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Reading OnMouseOver Information using JAWS

Often you might have heard the term 'OnMouseOver' while navigating Web pages. You would have also wished to some how access the information provided through OnMouseOvers. Well, now with JAWS 5.0 you can access the information provided through OnMouseOvers.

OnMouseOver event is used to display information in the form of text or images, when the user moves the mouse pointer over any part of a Web page.

To access the information provided OnMouseOver:

1. Open a Web page.
2. Press Tab until you reach a link with an OnMouseOver.
3. Press Ctrl + Enter, when JAWS informs on mouse over. JAWS informs that the page changed at certain line.
4. Press J to open the Jump To Line dialog box.
5. Type the line number, which JAWS spoke, and press Enter.
6. Press Shift + J to move back to the previous location.
7. Press Enter to activate the link.