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Tom,

Have you tried maximizing the main window?  In most programs, you can do
this by pressing Alt-space followed by X.  I'm guessing, but that's
probably what your XYL is doing with the mouse.

Steve

On Wednesday 8/18/04 10:21 Tom Behler wrote:

>Hi, all.
>
>As some of you may remember, I have been using the N3FJP logging software
>for contest logging.  It actually works pretty well with Jaws 5.0 and
>Windows XP, but I have one nagging problem that I haven't been able to
>solve.
>
>After I enter the information for my first QSO, Jaws continually starts
>reading my log operating time second by second.  This information appears in
>the lower lefthand corner of the screen, well below the main logging entry
>fields.  If my XYL, who is sighted, uses the mouse to drag the main window
>down so that the log operating time no longer shows, the problem disappears.
>It's almost like she somehow shrinks the screen so the unneeded information
>is no longer visible.
>
>I'd like to be able to do this independently, if she is not available when
>I'm in the middle of a contest.
>
>Does anyone have any thoughts on a Jaws command or sequence of key strokes
>that might address this problem?
>
>I had thought of writing to Scott Davis (N3FJP) himself, but I really think
>it's a Jaws issue that he wouldn't know how to resolve.
>
>Thanks, and best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

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