[blindLaw] Calendar in Outlook

Mon Dec 23 18:13:49 UTC 2019

Angie,

You should be getting to it by tabbing.  It should be encountered as the last event of that day.  It is possible that JAWS is not correctly announcing it, though, so when you hear the current date you could try pressing ENTER to see what happens.  

I use Outlook most heavily on my work computer and I have to make a VPN connection and such to see my mail, so I'll double-check what I am hearing when I do some work tomorrow morning.  

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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Steve, this is indeed helpful, because what you describe with navigating and tabbing between events is exactly what I am experiencing. I do have one question: How do you access the overflow button? This isn't announced for me as I tab from event to event. After I pass the second event, JAWS generally announces the current date, no matter what day I'm looking at. Should I be happening upon this overflow button automatically, or do I need to take some action to get there? 

Thanks, 

Angie 

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> On Dec 23, 2019, at 12:56 PM, Steve Jacobson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Angie,
> 
> This can be a little tricky to supply advice because some changes have been made with versions of Outlook.  However, I believe I have my calendar set to the Month view, and I use the ARROW keys to navigate to the date I want.  The view is laid out as a calendar, so the DOWN ARROW and the UP ARROW go to the next and the previous week while the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys move day by day.
> 
> To check what is happening on a given date, I press the TAB key.  Each press of the TAB key brings me to another event on that date.  However, if there are more than two events or so, they won't fit so I have to press the "Overflow" button to see the rest of the events.  I have found that even though the "OVERFLOW Button" is described as a button, I have to press ENTER to activate it.  Pressing SPACE on it seems to do nothing.  
> 
> When an event is focused, the Context or Applications key brings up options that apply to that event such as "Join Skype Meeting" or "Reply to All" and such.  If I need to see more details about the event, I press ENTER.
> 
> Does this help at all?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
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> Subject: [blindLaw] Calendar in Outlook
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone can offer any tips for navigating the calendar in Outlook. I'm using Office 2016 and JAWS 2020. When I'm in the calendar view, I have trouble seeing more than two appointments on a given day. I can change to active view, which helps, but I can't seem to access appointments that have already occurred from this view. And list view shows me past appointments, but it starts with things going back to my first month working here, and they don't seem to be logically sorted. I'm very open to the possibility that operator error is to blame here. Does anyone have any suggestions? 
> 
> Also, I am really having trouble in spellcheck, both in Outlook and in Word. Is there really no way to hear a spelling error in context anymore? I hope I am just missing something. 
> 
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer. 
> 
> Angie
> and 
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