JAWS – Stop JAWS automatically reading Outlook emails

JAWS – Stop JAWS automatically reading Outlook emails

Problem

A JAWS customer does not wish JAWS to automatically read Outlook emails when they press ENTER to open them.

Applies to

  1. JAWS
  2. Fusion

Resolution

To prevent JAWS automatically reading email messages in Outlook use the steps below.

 

1.       Open Microsoft Outlook so that the main window is open.

2.       Press JAWSKey+V to open Quick Settings window.

3.       Then type the word “auto” without the quotes  into the search field and down arrow to Messages Automatically Read.

4.       Then press space to toggle the setting to off.

5.       Then press ENTER to close Quick Settings.




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