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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>But with the old ActiveX/legacy form controls, don’t you have to protect parts of the document to force focus to the form controls?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'>Cheers, Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Beach<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [EXT] Word form fields with JAWS<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>It sounds like the designer used the new form field types instead of the legacy forms. That is my first quick guess. If they can change those to the legacy forms, JAWS “should” read them fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Robert Lee Beach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>7250 State Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kansas City, KS 66112<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phone: 913-288-7671<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:rbeach@kckcc.edu">rbeach@kckcc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brusnighan, Dean A.<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 2, 2019 8:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> ATHEN mailing list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [EXT][Athen] Word form fields with JAWS<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:solid #0054A6 1.5pt;padding:4.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;background:#F9E699'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'>CAUTION:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> This email originated outside KCKCC. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Please forward all suspicious emails to <a href="mailto:support@kckcc.edu"><span style='font-weight:normal'>support@kckcc.edu</span></a>.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Good Morning!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Our Graduate School provides MS-Word <a href="https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/research/thesis/templates.html">templates</a> for thesis and dissertation formatting. The templates they created make use of Word form fields. A JAWS user wants to use a template to write his dissertation, but says JAWS skips a lot of required fields. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>When I opened one of the templates (attached), I found JAWS interacts with edit fields just fine. However, I’m unable to get it to read combo boxes. It will announce the name of the combo box, but it won’t allow me to open the list of options to make a selection. I’m not a strong JAWS user. Is there something I’m doing wrong? Or are these fields just not accessible?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Dean Brusnighan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Purdue University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>765-494-9082<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu">dabrus@purdue.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>