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TeddyBear
Good afternoon list:
With Windows XP and Jaws 12, how do I set Jaws to automatically announce when it is reading highlighted text? Thanks in advance. Tracy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20121112/1611d0ff/attachment.html>
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Marquette, Ed <Ed.Marquette@...>
If ou mean "highlighted" as in a word document where text has been "highlighted," as opposed to "selected" text, just use the reading scheme "colors."
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Insert plusalt plus S. Then press "C"
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From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of TeddyBear Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 1:44 PM To: JFW Subject: Reading highlighted text Good afternoon list: With Windows XP and Jaws 12, how do I set Jaws to automatically announce when it is reading highlighted text? Thanks in advance. Tracy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20121112/1611d0ff/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you.
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Dave...
Settings Center
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Ctrl+Shift+D to apply to default Speech and Sound Schemes Select your current scheme (usually marked as default) Press Modify Button Ctrl+Tab to the Attributes page On the attributes page, select add find Highlight" and press Enter Decide on how you want the highlight announced and press Enter Make any other needed changes, and press Enter to close out multi-page dialog Then save as Give it a unique name and press Enter Then you will be asked if you want this to be your default and select yes. Then save the settings That should do it. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "TeddyBear" <teddybear25@...> To: "JFW" <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 11:44 Subject: Reading highlighted text Good afternoon list: With Windows XP and Jaws 12, how do I set Jaws to automatically announce when it is reading highlighted text? Thanks in advance. Tracy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20121112/1611d0ff/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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TeddyBear
Good afternoon:
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Thank you for your instructions, but after following the steps, Jaws is still not letting me know which text is highlighted. Tracy
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From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Settings Center
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Dave Durber
Markette:
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Helpful hints: When listting a program, Windows or JAWS command, please use the "+" symbol (without the quotes), not the word plus spelled out. When you use the plus symbol, JAWS pronounces the command correctly, as in, Insert+alt+S. In addition, do not include spaces in the command string. If you do, some people might think that a space character or, space characters, need to be included as well, which is not the case. HTH Sincerely:
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From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: RE: Reading highlighted text If ou mean "highlighted" as in a word document where text has been "highlighted," as opposed to "selected" text, just use the reading scheme "colors."
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Dave...
Tracy,
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Hmmm. Did you try Ed's suggestion? Perhaps your highlighted text is not actually highlighted, but selected, as he suggests, or just a different background color? What application are you using that needs it to be spoken? Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "TeddyBear" <teddybear25@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 12:56 Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Good afternoon: Thank you for your instructions, but after following the steps, Jaws is still not letting me know which text is highlighted. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Settings Center _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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TeddyBear
I have a word document with highlighted text in it. I need to know what the new highlighted text is while reading the entire document.
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Tracy
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From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Tracy,
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Marquette, Ed <Ed.Marquette@...>
Tracy:
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I'm reviewing a document in MS Word right now. To test, I highlighted a word. The highlight menu gives one a choice of several options. Most people choose yellow, but other highlighting techniques may use other colors. The key is the background. Usually, background is white. I'm proofing this document, Bylaws that my associate revised using track changes. I am using the proof reading scheme that shows font, attributes, and color. As I read over the highlighted text, it says "yellow background." I know it is highlighted. That's all there is to it. To use the proof reading scheme, as I mentioned before (though this time I'll use the formatting David suggested), just press Alt+Insert+S. Arrow through the list, or if you are as impatient as I am, press the letter "P." There are at least 3 different proof reading schemes. I picked one that said font, attribute, and colors. I suspect any scheme that reads colors would work. Hope this helps. I'm now going to erase the highlighting.
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From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of TeddyBear Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:13 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text I have a word document with highlighted text in it. I need to know what the new highlighted text is while reading the entire document. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Tracy, _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you.
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Dave...
One other thought...The highlighting is not announced during a say all
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process or if you read paragraphs or lines. I think you'll only detect the highlighting if you're moving word-by-word. Isn't that correct, Ed? Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 14:34 Subject: RE: Reading highlighted text Tracy: I'm reviewing a document in MS Word right now. To test, I highlighted a word. The highlight menu gives one a choice of several options. Most people choose yellow, but other highlighting techniques may use other colors. The key is the background. Usually, background is white. I'm proofing this document, Bylaws that my associate revised using track changes. I am using the proof reading scheme that shows font, attributes, and color. As I read over the highlighted text, it says "yellow background." I know it is highlighted. That's all there is to it. To use the proof reading scheme, as I mentioned before (though this time I'll use the formatting David suggested), just press Alt+Insert+S. Arrow through the list, or if you are as impatient as I am, press the letter "P." There are at least 3 different proof reading schemes. I picked one that said font, attribute, and colors. I suspect any scheme that reads colors would work. Hope this helps. I'm now going to erase the highlighting. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of TeddyBear Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:13 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text I have a word document with highlighted text in it. I need to know what the new highlighted text is while reading the entire document. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Tracy, _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Marquette, Ed <Ed.Marquette@...>
Dave:
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In fact, in my little test, I was reading word-by-word. That's because, with track changes, with say-all, read by line, read by sentence, or read by paragraph, you won't hear the deleted text. You have to find the line with the changes and read by word to hear the deleted text. To test the reading of highlights using just the "Colors" scheme (during my earlier test I was using the proof reading scheme), I pulled up an otherwise clean document and highlighted a few words buried in the middle of a sentence which was itself buried in the middle of a paragraph. First, I found the text, as described above. Then, I selected it, chose "highlight" in MS Word, and picked "Yellow." Next, I pressed Alt+Insert+S and selected the "colors" scheme. Then, I read the line where the highlighting appeared with Insert+up arrow. JAWS started the line with "white background," but when it came to the highlighted text, it said "yellow background" and continued reading the text. When it finished the highlighted text, JAWS said white background and continued reading. WOW! Next, I tried to read by sentence. I moved up the page with a couple of PGUP commands. Then, I sequentially read down the screen, sentence-by-sentence, using Alt+down arrow. When it came to the sentence with the highlighted text, it did exactly the same thing, namely, announced the highlighted text with "Yellow Background." That was better than I expected. So, I really decided to put JAWS 14 to the test. Again, I moved up the screen with a couple of PGUP commands. Then read by paragraph, using Control+down arrow. To my astonishment, JAWS again passed the test, saying "Yellow Background" when it came to the highlighted text and saying "white background" when the highlighting had concluded. Finally came the granddaddy test -- the test of tests. I moved up the page again with a couple of depressions of the PGUP key. Then, I pressed Insert+down arrow to start say all. I'm glad I was sitting down because, to my amazement, JAWS again read "yellow background" when it came to the highlighted text. Dave, like you, I didn't think this would work. Clearly, if one is content to hear the color of the background, knowing that is the highlighting, the above method works way, way better than I would have predicted. Happy highlighting Tracy!
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From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Farfar Carlson Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 6:19 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text One other thought...The highlighting is not announced during a say all process or if you read paragraphs or lines. I think you'll only detect the highlighting if you're moving word-by-word. Isn't that correct, Ed? Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 14:34 Subject: RE: Reading highlighted text Tracy: I'm reviewing a document in MS Word right now. To test, I highlighted a word. The highlight menu gives one a choice of several options. Most people choose yellow, but other highlighting techniques may use other colors. The key is the background. Usually, background is white. I'm proofing this document, Bylaws that my associate revised using track changes. I am using the proof reading scheme that shows font, attributes, and color. As I read over the highlighted text, it says "yellow background." I know it is highlighted. That's all there is to it. To use the proof reading scheme, as I mentioned before (though this time I'll use the formatting David suggested), just press Alt+Insert+S. Arrow through the list, or if you are as impatient as I am, press the letter "P." There are at least 3 different proof reading schemes. I picked one that said font, attribute, and colors. I suspect any scheme that reads colors would work. Hope this helps. I'm now going to erase the highlighting. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of TeddyBear Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:13 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text I have a word document with highlighted text in it. I need to know what the new highlighted text is while reading the entire document. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Tracy, _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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Dave...
Ed,
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Awesome. That's a milestone for being able to detect those items we need to hear. Thanks for the heavy detective work! Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
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From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 18:49 Subject: RE: Reading highlighted text Dave: In fact, in my little test, I was reading word-by-word. That's because, with track changes, with say-all, read by line, read by sentence, or read by paragraph, you won't hear the deleted text. You have to find the line with the changes and read by word to hear the deleted text. To test the reading of highlights using just the "Colors" scheme (during my earlier test I was using the proof reading scheme), I pulled up an otherwise clean document and highlighted a few words buried in the middle of a sentence which was itself buried in the middle of a paragraph. First, I found the text, as described above. Then, I selected it, chose "highlight" in MS Word, and picked "Yellow." Next, I pressed Alt+Insert+S and selected the "colors" scheme. Then, I read the line where the highlighting appeared with Insert+up arrow. JAWS started the line with "white background," but when it came to the highlighted text, it said "yellow background" and continued reading the text. When it finished the highlighted text, JAWS said white background and continued reading. WOW! Next, I tried to read by sentence. I moved up the page with a couple of PGUP commands. Then, I sequentially read down the screen, sentence-by-sentence, using Alt+down arrow. When it came to the sentence with the highlighted text, it did exactly the same thing, namely, announced the highlighted text with "Yellow Background." That was better than I expected. So, I really decided to put JAWS 14 to the test. Again, I moved up the screen with a couple of PGUP commands. Then read by paragraph, using Control+down arrow. To my astonishment, JAWS again passed the test, saying "Yellow Background" when it came to the highlighted text and saying "white background" when the highlighting had concluded. Finally came the granddaddy test -- the test of tests. I moved up the page again with a couple of depressions of the PGUP key. Then, I pressed Insert+down arrow to start say all. I'm glad I was sitting down because, to my amazement, JAWS again read "yellow background" when it came to the highlighted text. Dave, like you, I didn't think this would work. Clearly, if one is content to hear the color of the background, knowing that is the highlighting, the above method works way, way better than I would have predicted. Happy highlighting Tracy! -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Farfar Carlson Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 6:19 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text One other thought...The highlighting is not announced during a say all process or if you read paragraphs or lines. I think you'll only detect the highlighting if you're moving word-by-word. Isn't that correct, Ed? Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 14:34 Subject: RE: Reading highlighted text Tracy: I'm reviewing a document in MS Word right now. To test, I highlighted a word. The highlight menu gives one a choice of several options. Most people choose yellow, but other highlighting techniques may use other colors. The key is the background. Usually, background is white. I'm proofing this document, Bylaws that my associate revised using track changes. I am using the proof reading scheme that shows font, attributes, and color. As I read over the highlighted text, it says "yellow background." I know it is highlighted. That's all there is to it. To use the proof reading scheme, as I mentioned before (though this time I'll use the formatting David suggested), just press Alt+Insert+S. Arrow through the list, or if you are as impatient as I am, press the letter "P." There are at least 3 different proof reading schemes. I picked one that said font, attribute, and colors. I suspect any scheme that reads colors would work. Hope this helps. I'm now going to erase the highlighting. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-bounces@...] On Behalf Of TeddyBear Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:13 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text I have a word document with highlighted text in it. I need to know what the new highlighted text is while reading the entire document. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Reading highlighted text Tracy, _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com ANY FEDERAL TAX ADVICE CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT BE USED OR REFERRED TO IN THE PROMOTING, MARKETING OR RECOMMENDING OF ANY ENTITY, INVESTMENT PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT, AND SUCH ADVICE IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list Jfw@... http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
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TeddyBear
Hi Ed:
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I'm sorry for the late reply; I was at the hospital all day. This is the first opportunity I had to come to my computer since yesterday. Thank you very much for these very simple instructions; it works very nicely. Have a good night. Tracy
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From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 5:34 PM Subject: RE: Reading highlighted text Tracy:
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