Surfing the Internet with JAWS!

Learn to use JAWS® screen reading software to read and navigate the Internet! Do you want to become a power JAWS user on the World Wide Web? Do you want to learn how JAWS can help you navigate the vast resources of entertainment, education, and information available on the Web? Surf's Up! - Surfing the Internet with JAWS will teach you to use JAWS to read and work with all types of HTML pages, such as Web sites, Help systems, Web-based applications, and more. You'll learn how to use the powerful features of JAWS to get the most out of surfing the Web.

Tip: JAWS provides context-sensitive help for many different elements you might encounter in Web pages. To read help information for the current Web page or element within a Web page, press INSERT+F1. For general help with Internet Explorer, press INSERT+F1 twice quickly while Internet Explorer is the active window.

Surf's Up! - Surfing the Internet with JAWS is designed for use with JAWS 7.0 and later. Some of the features described may be unavailable in previous versions. You can download the latest version of JAWS from the JAWS Downloads page.

For new users, these pages present information and exercises that are designed to be followed in a specific order. If you skip around, you may miss some important information, so it is recommended that you go through it the first time in the order shown below from beginning to end. In addition, many of the exercise pages and keystroke command pages in Surf's Up open in new browser windows. You can press ALT+TAB to move between the open windows. Also remember to close the open windows by pressing ALT+F4 when you are finished with them.

Note: If you hear a Windows sound and notice the information bar pop up near the top of the screen, press ALT+N to move there and SPACEBAR to activate it. Choose "Allow Blocked Content" in the context menu and press ENTER to close the menu. Internet Explorer may block the JavaScript used in the Jump To Page combo box at the bottom of each page. You should only have to do this once per session.

Surf's up! Let's see where JAWS can take us:

Navigating Web Pages
Temporary versus Permanent Changes
Tables
Forms
Frames
OnMouseOvers
Languages
Dealing with Difficult Pages
Using the JAWS Find Command
Skim Reading
PlaceMarkers and the Custom Page Summary
Personalized Web Page Settings
Speech and Sounds Manager
Custom Labels
Search Engines
Using HTML Help Systems
Settings Packager

Windows XP Setup Information

If you are using Windows XP with Service Pack 2, you may need to reconfigure Internet Explorer to work more smoothly with Surfing the Internet with JAWS. These steps prevent Internet Explorer from displaying the Information Bar and blocking content on certain of these pages.

Tip: To see if you have Service Pack 2 installed on your computer, press WINDOWS Key+BREAK and read the information that displays. If Service Pack 2 is not installed, you do not need to perform the rest of these steps.

To reconfigure Internet Explorer for use with Surf's Up - Surfing the Internet with JAWS, do the following:

1. Open the Tools menu, select Pop-up Blocker, and press RIGHT ARROW.
2. Choose Turn Off Pop-up Blocker and press ENTER.
3. From the Tools menu, choose Internet Options.
4. Press CTRL+SHIFT+TAB to move to the Advanced tab.
5. Press A until you select Allow active content to run on files in My Computer.
6. Press the SPACEBAR to select the check box for this item.
7. Press ENTER to close the dialog box and save your changes.

You can repeat these steps to restore your previous settings.