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moderated Re: Not able to edit cells with latest Jaws and Excel 2016

Bob Kennedy
 


Hey Allen,

That did fix it. Sounds backwards to what I was trying to do, but it works now. Thanks

On Saturday, September 19, 2020, 09:42:20 AM EDT, Alan Robbins <arobbins1057@...> wrote:


Bob,

I had this problem a long time ago, the  below fixed it, give it a look:

1. Have Excel open.
2. Press “alt+f” to open the file menu then press “t” for the options.
3. Press “control+tab” until the focus is on the “Advanced” options page.
4. Press “alt+e” to toggle the “Allow editing directly in cells”
option. Ensure that this is unchecked.
5. Press “enter” to save the changes.
Editing cell contents should now work again.
Note that in turning this setting off, does change things slightly for visual users:
• With editing directly in cells enabled, when F2 is pressed, the caret appears in the cell itself. Text which would flow out of the cell flows to the right, then to lines below.  Cells covered by this text are hidden while this happens. Text in the edited cell is coloured to highlight cell references and parenthesis.
• With editing directly in cells disabled, when F2 is pressed, the caret appears in the formula bar above the worksheet.  Colouring of formula elements is also done in the formula bar rather than the cell while editing.
Only text which fits in the cell is visible in the cell while the formula is being edited.

I hope this helps,
Al

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 2:36 PM
Cc: jfw@groups.io
Subject: Not able to edit cells with latest Jaws and Excel 2016

Hopefully someone has run into this as well.  When I open a cell with F2, unless it is a small number or maybe 2 words in a cell, I can't read by characters.  When I use the arrow keys Jaws says blank unless I am on the line with text and it will read the whole cell at once.  But I can't navigate to the text.

I copied the workbook and opened it on my work computer and I'm fine.  I opened settings for Jaws and both computers have the same settings checked.

I've had a couple people from FS tandem in and they couldn't find anything that would fix the problem.

Thanks for any help
moderated Re: Not able to edit cells with latest Jaws and Excel 2016

Bob Kennedy
 


You're my new hero! Almost sounds backwards to turn off a feature I was trying to do but it fixed the problem. Thanks so much!

On Saturday, September 19, 2020, 09:48:24 AM EDT, Ann Byrne <annakb@...> wrote:


Maybe.

1. Open Excel options, alt+f, then t.
2. Arrow down through the categories to advanced.
3. Tab to  "allow editing in cells" and be sure it is *not checked.

Good luck!
moderated Re: looking for the keystrokes to insert a heading on a website using JAWS 2020

Brian Vogel
 

I'm confused because it is the website editor (whether something online or standalone) that would determine what the keystroke is to take any specific action in that software.

The starting point is knowing what HTML editor you're using.
--

Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041  

The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it.
       ~ Lawrence Krauss
moderated looking for the keystrokes to insert a heading on a website using JAWS 2020

Dacia Cole
 

Hi,

I am having to edit a website I'm one of the administrators on and I
am fairly new to this. I am wanting to create headings for various
parts of the website. I know I have to type what I want the heading
to say first then how do I go about making it a heading using the
keyboard? What keystrokes do I use to make this happen? I'm using a
Lenovo laptop with Windows 8.1 and JAWS 2020. Does it matter which
browser I'm using to edit the website? Are the keystrokes the same no
matter which browser I use?
thanks,

Dacia
moderated Re: how to stop JAWS from speaking indentations

Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
 

Try Insert+6 on the number row.

Control+shift+d for default all applications, then search for indentation.

 

 

 

Richard

"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to others, I’ve never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward Herbert

 

From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 8:14 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: how to stop JAWS from speaking indentations

 

I made some progress. CAPS + V to bring up quick settings. Then search for indentation. There is a setting for it to ignore indentation. However, it has to be configured for each application, it seems. I'm not sure why.

moderated Re: how to stop JAWS from speaking indentations

Mark
 

I made some progress. CAPS + V to bring up quick settings. Then search for indentation. There is a setting for it to ignore indentation. However, it has to be configured for each application, it seems. I'm not sure why.
moderated how to stop JAWS from speaking indentations

Mark
 

I've been tweaking my Speech and Sound Schemes and I'm not sure if I messed something up. It now seems to describe if it is left, right, centred, etc. justified. I don't ever remember this being spoken before.  I did change the Voice Aliases associated with the indentation rules in my new scheme, but even when I try an pre-configured scheme, I'm still hearing the indentation description.  Any ideas about how I can turn that bit of description off? 
moderated Re: Accessing jaws menu in laptop layout

David Kingsbury
 

Hi Daniel,

 

There are a few commands for which the Insert and Caps Lock keys are not substitutable in laptop mode. Insert J to get to the JAWS menus is one of them, so you must hit Insert J, not Caps Lock J. Other keystrokes where you must use the Insert key are Insert W to get Windows keystroke help and Insert H to get JAWS keystroke help.

 

David
moderated Re: Scripts for Zoom?

Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
 

Jaws 2020 is supposed to have his free scripts by default.
Good luck.



Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself," and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to others, I've never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward Herbert

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 6:49 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Scripts for Zoom?

thanks, richard. that's what I would have expected. Also, insert+h gives me no hotkey list. I think I downloaded some free basic scripts from Brian Hartgen some time ago. I wonder if they are replacing the native JAWS scripts.

I will tinker a bit and see.
moderated Re: Scripts for Zoom?

Ann Byrne
 

thanks, richard. that's what I would have expected. Also, insert+h gives me no hotkey list. I think I downloaded some free basic scripts from Brian Hartgen some time ago. I wonder if they are replacing the native JAWS scripts.

I will tinker a bit and see.
moderated Re: Not able to edit cells with latest Jaws and Excel 2016

Ann Byrne
 

Maybe.

1. Open Excel options, alt+f, then t.
2. Arrow down through the categories to advanced.
3. Tab to "allow editing in cells" and be sure it is *not checked.

Good luck!
moderated Re: Not able to edit cells with latest Jaws and Excel 2016

Alan Robbins <arobbins1057@...>
 

Bob,

I had this problem a long time ago, the below fixed it, give it a look:

1. Have Excel open.
2. Press “alt+f” to open the file menu then press “t” for the options.
3. Press “control+tab” until the focus is on the “Advanced” options page.
4. Press “alt+e” to toggle the “Allow editing directly in cells”
option. Ensure that this is unchecked.
5. Press “enter” to save the changes.
Editing cell contents should now work again.
Note that in turning this setting off, does change things slightly for visual users:
• With editing directly in cells enabled, when F2 is pressed, the caret appears in the cell itself. Text which would flow out of the cell flows to the right, then to lines below. Cells covered by this text are hidden while this happens. Text in the edited cell is coloured to highlight cell references and parenthesis.
• With editing directly in cells disabled, when F2 is pressed, the caret appears in the formula bar above the worksheet. Colouring of formula elements is also done in the formula bar rather than the cell while editing.
Only text which fits in the cell is visible in the cell while the formula is being edited.

I hope this helps,
Al

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 2:36 PM
Cc: jfw@groups.io
Subject: Not able to edit cells with latest Jaws and Excel 2016

Hopefully someone has run into this as well. When I open a cell with F2, unless it is a small number or maybe 2 words in a cell, I can't read by characters. When I use the arrow keys Jaws says blank unless I am on the line with text and it will read the whole cell at once. But I can't navigate to the text.

I copied the workbook and opened it on my work computer and I'm fine. I opened settings for Jaws and both computers have the same settings checked.

I've had a couple people from FS tandem in and they couldn't find anything that would fix the problem.

Thanks for any help
moderated Re: Scripts for Zoom?

Richard Turner <richardturner42@...>
 

Running Jaws 2020, and Zoom, insert q for me says:

Zoom Software settings. zChatUI.dll, z C h a t U I . d l l

HTH,

Richard
"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself," and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to others, I've never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward Herbert

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 8:29 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Scripts for Zoom?

when in Zoom, insert+q says default settings, z-chatUI.dll. Are these Zoom settings, I hope?

Thx
moderated Re: Scripts for Zoom?

Milton Ota
 

Hello,

Are you running the Public Beta of JAWS 2021? Or, JAWS 2020?

And/or, did you purchase the Pro Scripts from Brian Hartgen?

My guess is that that is the Zoom Scripts. I can not fully answer that
question as I'm using the Pro Scripts from Brian Hartgen and I get a
different result. Answer my questions and maybe someone else will answer. As
I understand it, Brian Hartgen provided Freedom Scientific/Vispero in the
2019 with the free scripts for Zoom. If you are running an earlier version
of JAWS before 2019, you can get those free scripts from Hartgen.org.

Milton

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 10:29 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Scripts for Zoom?

when in Zoom, insert+q says default settings, z-chatUI.dll. Are these Zoom
settings, I hope?

Thx
moderated Re: Accessing jaws menu in laptop layout

Debby Hill
 

Hi Daniel,

This is one I learned from this list just a couple of days ago. The keystroke is Control + shift + caps lock to get to the menus from the JAWS laptop layout.

I also have a JAWS shortcut on my desktop, and if you just press enter on that you get into the menus. I also put JAWS in the tray, so I know this works.

I hope this helps.

Take care and stay safe!

Debby

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Daniel Wolak
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 6:25 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Accessing jaws menu in laptop layout

Hi all,

I have occasion to use the laptop layout with Jaws 2020.

However, I'm unable to access the jaws menu as I prefer to run it from the system tray.

When I use the keyboard shortcut of jaws key (capslock in this case)+j, the only thing that's announced is blank.

Interestingly, when I plug in a keyboard that has an insert key and use that instead of capslock it works perfectly.

Does anyone know if the key to access the jaws menu from system tray is different in laptop layout?

Jaws help doesn't seem to have the answer.

Thanks,


Daniel
moderated Re: Accessing jaws menu in laptop layout

Mike B.
 


Check to make sure your caps lock key is set to be used as the Jaws key.

Take care and stay safe.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.  Go dodgers!

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 3:24 AM
Subject: Accessing jaws menu in laptop layout

Hi all,

I have occasion to use the laptop layout with Jaws 2020.

However, I'm unable to access the jaws menu as I prefer to run it from
the system tray.

When I use the keyboard shortcut of jaws key (capslock in this case)+j,
the only thing that's announced is blank.

Interestingly, when I plug in a keyboard that has an insert key and use
that instead of capslock it works perfectly.

Does anyone know if the key to access the jaws menu from system tray is
different in laptop layout?

Jaws help doesn't seem to have the answer.

Thanks,


Daniel
moderated Re: Excel and JAWS Question

NFB Lab 4
 

Try moving down column A. Then using insert up arrow to read each line. Some of the smaller spreadsheets make it easier to understand that way.


On Sep 19, 2020, at 1:12 AM, Bob Kennedy <intheshop@...> wrote:



As far as being able to compete with a sighted user, the quick answer is no. You can get close if you have a fantastic memory and can remember all of the Jaws commands for reading. Don't mean to be discouraging, I'm being honest, which a lot of people don't like.
On Friday, September 18, 2020, 12:42:14 PM EDT, Walker, Michael E <michael.e.walker3@...> wrote:


Hi,

 

What is the fastest way to get familiar with a large spreadsheet for the first time using JAWS, if you have no idea what is in it? My co-worker told me that as soon as she opens a spreadsheet, she can immediately see everything she needs to know on screen. I am trying to learn if there is a way to use a computer as fast as someone who can see in every situation. I am totally blind.

 

Thanks,

Mike
moderated Accessing jaws menu in laptop layout

Daniel Wolak <danielwolak97@...>
 

Hi all,

I have occasion to use the laptop layout with Jaws 2020.

However, I'm unable to access the jaws menu as I prefer to run it from the system tray.

When I use the keyboard shortcut of jaws key (capslock in this case)+j, the only thing that's announced is blank.

Interestingly, when I plug in a keyboard that has an insert key and use that instead of capslock it works perfectly.

Does anyone know if the key to access the jaws menu from system tray is different in laptop layout?

Jaws help doesn't seem to have the answer.

Thanks,


Daniel
moderated Re: Getting the PC cursor to repeat what it just said

Mark
 

Oops, I should have wrote CAPS + I improved things.
moderated Not able to edit cells with latest Jaws and Excel 2016

Bob Kennedy
 

Hopefully someone has run into this as well. When I open a cell with F2, unless it is a small number or maybe 2 words in a cell, I can't read by characters. When I use the arrow keys Jaws says blank unless I am on the line with text and it will read the whole cell at once. But I can't navigate to the text.

I copied the workbook and opened it on my work computer and I'm fine. I opened settings for Jaws and both computers have the same settings checked.

I've had a couple people from FS tandem in and they couldn't find anything that would fix the problem.

Thanks for any help
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