Hello, In Windows 10, I have auto play on. When a music CD is inserted or a USB penn drive connected, all I hear is a musical tone. There is no dialogue prompting me what to do with this device. I'm t

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Hello, I tried the 2 quick keys options (in spell check) and only one works. In WORD 2013, I typed the following line with 4 deliberate mistakes: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog I never u

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Hello Carolyn, Yes I do use F7 to do a spell check. . That is not a list. Ann sent the tip on use of quick keys. Here is what she sent: There are JAWS hotkeys that work with spell check. turn on quick

Hello, In WORD 2013, the use of ctrl+z to togglequick keys is handy. But the alt+l does not bring up a list of misspelled words. The "m" for the next misspelled word does work and I will find this ver

Hello, In WORD 2013, I found out how to open recently opened documents. There is another way. Some will think it is easier. Open the START menu with the Windows Logo key Arrow down to: Most used list

Hello, The response Steve gave is exactly what I wanted. To bring up an edit box into which I can type a text file name. This is a file that was not recently opened by WORD. Steve has 1 mistake. the"a

To open a file in WORD 2013 using the edit box. ctrl+o tab to the recent documents tab. arrow down to, and press ENTER on "Computer". You will be in the : Pick a folder group box. Tab to the "document

Hello, I was told that this is a Windows 10 upgrade bug. A software problem that is easily fixed. All I had to do was switch the hard drive and DVD drive data connectors on the mother board. I still d

Hello, My desktop has 2 hard drives. I can connect and disconnect them at will. Both had Windows 7 and each drive used to recognize the DVD drive. Now, with the Windows 10 upgrade to the primary drive

Hello, The best way is to search the web for Windows 10 and the word "guide" or other words like "basic", "easy" or "beginner". The web is your best bet and learn to use it. There is a lot of informat

On the PC that does not recognize the DVD drive, there is an audio/music disk inserted. "This PC" shows Local Drives C: and D:. No DVD drive. In the command prompt, I typed the followingon the command

Ann, Thanks for the many hot keys, PC and the others. I don't understand your explaining how to open a text file. Perhaps you mean to open a recent document. You say: While you are in the open dialog,

Hello, I now have Windows 10 and the latest JAWS 17 installedon 2 computers. On the desktop, "This PC" displays the local drives. On 1 computer, the DVD drive is displayed while on the other it is not

Thanks Ann, I'm making headwaywith WORD 2013. Your suggestion to get to save-as by using the old: alt+F then a only gets me to the save-as tab. Inow know that I have to select a button for the folder

Hello, I just switched from WORD 2003 to 2013. The menu bar has been changed to a ribbon menu for some years now. These ribbons are proving to be an initial hurdle. I'm tabbing and arrowing in a fruit

Hello, I'm using Ms Office 2007. If I purchase the disk to install, do thesuite apps reside on the computer? Maybe now the only way to get MS Office is by downloading it. I'm especially interested in

Great Paul, The settings that you should look to change deal with privacy. There's a lot of complaints about MS wanting too much of our private information. In settings, Windows-key plus i, then type

Hello Paul, I forgot to tell you about the final setup options. These deal with many privacy items, and all are set on. I chose to leave them at the default tomake it easier to complete the upgrade. Y