Re: [Blind-Computing] tips and tricks

2011-02-28 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
http://www.jaws-users.com/text/ Recently Niamh wrote: Where can I find the tips and tricks pages for jaws? thanks niam - Original Message - From: "Jacob Kruger" To: Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Jaws Reading Function Have you tried restarting

Re: [Blind-Computing] Need some help with my HP F2400please.

2011-02-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
rinting, is when I first installed my HP and after the test page printed, I forgot to click on the OK button to say that it had printed correctly. HTH, Recently steveboodram...@gmail.com wrote: No. Do you think reinstalling would helP?- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolp

Re: [Blind-Computing] Need some help with my HP F2400please.

2011-02-20 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Is this a new installation? Recently steveboodram...@gmail.com wrote: Hi gang; could someone please offer some suggestion as to why I am having this problem with printing a document? Both the power and USB cables are connected and I get the add device sound each time I power up the printer. The

Re: [Blind-Computing] [blind-computing] my request for the yahoo captcha code veryfcation help

2011-02-17 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
At one time I contacted Yahoo Customer Support for assistance, and this is the number and working hours they sent to me. Good luck. Here is the toll free Customer Care line specifically devoted to registration for visually impaired users at 1-866-458-8701 call between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM pacif

Re: [Blind-Computing] Jaws says " and ' incorrectly?

2011-02-12 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi David, I checked the items in the control panel and they are set correctly here. But I don't get the part about pressing shift 2 Where do I do this? I've been having this issue for ages, but when I asked the question on the list, I didn't make it as clear as Janie, to whom I am most gratefu

Re: [Blind-Computing] password managers

2011-01-30 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Yes, you can rename it with no problem, first thing I tried Recently Brad Dunse wrote: I like the idea of not having it on the computer, excellent. I noticed with this program though if you hit ESC it wil exit without saving or prompting you to so if one is entering a bunch of info at one time an

[Blind-Computing] Illegal Character in My Documents path, & Windows error message 1324

2011-01-26 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Posting this for a coworker. I am running Windows XP home. For the last week or so I've been having a problem trying to install an Adobe update and I get windows error 1324 that there's an illegal character in my my documents path so the install is terminated. Similarly, today I attempted to

[Blind-Computing] Word, Smart Quotes, and updates

2011-01-25 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi all, I haven't experienced this myself but maybe it's because I'm not on a server. My friend says that the people at her company turn Smart Quotes off, but when the server is updated, the Smart Quotes are turned back on and since this happens while the office is closed they don't know when i

Re: [Blind-Computing] disk clean up

2011-01-20 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Anna, Are you trying to find them because you want to look at them or do you just want to delete them. If you only want to delete them, check the delete temporary files button and the program will do it for you. It knows where to find them. Recently Anna Vimini wrote: Hi , I know I have asked

Re: [Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card

2011-01-14 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Pawel, The only words on the device are "7.1 Channel." I had three different people look because I didn't believe it, but that's it. Recently Pawel wrote: Hi, What USB sound card did you buy, please? Pawel. - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Do

Re: [Blind-Computing] what is mailcopa

2011-01-11 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Try this link for the google cash. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ockDG2LZcGcJ:www.mailcopa-emailsoftware.com/+InterVations+MailCOPA&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Recently Lenny McHugh wrote: I just received a test email from a friend. Not sure if jaws read everything or not.

Re: [Blind-Computing] Repost: Alphabetic A to Z listing of folders in Microsoft Office

2011-01-08 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
HiLennie, That's the ticket. I'm back to A to Z. Thanks so much for taking the time to answer. Recently Lennie wrote: Hi Betsy, Here is what I do. I hope that it will sort out okay. 1. I open up Excel in My Documents 2. I make sure that my PC cursor is on the first file and root Jaws cursor to

Re: [Blind-Computing] Downloading an Ebook in PDF

2011-01-08 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Joy, I've downloaded as many as 600 pages this way with no issues. However, if your books have lots of graphics, it could take awhile for it to process. Sometimes it stops telling me the percentage processed, but if I alt tab away and then come back it will tell me that the document is bein

Re: [Blind-Computing] Repost: Alphabetic A to Z listing of folders in Microsoft Office

2011-01-07 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Sorry, I'll try to be more clear. I mean that if I open Word or Excel and then try to open a file in any folder such as My Documents, the files in that My Documents folder are listed from Z to A. HTH, Betsy Recently Lennie wrote: Betsy, Are you talking about the folders in Word an Excel in

[Blind-Computing] Repost: Alphabetic A to Z listing of folders in Microsoft Office

2011-01-07 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
XP Home and Office 2003. In every program that I use my folders are in list view and are sorted A to Z. However, in Office 2003, they are listed Z to A. If I go to My computer and then to Local Disc C, they are alphabetical, A to Z. I'm clueless what to do about this. All suggestions apprec

[Blind-Computing] Microsoft Visual Basic Dialogue box

2011-01-06 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi, My friend is running Vista and Word 2003. She said that everytime she opens Word, she gets the following dialogue box: Microsoft visual basic Run-Time error "9; subscript out of range. continue greyed out end enabled debug greyed out help available When she clicks on the End button, it goes

[Blind-Computing] Alphabetic a to z listing of folders in Microsoft Office

2011-01-03 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
XP Home and Office 2003. In every program that I use my folders are in list view and are sorted a to z. However, in Office 2003, they are listed z to a. If I go to My computer and then to Local Disc C, they are alphabetical. I'm clueless what to do about this. All suggestions appreciated, B

Re: [Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card

2011-01-01 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
I'll have to wait until someone is around to read the thing. There were several selections on the site. Recently Pawel wrote: Hi, What USB sound card did you buy, please? Pawel. - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: Sent: Saturday, January 0

Re: [Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card

2010-12-31 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
done this without purchasing the external sound card. I was able to do this with a USB headset. Andre - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card So I

Re: [Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card

2010-12-31 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
So I could have JAWS coming out of the external card with a headset and music coming out of my speakers. Recently Andre Williams wrote: Hi Betsey. What was the ultimate goal of buying the external sound card? Andre - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press"

Re: [Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card

2010-12-31 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
are connected to. If you need more details let us know. HTH, Rick Justice - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: "blind computing" Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 4:25 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card Running

[Blind-Computing] Media Player and USB Sound card

2010-12-31 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Running XP Home and JAWS 12. Before I started this I went to JAWS, Utilities then Sound Cards and there were two item: Windows Default and Vinyl AC'97 Audio (wave) I plugged the USB sound card into the 4 port USB hub and all went welland then it showed . USB Head set in the list of sound car

[Blind-Computing] 4 port USB hub and USB sound card

2010-12-30 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi all, I have a 4 port USB hub that I plan to plug in today. It didn't come with any CD or documentation so I assume that I just plug it in and it will take care of the rest. I'm also getting a USB sound card. Can I plug the sound card into the hub? Running XP Home. It may be that I need to pr

Re: [Blind-Computing] Reading Secured PDF documents

2010-12-29 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
If you are running JAWS and the file is saved in a non-graphic format, I believe you should be able to read it by opening it in Adobe Acrobat reader. I don't know anything about other screen readers. Recently Silpa Mallipeddi wrote: Hi All: I would like to know how to read secured PDF docume

[Blind-Computing] Online credit card payments

2010-12-28 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha all, After 14 years of being in business, I am finding that I may need to start accepting credit cards. I'd like to know if anyone is using an online service that is accessible and doesn't cost a fortune to process. We accept PayPal, but our state has gone to a credit card payment system

Re: [Blind-Computing] removing a virus

2010-12-27 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Andre, I suspect that Jackie may work for multiple clients who have their individual networks and configurations. My brother-in-law does the same kind of work that I think Jackie does, and he also cleans up these things the way she does. He says it is because each of the networks is differe

Re: [Blind-Computing] Send Space

2010-12-27 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Speaking of file sharing, anyone know anything about http://wwwmybigfile.com That's the one we use, but I honestly don't know if it is safe either. Recently Andre Williams wrote: It's a bit of a dangerous one too as lots of ugly stuff is running rapid on that website. Make sure you configure you

Re: [Blind-Computing] punctuation and auto correct in word 2003

2010-12-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] punctuation and auto correct in word 2003 Yvonne, Did you go through those dialogue pages and check the boxes to automatically correct as you type? Recently yvonne oliver wrote: hello

Re: [Blind-Computing] punctuation and auto correct in word 2003

2010-12-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Yvonne, Did you go through those dialogue pages and check the boxes to automatically correct as you type? Recently yvonne oliver wrote: hello mike tried this and no use i typed in helllo and it did not remove 1 letter l from the word hello Yvonne - Original Message - From: "Mike & Barb

Re: [Blind-Computing] punctuation and auto correct in word 2003

2010-12-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Yvonne, Go to Tools alt t, and type letter A for Auto Correct Options. There are several pages in that dialogue box and you can access by using control to switch from one to another. Just a personal thought: You may find that you don't like the idea of all the automatic help as much as yo

[Blind-Computing] USB/serial port in JAWS 12

2010-12-20 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
I'm running XP Home and JAWS 12 latest update. This is not an issue with the update, it is a problem for which I've been using a work-around for since JAWS 11 and my APEX/BrailleNote. I need to get the Found New Hardware dialogue box to appear. The computer sees the device as a mass storage de

Re: [Blind-Computing] Help figuring out why I am not receiving a certain e mail

2010-12-17 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Allen, Did your wife try to send you the message after she received it? Recently Sunbird60 wrote: Hi Jackie, I haven't created any message rules and only have one sender blocked. I can receive other messages with joke in the subject line and message body. The person that sends the e mail, u

Re: [Blind-Computing] Sending attachments out of Word through Eudora

2010-12-15 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
else. Recently Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press wrote: Hi all, I recently had to reinstall my Office 2003 program. I like to send attachments directly out of Word using the Sent to option on the file menu. Since the installation, it wants to use Outlook, which I do not use. There is a Mail choice

[Blind-Computing] Sending attachments out of Word through Eudora

2010-12-15 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi all, I recently had to reinstall my Office 2003 program. I like to send attachments directly out of Word using the Sent to option on the file menu. Since the installation, it wants to use Outlook, which I do not use. There is a Mail choice on my Control Panel, but it wants me to setup profi

Re: [Blind-Computing] Defragging my computer

2010-12-12 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi, What is a solid state drive? Recently Dale Leavens wrote: Something which interests me is that I have a solid state drive. Presumably defragmenting it doesn't result in much by way of performance improvements but I haven't read anything on the subject. Does anyone else know? Thanks. Dal

Re: [Blind-Computing] Tips and Tricks Page

2010-12-10 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Niamh, Click on the link at the bottom and then on the site guide. There's tips and tricks and miscellaneous links among all the things on that page. Recently niam.mcke...@gmail.com wrote: I am being very stupid, but I can't find this page, help please!Niamh For answers to frequently ask

[Blind-Computing] Sorry, wrong email, please delete

2010-12-06 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [Blind-Computing] What is the invisible Cursor

2010-12-06 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
As a transcriber, I need to be able to see every space and character on the screen. It also will do wireless internet and email. It weighs about 1.5 pounds and I like that I can toss it in my purse. It has a great calendar/planner that you can set to remind you of appointments, birthday etc., a

[Blind-Computing] Word question

2010-12-02 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi all, Before I had to replace my hard drive, when looking for a file in My Documents or any other folder, I could delete files if I chose to by pressing the delete key and then I would be placed on the file just above the place for the one I deleted. Now, if I delete a file, I am taken to th

[Blind-Computing] Program that counts text characters

2010-12-01 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi all, I have a friend who does not have Word or WordPerfect on her netbook but likes to send text messages to friends and family. She says that she has to stay within a 140 character count but her email program doesn't count characters. Anyone know of some simple program she can use to creat

Re: [Blind-Computing] tables

2010-11-29 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Yvonne, When I have wanted to change from portrait to landscape on a document that I have open, I go to page setup and the 2nd tab under that has a choice for that. If you don't check the default button, it won't perminently change that setting. At 07:40 AM 11/29/2010, you wrote: hi i am u

Re: [Blind-Computing] A vexing problem trying to get information

2010-11-27 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Marilyn, If you know a way to do this, please post it. It is my understanding that the captia is a graphic. Sometimes my sighted friends say they are very hard to read and none of us have been able to figure out a way to copy them. At 07:30 AM 11/27/2010, you wrote: If the numbers are ther

Re: [Blind-Computing] A vexing problem trying to get information

2010-11-27 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Francis, Try this site. You have to give your name and email address when you register. There may be a better solution and I'm sure someone will send it. http://www.solona.net At 03:33 AM 11/27/2010, you wrote: There are times when I want to get information from the Internet and find that I am

Re: [Blind-Computing] AntiVirus Program

2010-11-16 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
I've been using the free version of avast. When it expires, I just register it again and it continues. At 08:31 AM 11/16/2010, you wrote: hello Donnie and all, Thanks so much for bringing this up! I too have gotten a repeated notice that said that my Avast! Antivirus subscription was ready to

Re: [Blind-Computing] GOOGLE HAS CHANGED AND NOT BETTER FOR THEBLIND

2010-11-15 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Yes, you are correct. I disabled the instant search the day it started and haven't had any difficulty with it since. Betsy At 11:44 AM 11/15/2010, you wrote: Not necessarily true. This is not happening to me. I believe the HomePage is the same it has always been if you go into preferences and en

Re: [Blind-Computing] PDF document with tables in it

2010-11-10 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Hi Silpa, When you say "get the data in the table," do you mean you want to read it or put data into the table. If the PDF is accessible, it should just read it to you useing acrobat reader. If you want to enter data into the table, you'll need to save it as text if that is an option available,

Re: [Blind-Computing] Folder lists inverted

2010-10-28 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
ing the instructions you followed to set your folders. Andre - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: "blind computing" Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:49 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Folder lists inverted I've obviously been having to

[Blind-Computing] Folder lists inverted

2010-10-28 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
I've obviously been having too much fun clicking on things. I followed the instructions for setting all of my folders system-wide to list and that worked great. I then went wandering around and can't remember what I clicked on, but all of my files in my folders are now listed backwards, z files

Re: [Blind-Computing] daily term

2010-10-22 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Is this something we could subscribe to on our own? I haven't been on the list long, so am unfamiliar with where they are generated. Betsy At 04:16 PM 10/22/2010, you wrote: Resuming to post them is a good idea if you do not mind or if people are interested besides me, because I do not visit the

Re: [Blind-Computing] How to set all screens to list mode

2010-10-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
-users.com] On Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press Sent: October 21, 2010 01:37 PM To: blind computing Subject: [Blind-Computing] How to set all screens to list mode It's been ages since I needed to know this, but I want my desktop, control panel etc to display in list mode. Can't remember

Re: [Blind-Computing] How to set all screens to list mode

2010-10-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Oh, so sorry. XP Home. Thanks, Betsy At 12:36 PM 10/21/2010, you wrote: Hi Betsy, Which operating system are you using? Rick Justice - Original Message - From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" To: "blind computing" Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:36 PM Subje

[Blind-Computing] How to set all screens to list mode

2010-10-21 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
It's been ages since I needed to know this, but I want my desktop, control panel etc to display in list mode. Can't remember how to do it system wide. TIA, Betsy Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-u