[nfbcs] Downloading Web Braille Books In Windows 7

[Ronald Smith]

Mike,

Boy! I'm sure glad I stayed with XP <GRIN>.
I'll wait till windows 8 to upgrade...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Downloading Web Braille Books In Windows 7


> Ah ... When you hit ENTER on the download, either hit Alt-S which will 
> start
> the download for saving or hit Alt-J to go to the ddownloads box and tab
> over to the "save" choice which is second or third over and hit spacebar.
> There will be a lot of verbage to listen to but suffer through it and the
> last thing spoken will tell you whether you are choosing to save, open,
> resume download or cancel.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Peter Donahue
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:11 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Downloading Web Braille Books In Windows 7
>
> Hello Mike and everyone,
>
> Version 9.0.
>
> Peter and Mary Donahue
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Downloading Web Braille Books In Windows 7
>
>
> What version of Internet Explorer are you using?
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Mary Donahue
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:30 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: [nfbcs] Downloading Web Braille Books In Windows 7
>
>         Good evening everyone,
>
>     I have just started using Windows 7 Home Premium within the past 
> month,
> and am having trouble downloading Web Braille books. When I press enter to
> download a volume file, I generally choose the Save button, bbut then
> Windows 7 asks me with which program I want to open.
> Yesterday, it asked me to have BRF files fixed with Speedy PC, which I did
> not want. I just want to select a volume file, save it, and rename the 
> file
> to have it saved in my Library Books folder. Can some of you please send
> some step-by-step instructions on how to download Web Braille books. This 
> is
> a brand-new computer, and I don't want to break anything after trying to 
> do
> something as simple as downloading books. I downloaded the Braille Readers
> Are Leaders reading logs without any problem. As far as screen-reading
> software goes, right now, I am using JAWS 12, but will soon be upgrading 
> to
> JAWS 13.
>
>     Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Mary Donahue
>
>     P.S. I have had to use Pete's laptop or desktop to download books, and
> those are still in Windows XP, but I don't want to keep doing that.
>
>
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