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Re: Enabling virtual ribbons on a windows 7 laptop

Tom, you'll want to go to the default settings before you make the change. I believe even on a laptop the keystroke is control shift d. Then you can make your change to turn on the virtual

By dan Kerstetter <dhk55@...> · #10098 ·

Re: Enabling virtual ribbons on a windows 7 laptop

It probably defaults to permanent. To get to the applications menu without an applications menu key, press shift+f10.

By Ann Byrne · #10097 ·

Re: Enabling virtual ribbons on a windows 7 laptop

David: You bring up some good points here, and I appreciate them. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to do things here with my new Windows 7 computer at work, and with this Windows 7

By Tom Behler · #10096 ·

Re: Enabling virtual ribbons on a windows 7 laptop

Ann: Ok, I think I have virtual ribbons checked, but how do I get to the applications menu to make this a permanent change? Thanks! Tom Behler

By Tom Behler · #10095 ·

Re: JAWS and OCR

yes, it will read pdf files. Either by ocr or just reading normally. Ye -------------------------------------------------- Fr,om: "Terrilynne" <shateamo@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support

By Raymond Lombardi <ray214@...> · #10094 ·

Re: Enabling virtual ribbons on a windows 7 laptop

Hello there; In all due respect, I totally disagree with the following statement. I have heard that Windows 7 works much better if you enable virtual ribbons in Jaws 13. Well, windows 7, really

By David <davidwhitehead1957@...> · #10093 ·

Re: Punctuation announcements on jaws 13

To repair, find the jaws ".exe" installation file, launch it and it will give you a repair option wwhen installation begins, follow the directions from there. file you installed

By Bill Spiry · #10092 ·

Re: Enabling virtual ribbons on a windows 7 laptop

Jawskey + v to get to quick settings, tab once to the list of choices, and press 'v' till the checkbox for virtual ribbon menus is displayed. Check or uncheck it. then open the applications menu and

By Ann Byrne · #10091 ·

Re: JAWS and OCR

Hi TerriLynne Yes, the new OCR function in JAWS 13 will read pdf files saved as images. To try this using your JAWS 13 demo version, open a PDF image file and press Control + 1 to set the zoom level

By Lisa Larges · #10090 ·

Enabling virtual ribbons on a windows 7 laptop

Hello. I have heard that Windows 7 works much better if you enable virtual ribbons in Jaws 13. I have successfully done this on my new Windows PC at work, but can't seem to get this accomplished

By Tom Behler · #10089 ·

Re: JAWS & IE 9

My homepage is now m.facebook.com The problem I'm having with Google is, occasionally I am informed that the page has not loaded correctly, or it simply locks up in the search edit field and no

By Philip Anderson <p.anderson@...> · #10087 ·

JAWS and OCR

Hi all, I am currently using jaws 10 and thinking of upgrading to jaws 13. So I am trying a demo of JAWS 13, and am very interested in its possible ability to read .pdf documents. Can anyone tell me

By Terrilynne · #10088 ·

Re: JAWS & IE 9

what is your home page now, if I may ask? mine is att.net and internet explorer is a real boondoggle. I have to use FireFox for anything critical, like downloading audio books.

By don wardlow <wardlows97@...> · #10086 ·

Re: JAWS & IE 9

The suggestion to change my homepage appears to have resolved the problem. Don't know whether there have been any modifications made to Google that is causing my version of Jaws to malfunction, I'm

By Philip Anderson <p.anderson@...> · #10085 ·

Re: JAWS & IE 9

Thank you. Philip

By Philip Anderson <p.anderson@...> · #10084 ·

MIDI to MP3 converter that works with Jaws?

Hello, Does anyone know a MIDI to MP3 converter that is accessible with Jaws? I have like 700 MIDI files I would like as an MP3, so if it could convert more than 10 files at a time it would be very

By Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonboy13@...> · #10083 ·

Re: JAWS & IE 9

I am not using the same combination of software as you but I find the with I E I often have to use jawsKey + escape to force a refresh of the screen. If you turn on the jaws cursor and check out the

By Bissett, Tom <tom.bissett@...> · #10082 ·

JAWS & IE 9

Hello Please can you help I'm currently using JFW 12 and Windows 7 in conjunction with IE9. Up to now, everything has been working fine, until today. Whenever I launch IE9 - which usually defaults

By Philip Anderson <p.anderson@...> · #10081 ·

Re: Cell width in Excel

Hi, David. It seems everything in Win7 is tied up in one ribbon or another. *pun intended* I know that JFW announces the shortcut keys that can be used, but is there a way to be able to see the

By Dani Pagador · #10080 ·

Re: Cell width in Excel

insert+f gives cell width, but it's in a different measurement from the work sheet. So 8.43 characters turns into 4 something elses.

By Ann Byrne · #10079 ·

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