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Reading Pages with Frames

Some Web pages use frames to display content. A frame is an area of the page that Internet Explorer treats like a separate browser window. Each frame is capable of displaying an independent Web page. The Freedom Scientific Company Info page is a sample Web page that uses frames to display different types of information. One frame contains addresses for Freedom Scientific locations, another contains a brief history of the company, and the last frame contains the Freedom Scientific mission statement.

In the following exercise, you will use a sample Web page to learn how to navigate frames:

  1. Go to the Freedom Scientific Company Info sample Web page.
  2. When you first open the sample Web page, you are in the Company Locations frame. Press INSERT+F9 to display a list of all the frames on this page.
  3. Select "Corporate History" and press ENTER. JAWS moves you to the Corporate History frame.
  4. Use the JAWS reading commands to read all the text in this frame. Notice that when you leave the current frame and move into the next frame, JAWS announces the name of the previous frame and says, "Frame end." JAWS then announces the name of the next frame.
  5. Press M to move to the next frame on the page.
  6. Press SHIFT+M to move back to the previous frame.

Inline Frames

Inline Frames are embedded directly within a Web page and display the contents of another page. Visually, these types of frames usually look like images or banners. Inline frames are often used by Web sites to display advertisements. To temporarily ignore inline frames, press INSERT+V, select "Inline Frames," and press the SPACEBAR. To change this option permanently, do the following:

  1. In Internet Explorer, press INSERT+F2.
  2. Select Settings Center, and press ENTER.
  3. Focus is in the Search edit box. Type in "ignore inline" without the quotes.
  4. Press DOWN ARROW to move to Ignore Inline Frames in the filtered results of the tree view in Settings Center.
  5. Press SPACEBAR to toggle the check mark on or off.
  6. Press TAB to move to the OK button and activate it with the SPACEBAR. The changes are made and saved. Settings Center closes.