*Hi Val,*
**
*If Jaws is running from the system tray you'll need to press, Jaws key + J, to access the Jaws context menu.*
**
*You can also, Alt + Tab, to find the Jaws window.  If you find it press the, Alt key, to open the Jaws menues, thennavigate with your arrow keys. *
**
Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool.
Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement.  In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree.
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Val Paul <mailto:vpcara79@...>
*To:* main@jfw.groups.io <mailto:main@jfw.groups.io>
*Sent:* Thursday, February 15, 2018 7:32 PM
*Subject:* Jaws and new computer
**
Hi!

I have recently bought a new computer and my friend downloaded the
latest version of Jaws, but since she has done this, can''t get into the
jaws menue.

When I press alt o, it just says "All about jaws" I don't think she's
installed Jaws completely!

Can anyone help me get the Jaws options menue back?

which menu?

the main menu is opened with  the  insert or capslock   jaws and the j key.

-----Original Message-----

From: Val Paul

Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 7:32 PM

To: main@jfw.groups.io

Subject: Jaws and new computer

Hi!

I have recently bought a new computer and my friend downloaded the

latest version of Jaws, but since she has done this, can''t get into the

jaws menue.

When I press alt o, it just says "All about jaws" I don't think she's

installed Jaws completely!

Can anyone help me get the Jaws options menue back?

Hi,

As for shutting down, if you're talking about shutting the actual laptop down, you can press windows key and x, then press u and then u again , which is a shortcut key for shutting down. Or instead of pressing u the second time you can use arrows up and down to move through different shut down options such as restart, sleep etc. I don't know what type of lap top you have, my laptop although it doesn't have function keys, if I press the key that would usually be the f4 key, it works as if I've pressed alt and f4 , but without needing to press alt. hope that last part made sense lol

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Val Paul
Sent: 15 February 2018 22:53
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Back on list

Just to let you know, i'm now back on the list, and hope to be for a while.

Have now got my new computer, and although i'm getting on not too bad, i'm finding a lot of the keys very different.

More so, the F keys, as there seem to be a lot of extra ones.

Can't find how to shutdown, as there doesn't seem to be an F4 key.

Hi, Val. Your F4 key is probably right now a media key. Go back where you got the computer and make sure media action keys or hot keys are off.

Bill White
billwhite92701@...

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Val Paul
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 2:53 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Back on list

Just to let you know, i'm now back on the list, and hope to be for a while.

Have now got my new computer, and although i'm getting on not too bad,
i'm finding a lot of the keys very different.

More so, the F keys, as there seem to be a lot of extra ones.

Can't find how to shutdown, as there doesn't seem to be an F4 key.

That was the first thing I had done.


Maria Campbell
lucky1inct@...

"Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!"
--St. Francis

On 2/15/2018 6:05 PM, Val Paul wrote:

Thought that might be the case.

My friend's brother must have forgotten to turn them off.

Have you managed to have yours turned off?


On 15/02/2018 23:00, Maria Campbell wrote:

There is always an f4 function, doing different things depending on how it is set.  In order to set the functions keys to work with JAWS, the function keys that do Lenovo things need to be turned off in the bios, requiring a sighted person to do this.  I know because I just went thru it.



Maria Campbell
lucky1inct@...

"Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!"
--St. Francis

On 2/15/2018 5:53 PM, Val Paul wrote:

Just to let you know, i'm now back on the list, and hope to be for a while.

Have now got my new computer, and although i'm getting on not too bad, i'm finding a lot of the keys very different.

More so, the F keys, as there seem to be a lot of extra ones.

Can't find how to shutdown, as there doesn't seem to be an F4 key.

Hi:

 

Does anybody know of a program that can uncompress several files at a time?

 

I download books from the library and learningally and I always have to unzip the files by hand.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

Hi:

Does anybody know of a program that can uncompress several files at a time?

I download books from the library and learningally and I always have to unzip the files by hand.

Any help would be appreciated.

Don’t' recall off-hand. A google search should bring up a bunch of tutorials
on how to tweek FF this and that way. There's also an add-on called Speedy
Tweeks or something that can do this for you.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Mario
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 12:39 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: jfw and firefox acting very sluggish

what are the tweaks that you know of?


-------- Original Message --------
From: Cristóbal [mailto:crismunoz54@...]
Sent: Thursday, Feb 15, 2018 12:15 PM EST
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: jfw and firefox acting very sluggish

Check the status of the hardware acceleration option in advanced settings.
Also, there are a bunch of tweeks one can do in Firefox to squeeze a bit
more performance out of the browser. You have to play around the the
configuration setting of FireFox though to do this. If you're comfortable
with palying around in this part of the browser, then no big deal, but if
not... best to leave it alone.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of George
Gray
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 8:58 AM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: jfw and firefox acting very sluggish

As a completely separate issue with JAWS and FireFox (and with any other web
browser) I find that after very prolonged browsing activity in which one
opens and closes their browser many many multiple times that the experience
becomes extremely sluggish. So much so that I have to restart my machine to
rectify the problem.

I am a heavy browser user..:)

Anyone else experience this kind of behavior and have other ways of solving
the problem?

Thanks.


On 2/15/18, Stephanie Switzer <emmanrusty@...> wrote:
I’ve heard of this but I don’t currently use jaws so I can’t confirm it.
However, I can tell you that until the latest version of Firefox NVDA was
doing The same thing that you just described. I’ve seen a lot of people on
my Twitter feed say that the reason John is doing this is because VFO is
refusing to work with Mozilla to solve the problem. I don’t know if this is
true but it’s what people have said.
On Feb 14, 2018, at 7:28 PM, Jed Barton <jedbarton@...> wrote:

It looks like it's version 52 something. I didn't get the rest of the
numbers. It's really frustrating. For instance, i'll be on the gooel home
page and i'll depress the alt key. It should say file, but it doesn't, i'll
have to hit it a few times for it to work. Just slow annoying things that
quite honestly shouldn't be happening.

On 2/14/18, Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@...> wrote:
What version of Firefox do you use? There are still issues with Jaws and the
new Firefox Quantum or whatever they call it, this should apply with
versions starting with 57.
It is recommended that you run the latest version of Firefox ESR (extended
service release), this version is usually intended for businesses who want
the latest security updates but not necessarily all the latest features.

Regards,
Sieghard

-----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jed Barton
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:38 PM
To: main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: jfw and firefox acting very sluggish

Hey guys,

OK, yet another problem with jfw acting sluggish with yet no explaination
with firefix. I am running jaws 18. Lately i am loading firefox, to google
which is my home page, I'll alt tab over to it and start tabbing around and
it just literally says nothing.
It's almost like it has to focus on it, it seems to be a lot slower.
Anyone else seen something similar? It's pretty annoying to say the least.

Cheers,
Jed
















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.

Thought that might be the case.

My friend's brother must have forgotten to turn them off.

Have you managed to have yours turned off?


On 15/02/2018 23:00, Maria Campbell wrote:

There is always an f4 function, doing different things depending on how it is set.  In order to set the functions keys to work with JAWS, the function keys that do Lenovo things need to be turned off in the bios, requiring a sighted person to do this.  I know because I just went thru it.



Maria Campbell
lucky1inct@...

"Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!"
--St. Francis

On 2/15/2018 5:53 PM, Val Paul wrote:

Just to let you know, i'm now back on the list, and hope to be for a while.

Have now got my new computer, and although i'm getting on not too bad, i'm finding a lot of the keys very different.

More so, the F keys, as there seem to be a lot of extra ones.

Can't find how to shutdown, as there doesn't seem to be an F4 key.

There is always an f4 function, doing different things depending on how it is set.  In order to set the functions keys to work with JAWS, the function keys that do Lenovo things need to be turned off in the bios, requiring a sighted person to do this.  I know because I just went thru it.



Maria Campbell
lucky1inct@...

"Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words!"
--St. Francis

On 2/15/2018 5:53 PM, Val Paul wrote:

Just to let you know, i'm now back on the list, and hope to be for a while.

Have now got my new computer, and although i'm getting on not too bad, i'm finding a lot of the keys very different.

More so, the F keys, as there seem to be a lot of extra ones.

Can't find how to shutdown, as there doesn't seem to be an F4 key.

Just to let you know, i'm now back on the list, and hope to be for a while.

Have now got my new computer, and although i'm getting on not too bad, i'm finding a lot of the keys very different.

More so, the F keys, as there seem to be a lot of extra ones.

Can't find how to shutdown, as there doesn't seem to be an F4 key.