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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Only if you want to keep the end user from making changes. I’ve used forms where I could navigate the text as well as the form fields with JAWS. In fact, you can use the JAWS Quick Keys to find forms quickly.
At least that’s what I rmember. I’ve slept since then, so I could be still remembering a dream. <big smile><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kansas City Kansas Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Karlen Communications<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:33 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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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 <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [EXT] Word form fields with JAWS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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<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">
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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