Even though I use the semi automatic update, I always go to the Freedom Scientific web site and download the full offline installer just in case I need to do a repair. Gene...

Here's what i had to do i had to go to freedomscientific.com and download the latest version of jaws.

Yeah, unless I missed it, I don't think that they ever announced the change, it could have avoided the confusion or mistaking it for a technical issue. Gene...

And, while using an alternate screen reader such as Narrator solves the problem, it catches everyone off guard and, as this thread illustrates, confuses experienced as well as novice JAWS users a

Hello Murray: My assumption is that the spreadsheet is a Google Sheets file. This is best read with the virtual cursor turned off. With the virtual cursor turned off, you can use some shortcut

You are right, that is easy, what isn't easy is that I keep forgetting Narrator. :-( Gene...

That is OK if you are a long time user of computers and not a new user! Andrew

Hi Murray, Just a shot in the dark, but maybe turning off virtual cursor with insert + Z while in the spreadsheet would help. Glenn

Hi there, My work colleagues have asked me to do some work with them on a shared document. This takes the form of an xlsx document that appears to open in some kind of Google office online much like

JAWS supports more than one set of titles in a sheet. If your last cell to be included were f8, 1. Place the cursor at the beginning of the row of column titles. 2. use the applications menu to

Thanks everyone. I downloaded the update via Freedom Scientific's website.

Along the same lines as a previous topic about this but with a twist. I have a spreadsheet that has a couple of tables in it. Is it possible to get JAWS to read the column titles based on which

No controversy, in the past the JAWS installer was self voiced, it did not need a screen reader running to have a voice. Gene...

Hmmm... I guess that's kind of in line with them dropping support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, which all had very anemic version of Narrator. Gene...

Hello: The controversy arises when a person wants to have JAWS turned off during the update or installation. JAWS used to have a self-voicing installer which appears no longer to be present today.

I'm confused. I just installed the new update. Throughout, I tracked the steps and progress as JAWS verbalized them. What exactly is the controversy? -- My novel Caroline is now available in

Hi, Gene. I believe Freedom Scientific intentionally removed the self voicing installer from JAWS, because now, Narrator can be used to monitor the install. Bill White billwhite92701@...

I just did the update and sent Freedom Scientific tech support a message, ever since the beginning of the year, or somewhere around there, the installer's self voicing feature hasn't worked. I prefer

Hi, Curtis. If it weren't for your message and Molly's message, I would not have known about a new update. I am going to install the update on my desktop and then I am going to use the help utility

I just did a manual check for updates and am told that this update is available: JAWS 2022.2207.25 Gene...