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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian,
With regard to the instructions, I believe I said it doesn't matter whether PowerShell or Command Prompt was used to run the commands, but I'll double check. Given the current "state of the Windows 10 world" a number of people will have PowerShell invoked while others may have set things back to use Command Prompt. The next step I'd suggest: Doing a Windows 10 Repair Install or Feature Update Using the Windows 10 ISO file This process takes longer, but like the SFC/DISM technique, is one of those "you've got nothing to lose" deals. There had been a short period where a repair install with the 20H2 ISO was not working because you could not choose to keep both files AND apps, but I downloaded it about 1.5 weeks ago and that version has the fix applied, so any copy obtained these days will, too. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 20H2, Build 19042 One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~ André Gide
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian Spratt
Thanks, Joseph, but sadly, F6 isn’t the answer.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Joseph Lee
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 1:22 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Hi, I think what’s actually happening is that focus moves to the Edge menu control. If so, press F6 to move to the document window. Cheers, Joseph
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Adrian, Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 20H2, Build 19042 One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~ André Gide
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian Spratt
Thank you, Brian.
May I make a suggestion for your helpful form instructions? For some reason, I couldn’t get power shell to work for me. However, Google led me to the following method that enabled me to run my system as administrator, and in turn both programs:
Windows-r CMD followed immediately by control-shift-enter.
For better or worse, neither program detected any flaws.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Brian Vogel
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 1:09 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian, Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 20H2, Build 19042 One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~ André Gide
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Re: trouble with jaws and windows mail program closing all the time
David Griffith
I reported it in the beta but obviously they decided to ignore the report. I was disappointed it was not addressed as it is a core component of Windows. David G.
On 31/12/2020 03:42, Melissa Stott
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Dan Longmore
Yes, at times, I have to tab around to get back to the page. Quite annoying
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On Jan 1, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Adrian Spratt <adrian@adrianspratt.com> wrote:
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Determine JFW language via script?
Arkadiusz Świętnicki
Hi guys,
I have stopped using JFW actively as my main screenreader, but I still greatly love and respect this software (no, I don't use NVDA). I am writing a script for JAWS which might be very useful for some people, but some stuff in it must be language dependent unfortunately. Is there a way I can get the JAWS language via script or better yet, a language of Windows? I know there is a scripting list somewhere, but I ask here since it is a relatively simple question.
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Hi, I think what’s actually happening is that focus moves to the Edge menu control. If so, press F6 to move to the document window. Cheers, Joseph
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:09 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian, Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 20H2, Build 19042 One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~ André Gide
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian,
Consider: Using SFC (System File Checker) and DISM (Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management) to Repair Windows 8 & 10 These sorts of completely atypical issues in anything shipped with Windows strongly suggests an underlying corruption, somewhere, and who knows where. Those two utilities repair same, and harm nothing, so they're a good place to start. It may or may not work, but at least you'll have more data. -- Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 20H2, Build 19042 One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~ André Gide
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian Spratt
Thanks, Debby, but no to both.
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The alt keys does work with tab to move focus to another window. Also, I just tried closing the menu with the other alt key. Still no luck. Here's the current status. When I open the Edge menu, deliberately or otherwise, I can't close it. control-w, F6 and shift-F6, another press of alt, the escape key: nothing works. My only remedy is to close Edge and start over. I can't think even how to explain this. Can anyone?
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Debby Hill Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 12:48 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge Hi Adrian, I am taking a wild guess, but have you tried Control + W to close it? Also, I am wondering if it is appearing because for some reason when you press alt + tab, the tab key isn't working. Just a couple of thoughts. Happy New Year! Take care and stay safe! Debby -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Friday, January 01, 2021 11:11 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Can no longer close menus in Edge Hi. This problem started in Edge just the other day. For reasons I haven't yet figured out, an Edge webpage will be taken over by the Edge menu. No matter what I do, I can't close it. I've tried the alt key, escape and even control-F4, which only succeeds in closing both the menus and the webpage. The menu may turn up after I've done an alt-tab to go into another window, but I'm not sure. Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas? -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:52 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS? Shirley and all, A week or two ago, my sighted wife happened to be alongside me when I restarted my computer. It was taking a long time. She saw a message saying that Office 2016 was being updated. JAWS did not verbalize it. I set Office updates to automatic a long time ago. I was going to suggest making that change so that it happens during the restart process. However, that option isn't showing up anymore in my file menus. Here's the best I can offer, based on what I could figure out just now: While in Word, press alt-f. Arrow up to "More options." Press enter. Arrow up to Account. Start tabbing. The update button should appear. Press spacebar and tab through the options. I hope this gets you somewhere. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:31 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS? When that happened to me, it cured itself after a couple of hours. At 09:19 AM 1/1/2021, you wrote: Since it doesn't mention jaws, I would start with the obvious,
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian Spratt
I should have thought of that, but no, it doesn’t solve it. I just tried.
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of John Covici Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 12:45 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge Does hitting f6 or shift-f6 help? On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:10:41 -0500, Adrian Spratt wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
Debby Hill
Hi Adrian,
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I am taking a wild guess, but have you tried Control + W to close it? Also, I am wondering if it is appearing because for some reason when you press alt + tab, the tab key isn't working. Just a couple of thoughts. Happy New Year! Take care and stay safe! Debby
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Friday, January 01, 2021 11:11 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Can no longer close menus in Edge Hi. This problem started in Edge just the other day. For reasons I haven't yet figured out, an Edge webpage will be taken over by the Edge menu. No matter what I do, I can't close it. I've tried the alt key, escape and even control-F4, which only succeeds in closing both the menus and the webpage. The menu may turn up after I've done an alt-tab to go into another window, but I'm not sure. Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas? -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:52 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS? Shirley and all, A week or two ago, my sighted wife happened to be alongside me when I restarted my computer. It was taking a long time. She saw a message saying that Office 2016 was being updated. JAWS did not verbalize it. I set Office updates to automatic a long time ago. I was going to suggest making that change so that it happens during the restart process. However, that option isn't showing up anymore in my file menus. Here's the best I can offer, based on what I could figure out just now: While in Word, press alt-f. Arrow up to "More options." Press enter. Arrow up to Account. Start tabbing. The update button should appear. Press spacebar and tab through the options. I hope this gets you somewhere. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:31 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS? When that happened to me, it cured itself after a couple of hours. At 09:19 AM 1/1/2021, you wrote: Since it doesn't mention jaws, I would start with the obvious,
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Re: Can no longer close menus in Edge
John Covici
Does hitting f6 or shift-f6 help?
On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:10:41 -0500, Adrian Spratt wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com
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Re: Tkeystrokes to get to laptop layout
John Covici
In my Jaws, its under options, basic -- right there.
On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:20:24 -0500, Abraham Sweiss wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com
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Re: Tkeystrokes to get to laptop layout
Bill White <billwhite92701@...>
Hi, Bonnie. In JAWS 2021, 1. Press JAWS key plus J to open JAWS menu, 2. Press ENTER on Options. 3. Press ENTER on Basics. 4. TAB seven times to get to Keyboard Layout. 5. Down Arrow once to get to Laptop Keyboard Layout. 6. TAB twice to get to OK, and press ENTER. 7. Your Keyboard Layout should now be on Laptop Layout.
Bill White billwhite92701@...
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Bonnie Vegiard
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 7:14 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Tkeystrokes to get to laptop layout
Hi again everyone, Fusion is a combination of jaws and Zoom text. I have a laptop that does not have a numb pad. When I worked with IT, he gave me a few keystrokes and suddenly I was at the place to change the layout from desktop to laptop. When the layout is changed, then the caps lock key works as the jaws key. However, right now, the setting has apparently reverted back to desktop, and I cannot remember the keystrokes he used to get me to that setting.I have gone over and over the interface, I have tried to use the help topics and Google. No luck. It looks to me like the help topics only refer to Zoom text for some reason, even though fusion is supposed to be a combination of I have gone over and over the interface, I have tried to use the help topics and Google. No luck. It looks to me like the help topics only refer to zoom text for some reason, even though fusion is supposed to be a combination of jaws and Zoom text. Help has no reference to jaws, at least in my fusion 2021 version. That’s why I’m hoping someone can give me the keystrokes that I need without waiting until Monday to talk to IT. Appreciate any help you can offer. Thank you!
Bonnie
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Re: Tkeystrokes to get to laptop layout
Abraham Sweiss
You will need to review the jaws settings to change the keyboard layout.
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I suspect there is a layered key stroke combination to switch between the different keyboard layout If you select the jaws Key plus the Space bar plus ?, – Should provide the list of all possible layered keystroke combinations. Thanks,abraham
On Jan 1, 2021, at 10:14 AM, Bonnie Vegiard <bonnievegiard@...> wrote:
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Can no longer close menus in Edge
Adrian Spratt
Hi. This problem started in Edge just the other day. For reasons I haven't yet figured out, an Edge webpage will be taken over by the Edge menu. No matter what I do, I can't close it. I've tried the alt key, escape and even control-F4, which only succeeds in closing both the menus and the webpage.
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The menu may turn up after I've done an alt-tab to go into another window, but I'm not sure. Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas?
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:52 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS? Shirley and all, A week or two ago, my sighted wife happened to be alongside me when I restarted my computer. It was taking a long time. She saw a message saying that Office 2016 was being updated. JAWS did not verbalize it. I set Office updates to automatic a long time ago. I was going to suggest making that change so that it happens during the restart process. However, that option isn't showing up anymore in my file menus. Here's the best I can offer, based on what I could figure out just now: While in Word, press alt-f. Arrow up to "More options." Press enter. Arrow up to Account. Start tabbing. The update button should appear. Press spacebar and tab through the options. I hope this gets you somewhere. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:31 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS? When that happened to me, it cured itself after a couple of hours. At 09:19 AM 1/1/2021, you wrote: Since it doesn't mention jaws, I would start with the obvious,
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Comment on Microsoft Accessibility
Richard Turner
A couple days ago, I noticed that any message I replied to or forwarded moved way down in my inbox. I replied to a message on Wednesday morning and wanted to recheck the original message. Granted, I keep too many emails in my inbox, but I had to arrow down to a message in March before I found the one I replied to just after it. I did not intentionally change anything about my sort by settings. I didn’t want to waste time digging through the settings, so I called Microsoft. In about 2 minutes, he had it fixed and explained that somehow I managed to add sorting options for forwards and replies. Now it is simply back to sort by date and all is well. That saved tons of frustrations at the end of a year that was full of it.
Here’s to 2021!
Richard
"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS?
Richard Turner
I’ve always had excellent results from calling Microsoft Accessibility. I’m glad they fixed it for you.
Richard, in the U.S.
"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen." -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of
Shirley Tracy
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 7:55 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS?
It’s not JAWS. Thank you for responding, but I ended up calling Microsoft and it was an error with Word 2016. James repaired and updated. We’re good to go now.
Thank you.
Shirley Tracy
From: Ann Byrne
When that happened to me, it cured itself after a couple of hours. At 09:19 AM 1/1/2021, you wrote:
>Since it doesn't mention jaws, I would start >with the obvious, something has gone wrong with >your ms-word. I'd suggest finding it in >add/remove programs which you can search for by >hitting the windows key and typing add followed >by the slash key. Once there, find your >microsoft office, and try to do a repair on it. > > > >On 1/1/2021 09:02, Shirley Tracy wrote: >> >> >> >>Hi List, >> >> >> >>This morning I opened a Word document and got >>the message “Office Updateâ€�, the same as I >>got one time last year (a couple weeks ago). >>The last time it happened, I rebooted and it >>went away. This time, it did not. I cannot open >>any Word documents—keep getting error messages >>telling me the program could not open properly. >>Is this something with JAWS or with Windows? How to fix? >> >> >> >>Shirley >> >> >> >>PS. I’m using Windows 10 and Word 2016. This >>didn’t happen before the latest update for >>JAWS and also for Windows. Not sure which is causing problem. Help! >> >> >
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Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS?
Shirley Tracy
Thanks. If this happens again, I will use your advice. Much appreciated.
Shirley Tracy
From: Adrian Spratt
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:52 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS?
Shirley and all,
A week or two ago, my sighted wife happened to be alongside me when I restarted my computer. It was taking a long time. She saw a message saying that Office 2016 was being updated. JAWS did not verbalize it.
I set Office updates to automatic a long time ago. I was going to suggest making that change so that it happens during the restart process. However, that option isn't showing up anymore in my file menus. Here's the best I can offer, based on what I could figure out just now:
While in Word, press alt-f. Arrow up to "More options." Press enter. Arrow up to Account. Start tabbing. The update button should appear. Press spacebar and tab through the options.
I hope this gets you somewhere.
-----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Ann Byrne Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:31 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error..is it JAWS?
When that happened to me, it cured itself after a couple of hours. At 09:19 AM 1/1/2021, you wrote:
>Since it doesn't mention jaws, I would start with the obvious, >something has gone wrong with your ms-word. I'd suggest finding it in >add/remove programs which you can search for by hitting the windows key >and typing add followed by the slash key. Once there, find your >microsoft office, and try to do a repair on it. > > > >On 1/1/2021 09:02, Shirley Tracy wrote: >> >> >> >>Hi List, >> >> >> >>This morning I opened a Word document and got the message “Office >>Updateâ€�, the same as I got one time last year (a couple weeks >>ago). >>The last time it happened, I rebooted and it went away. This time, it >>did not. I cannot open any Word documents—keep getting error messages >>telling me the program could not open properly. >>Is this something with JAWS or with Windows? How to fix? >> >> >> >>Shirley >> >> >> >>PS. I’m using Windows 10 and Word 2016. This didn’t happen before >>the latest update for JAWS and also for Windows. Not sure which is >>causing problem. Help! >> >> >
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Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS?
Shirley Tracy
It’s not JAWS. Thank you for responding, but I ended up calling Microsoft and it was an error with Word 2016. James repaired and updated. We’re good to go now.
Thank you.
Shirley Tracy
From: Ann Byrne
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 10:31 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Please help with WinWord error...is it JAWS?
When that happened to me, it cured itself after a couple of hours. At 09:19 AM 1/1/2021, you wrote:
>Since it doesn't mention jaws, I would start >with the obvious, something has gone wrong with >your ms-word. I'd suggest finding it in >add/remove programs which you can search for by >hitting the windows key and typing add followed >by the slash key. Once there, find your >microsoft office, and try to do a repair on it. > > > >On 1/1/2021 09:02, Shirley Tracy wrote: >> >> >> >>Hi List, >> >> >> >>This morning I opened a Word document and got >>the message “Office Updateâ€�, the same as I >>got one time last year (a couple weeks ago). >>The last time it happened, I rebooted and it >>went away. This time, it did not. I cannot open >>any Word documents—keep getting error messages >>telling me the program could not open properly. >>Is this something with JAWS or with Windows? How to fix? >> >> >> >>Shirley >> >> >> >>PS. I’m using Windows 10 and Word 2016. This >>didn’t happen before the latest update for >>JAWS and also for Windows. Not sure which is causing problem. Help! >> >> >
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