Try using the find on page functionality (ctrl + insert  + f).  

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Subject: [VICUG-L] Using Internet Explorer 8 with JAWS 10

Hi to all.

Yesterday after reading a message from this list, I went ahead and
downloaded Internet Explorer 8 to my computer with Windows XP and JAWS 10.
As the first response to the poster noted, IE8 has a lot going for it,
including better security features and the abilities to translate and send
web pages to an E-mail address or a blog without having to copy and
paste--and all of this is accessible with JAWS 10 (I don't know about
earlier versions--sorry).

On the minus side, there are three things I should mention (one of which has
already been noted):

1) The JAWS control for reading the address bar (insert+a) does not work
with IE8. However, as noted, there are several ways to get this information
from JAWS that still are functional.

2) In the "Normal" size window, the address on the address bar (accessed by
F6 in JAWS) is partially covered up. To read the full address from this
line, I've had to maximize the window's size.

3) Finally, the source option under the view menu is improved with the
addition of line numbers that show up in JAWS and a blank line between each
line number. However, the "Find" feature (which does not use JAWS' "Find"
here and is accessed by ctrl+f) has a particularly thorny problem--the "Ok"
and "Cancel" buttons are no longer being read by JAWS, making the feature
completely unuseable if you are looking for specific text in source code.
Other than reading line-by-line, I know of no alternative method for finding
this information.

Despite this flaw, IE8 is a welcome improvement over IE7.

Ted


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