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From: JP Jamous
Date: Jan 13, 2017 12:47PM

The shortcuts you were provided with are a good start. Ensure they apply to 2016. Keep in mind that JAWS 18, with its latest update, still has issues reading folder Views. Let's presume that the user want to establish his or her custom views. JAWS is still not reporting the items in the list views and combo boxes.

They have made some enhancements to the calendar, but I dislike the way it moves between appointments. A user could be looking at appointments for Friday the 13 and all the sudden end up in Monday, Jan 16. That's because JAWS continues to look for appointments in the calendar grid as the user is tabbing and shift tabbing. Where in the past, it would stop on Friday the 13th.

Also, there is a lot of verbose output by JAWS in the calendar. It took me a while to get used to it and for a beginner it can be frustrating. Just keep those in mind.