Enhancements in JAWS 11.0.1476
The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final JAWS
11.0.1471 release and the JAWS 11.0.1476 posting. All enhancements since the
initial public beta release are included in this release.
JAWS
Resolved an issue where the braille display would not update correctly when
cutting and pasting text in an Outlook e-mail message.
Resolved an issue where JAWS could not load script files for KNFB Reader.
Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing the check box status when
clearing and selecting items in the Local Area Connection Properties dialog
box.
Resolved an issue where the JAWS Task List was failing to work when the list
box was empty.
Resolved an issue where JAWS was not properly reading the dialog box when
deleting an item from Windows Explorer.
Resolved an issue where English braille translation options would appear in
the German version of JAWS after pressing INSERT+V.
Resolved an issue where Ribbon and status bar icons in the German version of
Word 2007 were not showing on a braille display.
Resolved an issue where the Japanese IME (Input Method Editor) failed with
Windows 7 and Excel 2007.
Resolved an issue where text in the Virtual Viewer was not visibly legible.
Resolved an issue where the Dictionary Manager became unresponsive when using
PAC Mate Remote Desktop.
Adobe Acrobat
Resolved an issue with Acrobat Pro 10 where JAWS was not recognizing or
reading the EULA agreement page during software installation.
Resolved an issue with Acrobat Reader 10 where JAWS was not reading the Find
edit field after pressing CTRL+F.
Internet Explorer
Resolved an issue where Web pages did not refresh after choosing a button on
that page.
Resolved an issue where JAWS did not recognize labels for invisible links on
Web pages.
Microsoft Excel
Resolved an issue originally observed in Excel where the braille display was
not refreshing correctly when moving through a file.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express
Resolved an issue where the Say Line command would not read while in the New
Project or New Web Site dialogs in Visual Studio 2010 Express.
Microsoft Word
Resolved an issue in Word where text was not underlined after pressing CTRL+U.
Resolved an issue in Word where paragraph marks were not visible in braille if
the JAWS braille settings were configured for DOM or Active Follows Braille.
Resolved an issue where you could not turn off bold, italic, or underline text
attributes in Word.
Resolved an issue where JAWS had difficulty reading tables in Word when
reading by sentence or using the Say All command.
Resolved an issue where the braille display would not refresh when moving by
line through a document.
Research It
Resolved an issue where JAWS announced that no results were found when using
the Convert Currency lookup source.
Resolved an issue where the Time Search lookup source announced that no
information was found.
Multi-Monitor Support
JAWS now works on Windows 7 or Windows Vista computers configured to use
multiple monitors.
Update to MLB Scores and NFL Scores
The MLB Scores and NFL Scores lookup sources in Research It have been expanded
and now provide links to box scores and game summaries. Each game listed
in the Virtual Viewer is now a link. Select any link to launch your Web browser
and read a recap and statistics of past games, or a preview of future games.
In addition, the MLB Scores lookup source has been revised to list all baseball
games together instead of grouping separately into American and National
leagues.
Office 2010
JAWS 11.0.1430 and later includes support for Microsoft Office 2010.
New Research It User Interface
Research It has been simplified and consolidated into a single dialog box for
easier access to all search functionality. The edit control now includes the
history of prior lookups. Also, a help window provides a detailed description of
each item in the lookup source list. Finally, an Options button provides
an easy solution for customizing the list of lookups that appear each time you
use this great new feature. For more information, see
Research It
described later on this page.