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Marvin Hunkin <[log in to unmask]>
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BLIND-DEV: Development of Adaptive Hardware & Software for the Blind/VI" <[log in to unmask]>
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Here is some info some one asked about accessable database design.
and they were writing jaws scripts for access 2000.
well here is some info for that person.
and to improve ms office 2000 accessability as well.
cheers marvin.

HI.

I AM USING MS ACCESS 2000.

COULD SOME ONE PLEASE GIVE ME SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO SCRIPT THE MS ACCESS
SCRIPTS TO DO THE FOLLOWING TASKS:

1.    HAVE A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO ACTIVATE THE ADVANCED OPTIONS IN THE FORM
DESIGN OF THE FORM.

THAT WHEN YOU CLICK ON A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, THE WIZARD DOES NOT ACTIVATE,
LIKE FOR THE COMMAND BUTTON.

YOU HAVE TO DRAG AND THEN DOUBLE CLICK.

TRIED THIS USING THE SIMULATED JAWS CURSUR DRAG AND DROP OPTION FOR JAWS. IT
DID NOT ACTIVATE THE COMMAND BUTTON WIZARD IN MS ACCESS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WAY OF ACTIVATING THE TOOLS FROM THE TOOLBOX, SO
THEN I CAN USE THE WIZARDS.

ONCE I GOT SIGHTED HELP, THEN THE WIZARD RAN FINE.

AND I COULD PUT A CLOSE BUTTON ON THE FORM.

WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ACCESS FOR ALL THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, IN ADVANCED
TOOLS FOR MS ACCESS 2000.

THAT IS WHAT I AM USING AT MY COLLEGE AT THE MOMENT.

2.    HAVE A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT IN THE CUSTOMISE OPTION OF MS OFFICE, THAT IF
I WANT TO CREATE A MENU, WITH MENU BUTTONS, AND A MENU BAR, I CLICK ON
TOOLS, CUSTOMISE, AND WANT TO ADD MACROS TO THE TOOLBAR, MENU, MENU BAR,
THERE IS NO KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO ACTIVATE THE EDIT BUTTON, WHICH THEN TAKES
ME TO A MENU OF CHOICES.

ONCE AGAIN AFTER SIGHTED ASSISTANCE, I CAN GO TO THE MENUS, AND PUT MENU,
MENU BUTTONS, MENU BAR.

3.    IN THE TEXT TO COLLUMSN WIZARD, I WOULD LIKE A KEYBOARD SHORTCUT TO
SEPARATE COLUMSN OF TEXT. AT PRESENT, ONLY CAN DO THIS MANUALLY, AFTER THE
COLLUMSN HAVE BEEN CREATED. OR NEED SIGHTED ASSISTANCE IN THE TEXT TO
COLLUMSN WIZARD.

PLEASE GIVE ME OPTIONS OR SOLUTIONS.

SOME SAMPLE CODE TO GET ME STARTED.

OR IF SOME ONE HAS WRITTEN SCRIPTS FOR THIS, THEN LET ME KNOW WHERE I CAN
GET THEM.

I WROTE TO FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC TECH SUPPORT WHEN VERSION 4.5 WAS STILL OUT.

POINTED OUT THE PROBLEMS IN MS OFFICE 2000, LIKE NO KEYBOARD SHORTCUT WHEN
IN THE TEXT TO COLUMMNS WIZARD IN EXCEL, AND YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY SEPARATE
THE COLLUMNS, AFTER THE WIZARD HAS FINISHED, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SPLIT
COLLUMNS WHILE IN THE WIZARD, NEED SIGHTED ASSISTANCE AGAIN.

WOULD LIKE TO DO THESE ADVANCED OFFICE FUNCTIONS WITH OUT SIGHTED
ASSISTANCE.

IF MS OFFICE 2002 OR 2003 HAS FIXED THESE PROBLEMS WITH JAWS, THEN MAYBE GET
MY COLLEGE TO UPGRADE TO THOSE VERSIONS.

SO PLEASE WRITE ME OFF LIST.

CHEERS MARVIN.

PS: I AM A NOVICE SCRIPTER. I HAD DABBLED A LITTLE BIT, AND DID THE TUTORIAL
FROM FS A FEW YEARS AGO.

I APOLOGIZE IF I AM RAMBLING AND NOT MADE MYSELF PERFECTLY CLEAR.

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