[gui-talk] A Windows 7 Question

Wed Dec 29 22:10:02 UTC 2010

Debbie:

I'd bet that the Windows Key-E shortcut for Windows Explorer still works.  And Lloyd's suggestion of selecting the file via the spacebar from the Search Box is excellent since that's what a sighted person would do via the mouse.

Mike

On Dec 29, 2010, at 10:51, "Debbi Williamson" <debbi107 at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Lloyd.  Sometimes, it seems that Windows Explorer just isn't there.
> But, now, I have lots of things to try.  Between you and Mike, I am sure
> I'll get things straightened out.  Thanks again.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Rasmussen, Lloyd
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 1:30 PM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A Windows 7 Question
> 
> Once you have found a file, press the spacebar on it instead of the Enter
> key.  This should select it so you can copy or move it.  Check out the View
> menu of Windows Explorer; try to check Details and List rather than
> thumbnails.  As a last resort, you could right-click or use the Applications
> key on a file and select Properties for more information, including its
> location.
> 
> I still get tripped up by Windows Explorer in Win 7.  But when you are
> selecting programs on the start menu or the task bar, try the Applications
> key.  This often gives you a context menu containing useful shortcuts to the
> program or files you previously opened with it.
> 
> 
> 
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer National Library Service for the
> Blind and Physically Handicapped
> Library of Congress   202-707-0535
> http://www.loc.gov/nls
> The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of
> the Library of Congress, NLS.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of debbi williamson
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:55 PM
> To: Rasmussen, Lloyd; GUI Talk Mailing List Discussion of the Graphical User
> Interface
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A Windows 7 Question
> 
> Hi, Mike,
> Thanks for the suggestions.  But, neither the right arrow nor the
> applications key does anything when I search and find my files.  
> And, I can only find them if I type in a couple of letters in the search
> box.  I cannot find them any other way and I cannot do aonthing but press
> enter on them.  The two files in question are podcasts and so they will
> start playing when I press enter on either of them.  But, I cannot copy or
> move them to another place or save them to another drive or aoything.  And,
> with other files that I have searched for, I can't find them if I go into a
> folder where I think they are.  For example, I know that I have downloaded
> files into the "downloads" folder  that are not digital talking books but
> all I can find when I go into the downloads folder are the digital talking
> books.  If I type something into the search box, I will find them but I
> cannot find their actual location.  Is this making any sense at all? I don't
> know how better to explain.  But it is very frustrating not to be able to
> find my files aoy other way but typing a few letters into the search box.
> Is there any key command that will hels me find where the files are located?
> Debbi
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com
> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,GUI Talk Mailing List"
> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org Date sent: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:07:58 -0800
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] A Windows 7 Question
> 
> Debbie:
> 
> With respect, quit beating up on yourself and thinking you changed a
> setting.  The people who designed Windows 7 figured that (contrary to the
> way you and I think), people were *more* confused looking for files.  When
> your search finds one of the files you wish to access (as you say it does),
> does not hitting right-arrow get you to a list of possible actions?  or
> hitting the Applications Key?  Does not hitting ENTER take the default
> action for a file, as in playing it?
> 
> Mike
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Debbi Williamson" <debbi107 at atlanticbb.net
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:09 AM
> Subject: [gui-talk] A Windows 7 Question
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have windows 7, 64-bit and am currently using JAWS 11.  I download
> things  but cannot find them.  When I do a search, they show up but, I
> cannot see  what folders they are in and I find that I cannot select, copy
> or move  them.
> Well, I can select them but canot copy or move them.  Is there some
> setting  I should change or something I should do?  for example, when I
> searched  for  a podcast I'd downloaded, I couldn't find the file by name
> but, when I did  a  search, it appears to, somehow, be in "my music" but I
> cannot find it.
> This
> is an HP computer and, perhaps something in their windows 7 software
> installation is set strangely.  Or, perhaps I have inadvertently changed
> some setting.  Any thoughts as to how to fix it?  Thanks.
> 
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