[Trainer-Talk] Issue with JAWS 17 and Word in Windows 10

Wayne Merritt wcmerritt at gmail.com
Sat Aug 20 01:41:28 UTC 2016


Thanks. I wondered about telling them too but wanted to provide all
information. I have used Word both on the MacBook Pro keyboard and
with an external USB keyboard connected with the same results, no
focus unless I specifically choose the window in the Insert F10
windows list dialog.

Wayne

On 8/19/16, Reginald George <adapt at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> Freedom gets all freaky if you say the word Mac. You probably shouldn't have
> even told them. Anyway, it could be a keyboard Mac being issue. I would try
> to plug in a standard windows keyboard through USB and see if you still have
> the same issue. I'm not quite sure how to resolve it though.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 2:12 PM, Wayne Merritt via Trainer-Talk
>> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings. I sent the following issue to Freedom Scientific's tech
>> support and was told that since I was running Windows through Boot
>> Camp, they could not help me. Has anyone heard of this problem and
>> know how I can fix it? My issue is below.
>>
>> I have a support inquery regarding using JAWS 17 with Word
>> 2016 on Windows 10 2nd anniversary edition. I should say from the
>> beginning that I am running Windows 10 on a MacBook Pro using Boot
>> Camp. Each time I write something or change something in my Word
>> document, when I switch to another window and then try to switch back
>> to the open Word document, JAWS always loses focus. I have had to use
>> the list running applications keystroke of Insert F10 to switch back
>> to my Word document. This is a very annoying issue since it happens
>> every time I want to switch back to an open or blank Word document.
>> Please look into this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Wayne
>>
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