[blindlaw] Update on Jaws and Track Changes

Gerard Sadlier gerard.sadlier at gmail.com
Tue Apr 23 09:45:34 UTC 2019


Dear Laura

Just a note to thank you and all those who have worked on this very
much indeed. The tip you have shared for quick access keys seems
useful, I will try it.

Kind regards

Ger for all your work on this

On 4/12/19, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Sorry for the cross-post, but in case some folks are following one
> thread and not another:
>
> VFO is planning on issuing a new release some time in the next month
> to address as many of these concerns as possible.  I will be working
> with them on their Beta test to make sure they are actually addressed.
> Microsoft will also be working on things from their end, but they will
> primarily be implementing them in the latest build, so I anticipate
> that we will need to advocate for upgrades to the latest version of
> office as accommodations in our job.
>
> Here is the list of issues about which Vfo and Microsoft are aware.
> Please let me know if anything that you are encountering is not on
> this list.
>
> 1. virtual viewer does not show more than approximately 150 revisions.
> Also impacts the list tracked change feature.
> 2. Jaws occasionally reads both the old and the revised text.
> 3. Revisions of footnotes don’t show up in virtual viewer at all.
> 4. Jaws becomes sluggish when editing footnotes, headers and footers,
> comments.
> 5. Reliably being able to select text in footnotes, headers and
> footers, comment bubbles.
> 6. Always showing dots 7-8 on the display in footnotes.
> 7. Braille cursor routing keys do not work correctly when editing footnotes.
> 8. If footnotes are long, Braille display will stop advancing after a
> certain point.
> 9. Jaws will report a revision at the beginning of the line, rather
> than announcing the revision exactly where the revised text occurs.
> 10. call numbers of footnotes not being read in the footnote pane.
> 11. When switching from show all mark-up to no-markup, hidden
> properties are still read, requiring a manual refresh.
> 12. General sluggishness/lagginess when navigating the ribbon.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Laura
>
>
> On 4/11/19, Steve Jacobson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Laura,
>>
>> Perhaps you have already heard this elsewhere, but on a recent Podcast,
>> Eric
>> Damery made reference to some major changes to the process JAWS uses to
>> track Word changes and revisions were being made, and I believe he said
>> that
>> they would likely be in the May release.  Perhaps this will also help.
>>
>> The Quick Access Toolbar is very handy for tasks, I am glad it is helping
>> in
>> this situation.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Laura Wolk via
>> BlindLaw
>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:26 PM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Update on Jaws and Track Changes
>>
>> Hi Josh,
>>
>> Hit alt+f, then t to get to options.  Arrow down until you hear "quick
>> access tool bar."  Then tab over until you hear "customize quick
>> access tool bar list box, save as one of nine."  If you arrow down
>> through that list box, you will hear what the defaults are.  I hope
>> that helps.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> On 4/11/19, Josh Loevy via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Thanks for the update Laura!
>>> I have been looking for the default quick access commands, do you happen
>>> to know where I can find them?
>>>
>>
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