[stylist] A possible fix for Donna and others

Tue Jan 24 19:42:47 UTC 2012

Donna, when I do that I get " *.eml

chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: <newmanrl at cox.net>; "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" 
<stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] A possible fix for Donna and others


> Robert,
> Just tried Insert+F7 twice, and Jaws said, "Not in Spell Checker." Anyway, 
> I
> wish someone who is getting these e-mails as html would say so. I can't
> figure how some of us are getting text and others html. One way to find 
> out
> is to pretend to save the e-mail; alt+f and then "a," tab once to the 
> combo
> box with the format selections. Whatever shows up there without your doing
> anything is the format of the e-mail as received. Just curious about other
> people's experiences.
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Leslie Newman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:28 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: [stylist] A possible fix for Donna and others
>
> Donna and others who experience dead acting links!
>
> While in a message that has a link you wish to go to, try the "List-Links"
> feature that JAWS gives us --- insert+F7
>
> (one way that a link will not fire off --- if you arrow down to a link, 
> even
> though JAWS reads it and it sounds live, the arrowing action really isn't
> putting the focus on that link. So you've got to either tab to it or the
> "list-links" option always work. And in writing all of the above, I also
> know that there can be other factors which will make what I've just
> described as a workable method, not actually work for you. [the message 
> may
> actually be a text message --- and right now, I'm not going to try every
> variation possible!])
>
> Good luck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Donna Hill
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:04 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Question for Peter
>
> Hi Dave,
> Please don't feel defensive. I'm just trying to figure this out. I'm 
> hoping
> you can tell me what other settings to check. I use Outlook 2003, and 
> under
> tools/options/e-mail format/, the "Compose in this format" combo box is 
> set
> to html. I'm really not sure where else to look.
>
> I've experimented with other e-mails, and the ones that show up as html
> documents have live links, while the ones like Stylist that show up as 
> text
> documents read like their live when Jaws encounters them, but they don't
> work. I tried saving one as html, but it doesn't show up as a choice. Jaws
> reads links in .doc format like they're live too, but they aren't.
>
> I tried again to enter the link at the bottom of your e-mail, and although
> Jaws says "link," entering on it doesn't work. Also, when I use "u" to go 
> to
> next unvisited link, nothing happens.
>
> Sorry for the trouble; I just want to be able to go to the links people 
> post
> and want them to be able to go to the ones I post without copying and
> pasting and removing line breaks.
> Thanks,
> Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of David Andrews
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:13 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Question for Peter
>
> Well, at the risk of sounding defensive -- I have not changed any settings
> for the list that would impact the content, or footer.  The links in the
> footer in my mail program are appearing as links.
>
> Check your local settings.
>
> Dave
>
> At 10:46 AM 1/23/2012, you wrote:
>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>Lately, I've noticed that people including myself are having trouble
>>going to links posted to the Stylist list. For instance, today, I tried
>>clicking on Cheryl's blog and, although the link seemed live to Jaws,
>>it didn't go anywhere. Then, I tried entering on one of the standard
>>links at the bottom of all Stylist e-mails -- in this case, it was in
>>Robert's post -- and
> again
>>I got nowhere. People have mentioned that they can't get to my articles
> when
>>I post those links, and that a line break seems to have been inserted.
>>
>>
>>
>>I notice that the e-mail is text only, and to the best of my knowledge,
>>there are never any live links in .txt files. Did our list recently 
>>change?
>>I checked my other e-mails, like the one Robert sent out to the
>>membership which did not go through the list about the monthly meeting.
>>This was an html document, though his message to the llist was .txt.
>>
>>
>>
>>Anyway, wondering if you know what's going on. We all often post links,
>>and it would be better if we could enter on them directly rather than
>>copying them to another document and deleting the line breaks that show
>>up in
> longer
>>URLs.
>>
>>
>>
>>Not everyone seems to have the problem, so that confuses me as well.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Donna
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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