Note that all these commands are Windows, not screenreader, commands, except to the extent that JAWS uses the numpad to duplicate certain keys.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 8:59 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Text Selection Hi Tom, Take a look at the following: Selecting / Highlighing text Selecting a letter/character; Shift +left arrow selects prior character. Shift + right arrow selects next character. Selecting prior word; Insert/Jaws key, shift + left arrow or control, shift, + left arrow. Selecting next word; Insert/Jaws key, shift, + right arrow or control, shift, + right arrow. Selecting text from cursor to beginning of line; Shift + Home/7 key on number pad. Selecting text from cursor to end of line; Shift +End/1 on the number pad. Selecting text from cursor to the end of a document; Control, shift, + end/1 key on the number pad. Selecting text from cursor to the beginning of a document; Control, shift, + home/7 key on the number pad. Selecting more than 1 line of text; Hold the Shift key down while arrowing up or down until you have selected/highlighted the lines you want. Selecting all text; Control + A. This keystroke will select all the text in a document no matter the size or length of the document. to select a page at a time: shift page up or down From: Marquette, Ed In fact, the Windows key is employed with a number of fantastic JAWS keystrokes. One which I have come to use on an hourly basis is control plus windows plus k to mark a spot in a word document. One may later jump back to that spot instantly with just windows plus k; however, even more cool is the ability, in Word, to mark text from your cursor to the marked spot, and it doesn't matter whether, in the document, your cursor is ahead of the marked spot or behind it or whether it is 4 words or 40 pages away. You mark text back to the marked spot with JAWS key plus space bar and then m. Then, you can use control c to copy or control x to cut or windows c to append. Try it! You'll like it! Ed Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fairhurst To: List Jaws Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 4:18 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Text Selection Is there a comparable hot key for extended text selection as in other screen readers. That is, so one can press Read To End or the PGDN and PGDN to rapidly select larger blocks of text, especially in HTML environments? For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
