The Sticky Keys feature of Windows is meant for people who find it diffcult to press multiple keys on the keyboard simultaneously. Pressing the SHIFT key 5 times in quick succession brings up the Sticky Keys dialog box where one can choose to activate the feature. When it is turne on it memorizes if the user presses the control keys like CTRL, SHIFT, ALT, Windows Logo, etc. It combines the memorized key with the one pressed next to form a command. For example, when sticky keys is on, press CTRL and release it. After a while, press C. You would hear JAWS say that the Copy function is performed. Another example can be CTRL+SHIFT+ESCAPE that opens the task manager. Press each of these keys individually in the sequence and you would see the Windows Task Manager coming up. It also supports capitalization of alphabets and keying in symbolic characters with the help of SHIFT key in text fields. A very useful feature for those who operate the computer with one hand or have difficulty in pressing keys simultaneously. If it is on, you can turn it off by pressing the same keystroke - SHIFT 5 times in quick succession. This keystroke can be disabled from the Ease of Access Center by following the steps below (these are for Windows 7, they may differ for Vista/XP):
1. Open Start menu and select Control Panel. 2. Tab or Arrow down to Ease of Access link and press Enter. 3. Tab or Arrow down to the link called Make the keyboard easier to use and press Enter. 4. Tab or Arrow down to the link called Set up Sticky Keys and press Enter. 5. Tab to the checkbox labelled Turn On Sticky Keys when Shift is pressed 5 times and uncheck it if checked with Spacebar. 6. There are other checkboxes that you may want to explore. 7. Close the open windows with ALT+F4. Alternatively, you can press the SHIFT key 5 times to see if the feature turns on. There's a link in the dialog box (Windows 7) that takes you to Set up Sticky Keys (step 4 above). You can proceed from step 5 then. Hope I am able to tell you what you were looking for. On 3/13/12, Mujtaba Merchant <[email protected]> wrote: > The Sticky Keys feature allows you to use key combinations involving the > Ctrl, Alt, or Shift key by pressing only one key at a time. > > > > To enable sticky keys press the shift key 5 times repeatedly. To turn the > feature off again, press Shift five times. However, I am not that > experienced with sticky keys to advice you on how to make use of this > functionality and under what circumstances. > > > > Mujtaba Merchant > > Bangalore, India > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Phen Varghese > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:47 PM > Subject: [AI] About the shift key. > > > Dear All, > > How are you? > I havve a question that is when we press the shift key a lot of times > it says sticky keys yes button or no button actuly what is it for? > Hope to hear from you soon. > > With regards, > > Phen Varghese > skype id:phen.varghese > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- Best Regards, Zujar... An optimist laughs to forget, whereas a pessimist forgets to laugh! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
