[stylist] Question for Peter

[David Andrews]

Some mail programs have a setting concerned with executing links in 
html messages, don't know about outlook 2003, but if JAWS says it is 
a link, then something else is preventing it from opening, your mail 
program, JAWS, or your browser.

Dave

At 12:04 PM 1/24/2012, you wrote:
>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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