[gui-talk] Of Stupidity and Discovery

[Rafal Charlampowicz]

Hi, 

As David wrote, maximizing makes sense on some occasions, though actually
JAWS should read an opened message. 
Certainly you may need to maximize while working in Excel when you want to
switch between worksheets (Ctrl+Shift+s in JAWS). If you know that the
document contains more than a one worksheet, but JAWS, when you press
Ctrl+Shift+s, says there are no worksheets, press Alt+Space and maximize,
even if the maximize option is announced as inactive. 
Good luck, 
Raf



> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David
> Goldfield via gui-talk
> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2017 11:08 PM
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> Cc: David Goldfield <david.goldfield at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Of Stupidity and Discovery
> 
> Jen,
> 
> Whatever you may be, you are most certainly not an idiot. I can tell by
your
> style of writing that you are an intelligent and adventurous person and
the
> fact that you are unafraid to explore and try new things with your
technology
> is proof of that. None of us crawled out of the womb knowing what we know.
> <smile>
> 
> While it technically shouldn't have been necessary to maximize the window
in
> order to view and edit your email, it never hurts to do so and, at times,
it can
> help with situations such as the one you found yourself to be in.
> 
> Enjoy your technology and please be gentle with yourself. There's no such
> thing as a stupid question.
> 
> 
>            David Goldfield,
>        Assistive Technology Specialist
> 
> Feel free to visit my Web site
> WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info
> 
> On 1/7/2017 5:01 PM, Jen via gui-talk wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I wanted to give you two updates on my assistive technology
independence.
> >
> > First, the "stupidity part. I'm an idiot.
> >
> > Yesterday, I tried to reply to an e-mail, only to discover the top of my
> > message was gone! I could read starting from the bottom though. So I
> > automatically assumed it was an Office problem and spent about an hour
> > repairing it.
> >
> > I went back in to Outlook after the repair and saw the problem still
> > existed. When I pressed Alt, the only item was a "system menu." There
were
> > three items: "restore," "minimize" and "maximize." When I pressed Enter
on
> > "maximize," my whole message magically became legible to JAWS again!
> >
> > Up until then, I had never paid any attention to minimizing and
maximizing
> > because I assumed they were just visual things. It turns out they do
matter
> > because if something is not maximized, the whole thing isn't on the
screen.
> >
> > As for "discovery":
> >
> > I am an unapologetic and avid YouTube video watcher. I was exploring one
> of
> > the video pages when JAWS said "seek slider" when I was on the YouTube
> video
> > player. I turned "Forms" mode on, pressed the arrow keys ... and started
> > moving the video around! I now realize what my sighted friends mean when
> > they talk about, say, "the best part of this video is at 11:00."
> >
> > Also, JAWS tells me where the "skip ad" button is. This button will be
> > getting worn out very soon...
> >
> >
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