual view, one concludes that Computer a performs much faster than
 Computer b.  No, it is the other way around: Computer b runs faster than
 Computer a because of the following: Since Dual Core processors have two
 CPU
 cores on the unit, it can run twice more processes/programs at once as
 opposed to single core which can only concentrate on one task.  This is
 useful especially if you run JAWS and other tasks, since one core can deal
 with jfw.exe while the other core can deal with another process that JAWS
 is
 currently on focus such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and so
 forth.
 So you can think of dual core processors as a CPU with two processor
 cores).  Even though the speed seems to be slow at first glance, it is
 extremely fast, especially for program like JAWS which uses vast amount of
 processing power.
 Since this is a mailing list for a specific product, I won't go into my
 own
 stats for CPU and so forth (this kind of question is best suited in a list
 like Blind Computing).
 Cheers,
 Joseph

- Original Message -
From: David Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Date sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:05:38 +0100
Subject: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

Dear List

I am to be supplied with a  new PC to assist with my studies.

I currently have a Pentium 3.06 with 1 GB Ram running XP  Pro and
 Jaws 8.
This is 6 years old and has become very unstable despite a number
 of
attempted software and hardware remedies so I am getting a new
 machine.

I am to be supplied with a 1.8 g dual core processor with2 GB of
 ram as a
replacement.  The assessment specifies that  Vista be removed and
 that XP be
installed in the belief that Jaws will work better with this
 setup.

I am happy to use XP but do the list agree with this? Will Vista
 support the
dual core processor better for example? I am slightly concerned
 about the
apparent fall in processor speed on what I have already so if
 Vista supports
dual core better this may be an issue.  I am not aware of any
 features in
Vista that will be of particular interest to a Jaws user apart
 from this.

Thanks for any feedback.

Regards

David



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[JAWS-Users] XP Versus Vista

2007-09-12 Thread David Griffith
Dear Joseph

Thanks. I listened to your Podcast.  I am reassured about the implications
of dual core processing. I was unclear about whether I would get these
benefits with XP but it appears I will.

I have the latest version of Jaws which is apparently able to work with
Vista. What is intriguing is despite this quite a lot of money is being paid
to strip Vista off my new machine and replace it with XP. This is being done
because there is a belief that even the latest version of Jaws has poor
functionality with Vista. I was just little surprised that this was
specified in my assessment report.

Anyway thanks again for the info.

Regards

David

Original Message
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:38:48 -0700
From: Joseph Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed

Hi David,
I'll happy to explain this situation for you:
First of all, I'd like to inform that I've done a podcast on this 
very matter (Dual Core processors) located at Blind Cool Tech 
website (for more info, check it out).
In terms of operating system, I'd say that it depends. I agree 
that Vista supports dual core (and even quad core) processors 
better than XP, but XP is as stable as Vista when you have dual 
core CPU.  I personally use a Windows Vista laptop with Core Solo 
processor (a dual core processor that has one core disabled) with 
JAWS 8.0.2173.  Also, in terms of JAWS, XP might be useful, since 
FS supports Vista from JAWS 8.0.1163 onwards (earlier versions of 
JAWS such as 7.0.135 will not work under Vista).  So the question 
is this: if you have JAWS 8.0.2173 or later and if you are forced 
to use Vista, then that'll be it.  If you have JAWS 8.0.423 or 
earlier, use XP.  But since you indicated that you're planning to 
use XP instead of Vista, then any version of JAWS (specifically 
JAWS 4.5 or later should support XP) should work.
In terms of processor speed, I know what you are talking about, 
except that it is the other way around. Dual core processors 
runs much faster than single core counterparts.  Let us now 
imagine a scienario with two computers.  Both have XP and both 
have Intel CPU's.  One computer has Intel Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz 
and the other has Intel Core II duo at 1.86 GHz.  From a casual 
view, one concludes that Computer a performs much faster than 
Computer b.  No, it is the other way around: Computer b runs 
faster than Computer a because of the following: Since Dual Core 
processors have two CPU cores on the unit, it can run twice more 
processes/programs at once as opposed to single core which can 
only concentrate on one task.  This is useful especially if you 
run JAWS and other tasks, since one core can deal with jfw.exe 
while the other core can deal with another process that JAWS is 
currently on focus such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and 
so forth.  So you can think of dual core processors as a CPU 
with two processor cores).  Even though the speed seems to be 
slow at first glance, it is extremely fast, especially for 
program like JAWS which uses vast amount of processing power.
Since this is a mailing list for a specific product, I won't go 
into my own stats for CPU and so forth (this kind of question is 
best suited in a list like Blind Computing).
Cheers,
Joseph



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[JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

2007-09-11 Thread David Griffith
Dear List

I am to be supplied with a  new PC to assist with my studies.

I currently have a Pentium 3.06 with 1 GB Ram running XP  Pro and Jaws 8.
This is 6 years old and has become very unstable despite a number of
attempted software and hardware remedies so I am getting a new machine.

I am to be supplied with a 1.8 g dual core processor with2 GB of ram as a
replacement. The assessment specifies that  Vista be removed and that XP be
installed in the belief that Jaws will work better with this setup.

I am happy to use XP but do the list agree with this? Will Vista support the
dual core processor better for example? I am slightly concerned about the
apparent fall in processor speed on what I have already so if Vista supports
dual core better this may be an issue. I am not aware of any features in
Vista that will be of particular interest to a Jaws user apart from this.

Thanks for any feedback.

Regards

David



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Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

2007-09-11 Thread Joseph Lee
Hi David,
I'll happy to explain this situation for you:
First of all, I'd like to inform that I've done a podcast on this 
very matter (Dual Core processors) located at Blind Cool Tech 
website (for more info, check it out).
In terms of operating system, I'd say that it depends. I agree 
that Vista supports dual core (and even quad core) processors 
better than XP, but XP is as stable as Vista when you have dual 
core CPU.  I personally use a Windows Vista laptop with Core Solo 
processor (a dual core processor that has one core disabled) with 
JAWS 8.0.2173.  Also, in terms of JAWS, XP might be useful, since 
FS supports Vista from JAWS 8.0.1163 onwards (earlier versions of 
JAWS such as 7.0.135 will not work under Vista).  So the question 
is this: if you have JAWS 8.0.2173 or later and if you are forced 
to use Vista, then that'll be it.  If you have JAWS 8.0.423 or 
earlier, use XP.  But since you indicated that you're planning to 
use XP instead of Vista, then any version of JAWS (specifically 
JAWS 4.5 or later should support XP) should work.
In terms of processor speed, I know what you are talking about, 
except that it is the other way around. Dual core processors 
runs much faster than single core counterparts.  Let us now 
imagine a scienario with two computers.  Both have XP and both 
have Intel CPU's.  One computer has Intel Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz 
and the other has Intel Core II duo at 1.86 GHz.  From a casual 
view, one concludes that Computer a performs much faster than 
Computer b.  No, it is the other way around: Computer b runs 
faster than Computer a because of the following: Since Dual Core 
processors have two CPU cores on the unit, it can run twice more 
processes/programs at once as opposed to single core which can 
only concentrate on one task.  This is useful especially if you 
run JAWS and other tasks, since one core can deal with jfw.exe 
while the other core can deal with another process that JAWS is 
currently on focus such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and 
so forth.  So you can think of dual core processors as a CPU 
with two processor cores).  Even though the speed seems to be 
slow at first glance, it is extremely fast, especially for 
program like JAWS which uses vast amount of processing power.
Since this is a mailing list for a specific product, I won't go 
into my own stats for CPU and so forth (this kind of question is 
best suited in a list like Blind Computing).
Cheers,
Joseph

- Original Message -
From: David Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Date sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:05:38 +0100
Subject: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

Dear List

I am to be supplied with a  new PC to assist with my studies.

I currently have a Pentium 3.06 with 1 GB Ram running XP  Pro and 
Jaws 8.
This is 6 years old and has become very unstable despite a number 
of
attempted software and hardware remedies so I am getting a new 
machine.

I am to be supplied with a 1.8 g dual core processor with2 GB of 
ram as a
replacement.  The assessment specifies that  Vista be removed and 
that XP be
installed in the belief that Jaws will work better with this 
setup.

I am happy to use XP but do the list agree with this? Will Vista 
support the
dual core processor better for example? I am slightly concerned 
about the
apparent fall in processor speed on what I have already so if 
Vista supports
dual core better this may be an issue.  I am not aware of any 
features in
Vista that will be of particular interest to a Jaws user apart 
from this.

Thanks for any feedback.

Regards

David



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Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

2007-09-11 Thread Denny Huff
Joseph,
Very good, thank you for this information. 


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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:39 PM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

Hi David,
I'll happy to explain this situation for you:
First of all, I'd like to inform that I've done a podcast on this very
matter (Dual Core processors) located at Blind Cool Tech website (for more
info, check it out).
In terms of operating system, I'd say that it depends. I agree that Vista
supports dual core (and even quad core) processors better than XP, but XP is
as stable as Vista when you have dual core CPU.  I personally use a Windows
Vista laptop with Core Solo processor (a dual core processor that has one
core disabled) with JAWS 8.0.2173.  Also, in terms of JAWS, XP might be
useful, since FS supports Vista from JAWS 8.0.1163 onwards (earlier versions
of JAWS such as 7.0.135 will not work under Vista).  So the question is
this: if you have JAWS 8.0.2173 or later and if you are forced to use Vista,
then that'll be it.  If you have JAWS 8.0.423 or earlier, use XP.  But since
you indicated that you're planning to use XP instead of Vista, then any
version of JAWS (specifically JAWS 4.5 or later should support XP) should
work.
In terms of processor speed, I know what you are talking about, except that
it is the other way around. Dual core processors runs much faster than
single core counterparts.  Let us now imagine a scienario with two
computers.  Both have XP and both have Intel CPU's.  One computer has Intel
Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz and the other has Intel Core II duo at 1.86 GHz.  From
a casual view, one concludes that Computer a performs much faster than
Computer b.  No, it is the other way around: Computer b runs faster than
Computer a because of the following: Since Dual Core processors have two CPU
cores on the unit, it can run twice more processes/programs at once as
opposed to single core which can only concentrate on one task.  This is
useful especially if you run JAWS and other tasks, since one core can deal
with jfw.exe while the other core can deal with another process that JAWS is
currently on focus such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and so forth.
So you can think of dual core processors as a CPU with two processor
cores).  Even though the speed seems to be slow at first glance, it is
extremely fast, especially for program like JAWS which uses vast amount of
processing power.
Since this is a mailing list for a specific product, I won't go into my own
stats for CPU and so forth (this kind of question is best suited in a list
like Blind Computing).
Cheers,
Joseph

- Original Message -
From: David Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Date sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:05:38 +0100
Subject: [JAWS-Users] XP versus Vista

Dear List

I am to be supplied with a  new PC to assist with my studies.

I currently have a Pentium 3.06 with 1 GB Ram running XP  Pro and
Jaws 8.
This is 6 years old and has become very unstable despite a number
of
attempted software and hardware remedies so I am getting a new
machine.

I am to be supplied with a 1.8 g dual core processor with2 GB of 
ram as a
replacement.  The assessment specifies that  Vista be removed and 
that XP be
installed in the belief that Jaws will work better with this 
setup.

I am happy to use XP but do the list agree with this? Will Vista 
support the
dual core processor better for example? I am slightly concerned 
about the
apparent fall in processor speed on what I have already so if 
Vista supports
dual core better this may be an issue.  I am not aware of any 
features in
Vista that will be of particular interest to a Jaws user apart 
from this.

Thanks for any feedback.

Regards

David



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