[gui-talk] Windows 8 Aggravations

[Louis Maher]

Arielle,

Outlook 2013 works well with JAWS.  First, find the file you wish to attach
with Windows Explorer, copy it into the clip board, open a new message in
Outlook, go to the body of the letter, and hit control + v and the file will
go into the attachment location.

I do not use JAWS on the login screen.  I use Narrator.  I power on, wait
for 15 seconds, hit windows + enter to bring up Narrator, then sign in.  

I have a surface Pro two.  I only use the desktop.

Windows + enter both starts and stops Narrator.


Regards
Louis Maher
Phone 713-444-7838
E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:14 PM
To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [gui-talk] Windows 8 Aggravations

Hi all,

I just got a new laptop last weekend with Windows 8.1 and the latest version
of JAWS 15. I'm running into several challenges and am not sure if these are
JAWS limitations or if I just haven't learned how to use Windows 8.

Most frustrating is that JAWS has been stalling and randomly going silent at
least once a day. It happens in the middle of downloads, when I try to open
the videos app, and at other random times. Luckily I can get Narrator to
work during those times (which is how I know it's a JAWS stall and not a
system freeze) but Narrator isn't a great substitute for JAWS. Sometimes
JAWS comes on when I alt-tab out of the offending window, sometimes when I
close the offending window, and other times not at all until I restart. My
laptop has 4 GB of RAM and I'm not sure why this is happening so often.

Second, I use Gmail Webmail interface for all my email and I can't figure
out how to add attachments to my emails. The Browse button works fine, but I
can't find a list of file directories. There is something called a grid
view, and something else with a list of my libraries like My Documents and
Music, but pressing Enter doesn't open the list and down-arrowing just leads
me to the grid view instead of down the list. This is very irritating
especially since sending files to people is a really important part of my
everyday life. Is there a fix for this problem? I've also noticed that
Internet Explorer doesn't let me access the menus or use Control-O to open
the address bar anymore. Will my ability to send attachments return if I
switch to Firefox or is this a more general problem with the way files are
organized in Windows 8?

Finally, a less serious concern, but Microsoft Excel 2013 doesn't tell me
what cell I'm in automatically as I move from row to row or column to
column. Is there a JAWS command to get that info?

Will Classic Shell help me at all?

Thanks for any advice and sorry there are so many questions!
Arielle

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