I'd be interested in verifying whether this consistently occurs
with JAWS 2019 and Word 2013. As I don't have either of those two
versions available I'm unable, though not unwilling, to confirm
this behavior. It's remotely possible that reinstalling JAWS could
fix this but this would likely erase any custom settings your
student may have created. I'd agree that a call to FS wouldn't
hurt. Also, as this is as much of a JAWS issue as it is an Office
issue have you considered going to the JFW list to see if others
using this combination have the same experiences?
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
On 9/16/2020 12:30 PM, Bob Kennedy
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I'd be leaning toward something wrong with her version of Jaws.
I've gotten similar misleading messages before and FS support
had me download the latest version of jaws to see if that would
correct the problem. Kind of like hitting a fly with a hammer
but sometimes it works.
FS does have a decent collection of bugs and fixes, depending on
who you talk to there. It would be worth a call.
On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 12:07:59 PM EDT,
Marsha Drenth
<mdrenth@...> wrote:
David,
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Good suggestion. I
did have my student unload JAWS and restart word.
Next lesson, we will try the JAWS find. I thought it
might be just in the one document so had her open a
different document, but again happened. The reason
that this is an issue is that this individual uses
Word every day all day long and uses the find
command to jump from different parts of a very long
document. So after getting this message a million
times, I am sure it would drive me batty too. Ha ha
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Thank you,
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Marsha
Drenth, Access Technology Instructor
Associated
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
919 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Personal:215-821-6151
Office:
215-627-0600 Ext. 3254
FAX: 215-922-0692
Email: MDrenth@...
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Marsha,
I personally haven't encountered this problem but
the message that your student is hearing is normally
what you would hear if you pressed insert-C for read
word in context in situations where this hotkey
doesn't apply or function.
Like you I'm unable to reproduce this problem. Does this happen even if your student closes and restarts JAWS? Does it occur if Word is also closed and restarted?
As a workaround your student could try using the JAWS Find command with quick keys enabled.
1. Press insert-Z to enable quick keys.
2. Press insert-ctrl-F for the JAWS find dialog. Type the text string to find and press enter.
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One advantage of this method is that the cursor should land right on the text and your student won't need to press the escape key to close the find dialog.
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David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
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JAWS Certified, 2019
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On 9/15/2020 2:38
PM, Marsha Drenth wrote:
I
have a student who uses Jaws 2019, with MS
word 2013 and Windows 10. When doing a simple
search, control+F, types in the ssearch term,
presses enter, which then takes her to the
first search result. Then the escape is used
to get out of the find, Jaws reports, ¡°Not
available outside of tables or Spellchecker in
Office 2013 or later.¡± I can not reproduce
this message. All Jaws updates have been
applied. And I can¡¯t imagine why this is
happening, since it was only stated once the
escape key was pressed.
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Any ideas?
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Thank you, ?
Marsha Drenth,
Access Technology Instructor
Associated
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
919 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Personal:215-821-6151
Office:
215-627-0600 Ext. 3254
FAX: 215-922-0692
Email: MDrenth@...
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