Pocket Internet Explorer

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  1. Reading and Moving Through Web Pages
  2. Changing Your Home Page
  3. Changing Security Options
  4. Synchronizing Favorite Links
  5. Viewing Favorites
  6. Adding/Deleting a Favorite Link

The World Wide Web has a lot to offer. On any given day, at any given moment you can connect to the web and find interesting articles about any subject, you can buy almost anything and you can visit nearly every country. With Pocket Internet Explorer, you can download files, post to a listserv, access multimedia files, and even share resources and ideas with people who are located at opposite ends of the world.

To open Internet Explorer, go to the Start Menu (Windows Key), press I twice and then press ENTER. When Internet Explorer opens, PAC Mate begins reading your home page. To silence speech, press CTRL. Your initial home page is a default page, which has links to Pocket Internet Explorer’s Online Help, PocketPC.com, FreedomScientific.com, MSN Mobile and AvantGo. To move about links on a page, press TAB or SHIFT+TAB and to open a page, press ENTER on the link.

If you know the web address of the site, then press G to go directly to Pocket IE address bar and type in the address. When you are done press ENTER.

Appendix A lists the PAC Mate commands available for Pocket Internet Explorer. Many of these commands are layered so you can press the second command repeatedly without re-pressing the initial command.

Reading and Moving through Web Pages

PAC Mate can provide information about the structure and organization of web pages. Tables, headings, and alternate text for images are announced. This information helps you locate what you need quickly and take full advantage of web features.

Text

When you open a web page, PAC Mate announces the presence of frames, links, and headings then it begins speaking the text on the screen. Reading and moving through web based text uses the same reading commands as those used for text in a document. For more information on moving and reading text, please see PAC Mate Basics, Working with Text.

Note:  If you start reading before a page completely loads, some of the page may not be available.

Links

Links allow you to move from one portion of a document to another or from one document to another. When reading a web page with the Virtual Cursor, PAC Mate places each link on its own line, even if Internet Explorer visually presents the link on a line with other text or additional links.

When you move to a link with the Virtual Cursor, PAC Mate announces the type of link and the text of the link. PAC Mate announces the type of link as follows:

PAC Mate announces when a graphic is used as part of a link. Image Map Links are also announced. Image map links are part of an image. A small section of the image is mapped out to represent a "hot spot" that is normally clicked with the mouse. PAC Mate moves to image map links the same way it does to other links.

PAC Mate provides configuration settings for links, so you can determine what information and how much information you wish to hear:

To change these settings temporarily, press JAWS Key+V. To change them permanently, press Windows Key, S to open the Settings Dialog, and change the HTML settings as appropriate.

Use the Links List dialog to quickly locate and select links on a web page. Press JAWS Key+F7 to open the Links List. Press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW, or the first letter of a link's text to move through the list of links, and press ENTER to open a link.

You can also move through the controls in this dialog by pressing TAB. There are buttons to move to the location of a link on the page or to open a link. There are radio button groups to filter and sort the links that display in the list.

Headings

IN HTML, headings are used to indicate the start of sections and subsections of a page so that the relationship between information within sections and subsections is clear when reading the page. When viewing all headings on a page, if the headings are used properly, the hierarchy of the heading levels indicates how the page is structured. This makes it easier to find information and understand the relationships within the information. To view a table with all the commands that allow you to navigate by headings, go to Appendix A.

PAC Mate recognizes headings at levels 1 through 6 and announces them as you move through the page or read using Say All. Press H to move to the next heading, or press SHIFT+H to move to the prior heading. To move to the first heading on the page, press CTRL+HOME, H. To move to the last heading, press CTRL+END, SHIFT+H.

The Headings List dialog lists headings on the current page and indicates the heading level. Press UP or DOWN ARROW to move through the list. press ENTER to move to the location of the selected heading on the web page.

Headings are announced as you navigate through a web page, but if you want, you can turn this announcement off. To temporarily turn off heading announcement, press JAWS Key+V to open the Verbosity dialog and move to Indicate Headings. Press SPACEBAR to turn off this setting.

To permanently change this setting:

  1. Press the Windows Key to open the Start Menu.
  2. Press S to open the Settings Dialog.
  3. press TAB until you reach the combo box labeled "Headings Verbosity."
  4. Press UP OR DOWN ARROW to select the setting you want.
  5. press ENTER to close the HTML Settings Dialog.

The HTML heading navigation features are extremely useful on pages that use headings as they are intended. However, many web pages are written that do not properly use headings. The heading navigation features may not be as useful on these pages.

Tables

PAC Mate provides commands that allow you to move within tables. In addition, when you use table navigation commands you can get information about the position of table cells and the structure of tables on a page.

When you move through a web page, PAC Mate announces the start of tables, and the number of columns and rows, and reads the summary, if a summary is available.

A table summary provides information about the purpose of the table. If a summary is provided, PAC Mate says, "Summary," and reads the summary text.

When you navigate tables using standard reading commands, PAC Mate reads the cells in order from left to right and behaves as if each table cell begins on a new line. PAC Mate does not identify table headers or provide information about table structure when you navigate in this manner.

To hear information about the current table cell, press ALT+CTRL+C. PAC Mate announces the row and column position, the current row and column headers, and the contents of the cell.

When you move to the next or prior cell in the same row using table navigation commands such as ALT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or ALT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW, PAC Mate reads the column header, the data in the cell, and the column number.

To move to the cell above or below the current cell, press ALT+CTRL+UP ARROW or ALT+CTRL+DOWN ARROW. PAC Mate reads the row header, the data in the cell, and the row number.

Note:  PAC Mate does not identify row or column headers when you navigate tables using standard reading commands with the Virtual Cursor or when using Say All.

Forms

HTML forms on web pages allow you to enter information and send it to another computer. Examples of forms include shopping carts, feedback forms, and web-based e-mail and bulletin boards.

Forms are collections of controls such as check boxes, combo boxes, edit fields, and radio buttons. Use PAC Mate commands to move through form fields on a web page. These commands are layered so you can press the second command repeatedly without pressing the initial command.

To enter text into a form field, move the Virtual Cursor to a form field, and press ENTER to switch to Forms Mode. PAC Mate says, "Forms Mode On," the information and the name of the control you are on. When you press ENTER to go into Forms Mode, the PC cursor is activated on the current control. If the field is an edit field, the cursor is placed at the top of the field.

To navigate within an edit field while in Forms Mode, use the UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT ARROW as you normally would. To move to the next form field while in Forms Mode, press TAB. To move to the previous field, press SHIFT+TAB.

To exit Forms Mode, press JAWS Key+X.

To check a check box or radio button on a form, press ENTER when the Virtual Cursor is on the item. If you are on a check box, the state of the check box is toggled. If you are on a radio button that is unchecked, the radio button is checked, however, if it was already checked, it remains unchanged.

If you enter Forms Mode in a Combo box, the first item is selected. To change the selection, press UP or DOWN ARROW.

Tip:  In some forms, changing the selection in a combo box opens a new page automatically. To work with these combo boxes, press ALT+DOWN ARROW to open the list of choices. Then move to an item and press ENTER to make your selection.

PAC Mate attempts to associate each form field with a textual prompt. PAC Mate can identify when a prompt is specifically associated with a control, and speaks the correct prompt when you move to that control. If no prompt is specifically associated with a control, PAC Mate attempts to identify text positioned near the control as the prompt. This is most accurate when the text is directly to the left or right of the form control.

Forms on some web pages are not written with accessibility in mind, and PAC Mate cannot obtain enough information to read the form controls properly. If PAC Mate does not read form controls correctly while you are in Forms Mode, reading the form with the Virtual Cursor may provide additional helpful information. press ENTER to turn Forms Mode on and fill in a form field. Then press JAWS Key+X to exit Forms Mode and continue reading the form with the Virtual Cursor.

Frames

Frames allow more than one document to be displayed on a web page at the same time. The frames on a page may be arranged vertically, horizontally, or mixed so that, for example, one frame appears on top with two frames side by side below it. In this way, frames provide structure visually on a page and allow text on one portion of the page, such as a listing of navigation links, to remain the same while another portion changes. PAC Mate provides commands that allow you to navigate easily on a page with frames.

PAC Mate announces the beginning and end of frames, reading the frame title if one is available. If no frame title is available, PAC Mate reads the frame name.

Changing Your Home Page

If you want another web page as your home page, press G to move to the Address Bar and type in the address of the page. When you are done, press ENTER to go to that page.

Next, press ALT to open the menu, and press ENTER on Tools. With the Tools Menu open, press ENTER on Options. The first controls in the Options dialog are two buttons, one labeled Use Current and one labeled Use Default. To have the web page currently opened as your home page, press ENTER on the Use Current button.

Changing Security Options

Pocket Internet Explorer supports the security protocols used by secure pages. When accessing a secure page, you can send personal information safely. To determine if a page is secure, press ALT, move to View and press ENTER. Select Properties.

To change security settings, press ALT, move to Tools, and press ENTER. Go to Options and press SHIFT+TAB to move to the General tab, then press the RIGHT ARROW to move over to the Advanced page.

Cookies contain information about your identity and preferences so that a page can tailor information to your needs. To prevent Pocket Internet Explorer from accepting cookies, use the SPACEBAR to uncheck the Allow cookies check box.

Synchronizing Favorite Links

In ActiveSync on your PC, press ALT+T to open the Tools Menu. press ENTER on Options. In the Options dialog list view, move to Favorite and place a check in the box.

In Internet Explorer on your PC, save or move favorite links to the Mobile Favorites subfolder in the Favorites list.

Connect your mobile device to your PC. If synchronization does not start automatically, in ActiveSync on your PC, press ALT+F and press ENTER on Synchronize.

Note:  If you add or delete a favorite link in the Mobile Favorites folder on your device, the next time you synchronize, the same change is made on the PC.

Viewing Favorites

If favorite pages are not synchronized using a schedule for synchronization, in Internet Explorer on your PC, go to Tools (ALT+T) and select Synchronize.

On PAC Mate, press ALT, F to open the Favorites page.

Use the arrow keys to select the page(s) that you want to view and press ENTER.

Note:  If you get a message that the page is not available, you must download the page to your device through synchronization or connect to the Internet.

To quickly stop pictures and sounds from downloading, press ALT, move to Hide Pictures, and press ENTER.

Adding/Deleting a Favorite Link

Go to the page you want to add. press ALT, F to open the Favorites page. Press CTRL+TAB to move from the Favorites page to the Add/Delete page. Press TAB to move to the Add button and press ENTER. When the next page opens, press ENTER on the Add button again.

Note:  To add a new folder, go to the Add/Delete page, press ENTER on the New Folder button. Enter a name for the folder, and press ENTER the Add button again.

To delete a link, the steps are the same except that you first select the link that you want to delete in the Add/Delete page, then move to the Delete button and press ENTER. The link is then deleted.

Note:  Only the link to the page is deleted, not the page content stored on your device. To delete the page itself, press ALT move to Tools, and press ENTER. Select Options. On the General tab press ENTER on the Delete Files button.

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