If you are running 6.11, the Command Summary is in chapter 17. If you are
running an earlier version, I believe it is chapter 15. The shortcut list may
leave out some things, as it was created before 6.11. However, here is the
shortcuts for the VN.
1. Shortcuts available anywhere in KeySoft
Keyboard settings: Function with K
Review Voice: Function with R.
Next appointment: Function with N.
User Guide: Read with Help
Date Announcement: Function with D.
Time Announcement: Function with T.
Stopwatch: Function with W.
KeyWord: Function with 4.
KeyPlus: Function with 5.
KeyPlan: Function with 6.
KeyList: Function with 7.
KeyMail: Function with 8.
KeyBook: Function with 9.
KeyWeb: Function with 0.
Terminal for screen reader: Menu Key, then T.
Cycle through programs: Function with S.
Repeat prompt or message: Repeat Key.
Repeat and spell prompt or message: Function with L. This is useful for
speech-only users in finding out the spelling of E-mail addresses in headers,
and questioned and suggested words in the spell-checker.
Repeat and announce punctuations in prompt or message: Function with P.
2. Switch-on Keystrokes
Switch on BrailleNote with speech on request: Hold down shift key while
switching on.
Switch on BrailleNote with Braille display turned off: Hold down Ctrl Key
while switching on.
Switch on BrailleNote with both speech and display turned on: Hold down Ctrl
Key with Shift while switching on.
3. Not so Familiar Thumb Key Commands
Route cursor to the beginning of the displayed line: Back with Advance.
Set preferred text document reading grade: Next with Advance;
Cycle through preferred reading grade to have on-the-fly translation to
contracted Braille when reading text files, 6-dot for no translation and upper
case indicator, or 8-dot for no translation but with dot 7 in the same cell as
the upper-case character.
Back a word: Previous with Back.
Forward a word: Previous with Advance.
Move to previous sentencestline, paragraph`stsection, or row in the same
column where the cursor sits: Previous; the type of movement depends on the
setting of the "Function of Previous and Next" thumb keys, in the Braille
Display Options.
Move to next sentencestline, paragraph`stsection, or row in the same column
where the cursor sits: Next; the type of movement depends on the setting of the
"Function of Previous and Next" thumb keys, in the Braille Display Options.
Display line where the word questioned by the spellchecker is found: Advance
or Back.
Display calculation formula in KeyPlus: Previous with Next.
Previous record: Previous; where "Record" may refer to an appointment in the
planner, E-mail, a database record, or browser history item.
Next record: Next; where "Record" may refer to an E-mail, a database record,
or browser history item.
Check progress of E-mail download and freeing of database space: Next.
Abandon application, E-mail download or freeing of database space, an option
accidentally entered such as Find or Search and Replace, or exit a
menustsubmenu: Previous.
4. Not Commonly Known Commands Used in Lists and Menus
Toggle between folder and directory modes: Ctrl with T. Where the directory
mode lets the user move to sub-layers of folders, like in a jree-view list.
Move up one directory level: Read with 7. This is used when in directory
mode and the path being offered is not the root directoryst to which this
command will take the user, analogous to moving back to level 0 in a tree-view
list.
Change drive: Ctrl with D.
Cycle forward through most recently visited folders/directories: Read with 9.
Executed at the folderstdirectory name prompt.
Cycle back through most recently visited folderstdirectories: Read with 7.
Executed at the folderstdirectory name prompt.
Cycle forward through most recently opened documents: Read with 9. Executed
at the file name prompt.
Cycle back through most recently opened documents: Read with 7. Executed at
the file name prompt.
Cycle through the available options for a setting in a menu: Ctrl with Space.
This is used when you do not know the hotkey for an option to a setting.
Skip the "Review Previous Options?" prompt when you open non-KeyWord files:
While cursor is on the file to be opened, press ENTER twice rather than once.
Suppress "Document Has Been Modified, Save as a KeyWord Document?" prompt
upon exiting non-KeyWord text documents: Type S, and you will no longer get
that prompt when you modify and exit that file.
5. Shortcuts Available Within Documents or E-mail Messages Being Composed
Insert the time: Ctrl with 4. This makes it unnecessary to enter the Insert
Menu by selecting from the Options Menu.
Insert calculator result: Ctrl with 5. This makes it unnecessary to enter
Insert Menu by selecting from the Options Menu.
Insert the date: Ctrl with 6. Press T for today's date or P for Printing
Date. this makes it unnecessary to enter Insert Menu by selecting from the
Options Menu.
Move to start of next line marked by the soft line-break indicator shown as
Read with Space. Line indicators, unlike new line markers, cannot be deleted
and are inserted by KeyWord if word wrap is turned on.
Page up key: Function with Up Arrow.
Page down key: Function with Down Arrow.
Next tab position: Read with Apostrophe.
Mark word: From within the Block Menu, Read with K.
Mark sentence or line: From within the Block Menu, Read with I.
Mark paragraph or section: From within the Block Menu, Read with 8.
Mark top of block: Backspace with M. Note that for all block commands,
except for "move block", you can just position the cursor at the end of the
block and execute a block command, even without a "bottom-of-block" marker,
except in KeyWeb where this does not work.
Switch Keyboard entry to grade 1 Braille: Ctrl with g, then 1.
Switch Keyboard entry to grade 2 Braille: Ctrl with g, then 2.
Switch Keyboard entry to Computer Braille: Ctrl with G, then C.
Switch Keyboard entry to Qwerty keystrokes: Ctrl with G, then Q.
beStyle of presentation: Ctrl with Y. P for paragraph, H for heading, S for
sub-heading, O for outline, L for lines, or I for "identical to source".
Center line: Ctrl with E.
Right justify line: Ctrl with R.
Underline: Ctrl with U, then N to turn it on, or F to turn it off.
Font: Ctrl with T. This is used to select a font type like B for bold, I for
italics, S for superscript, T for subscrift, etc., where pressing N after the
font type hotkey turns it on and F turns it off.
6. Shortcuts to Items in the Format Menu
Layout list for that document type (Braille for Braille, ink-print for text):
Ctrl with L.
Page settings list for that document type (Braille for braille, ink-print for
text): Ctrl with P.
Braille settings menu for text documents: Read with Ctrl with B.
Ink-print settings menu for Braille documents: Read with Ctrl with B.
Braille page settings for text, Ink-print page settings for Braille,
documents: Read with Ctrl with B, then P.
Braille layout list for text, Ink-print layout list for Braille, documents:
Read with Ctrl with L.
Braille (for text) Ink-print (for Braille) only inclusions: Read with Ctrl
with N.
Start Braille (for text) Ink-print (for Braille) exclusions: Read with Ctrl
with X.
End Braille (for text) Ink-print (for Braille) exclusion: Read with Ctrl with
Y.
Braille (for text) Ink-print (for Braille) translation options: Ctrl with O.
Translator control: Read with Ctrl with B, then C.
Braille grade, qwery or change: Ctrl with G
Grade to use when translating text into Braille: Read with Ctrl with B, then
G. Then, type 1 for grade one, 2 for grade two, C for Computer Braille, or P
for preferred reading grade.
Template Menu: Ctrl with A.
Insert field: Ctrl with A, then I.
Force inclusion of line: Ctrl with A, then F.
Start conditional suppression: Ctrl with A, then S.
End conditional suppression: Ctrl with A, then E.
Mark comment line: Ctrl with A, then M.
(note: If you have made changes to the settings in the Format Menu, you can
set current configurations at the initial settings for new files: Ctrl with S.)
Revert to the initial settings when file was created: Ctrl with R.
7. Commands That Work on Fields or Prompts
(Note: The following commands are available when on database fields, E-mail
headers, the web address prompt, Planner appointment fields, the "Find and
Search and Replace" prompts, filestfolder name prompts, and practically
anywhere in KeySoft where the user cannot enter the Block Commands Menu but
would like to access the "Copy and Paste" Options.)
Copy field entry to clipboard: Ctrl with C. This can also be used to copy
the Stopwatch result to the clipboard. Paste first line in clipboard to a
field: Ctrl with V.
Clear current fields: Ctrl with Backspace. This is also an alternative
command to clear the Stopwatch, aside from Ctrl with I.
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Move cursor to start of field entry: Read with H.
Move cursor to end of field entry: Read with semicolon.
8. Options at Prompts in KeyMail
At the "Ready to send this E-mail" prompt:
Send E-mail: Y.
Save E-mail as a draft: D.
Print E-mail: P, then select a template.
Emboss E-mail. E, then select a template.
Return to "send to" prompt: N. Here, you can clear the field to enter a new
address: Ctrl with Backspace, or Read with H. Then, Ctrl with I.
Look up a person in the address list: Ctrl with L.
At the "This E-mail is larger than the maximum size allowed" prompt:
Download: Enter.
Skip, but leave copy on server: S.
Delete from server without downloading: D.
Hear information about E-mail size, sender and subject: I.
Download only first ten lines and leave copy on server: T.
Download first ten lines and delete from server: A.
Change the size limit to take effect for subsequent messages, not the one
being prompted about: L, then type a number between 5 and 10000. Press Enter.
(Note: When opening the Inbox, you can skip the "Check for new E-mail" prompt
by pressing Enter twice instead of once).
9. Some Useful KeyWeb Commands
Move to next section of text: Function with Enter. The size of the text
section is set in the display settings under the Internet Options Menu accessed
by pressing Ctrl with 2 then D.
Move to previous section of text: Shift with Function with Enter. The size
of the text section is set in the Display Settings under the Internet Options
Menu accessed by pressing Ctrl with 2, then D.
Access History list while on web page: Read with Ctrl with H.
Enter History list from the web address prompt: Read with 9.
Sort by domain/day: While in the Browser History, Ctrl with S.
(Note: History is presented alphabetically for day or domain).
10. Unicode Character Commands
These commands only function in Text or Computer Braille documents.
Unicode character entry: Function with X. Type Unicode code, press Enter.
Look for a character in the Unicode Table by its name: Function with X. Type
the name or part of it, press Enter.
Find the next character with that name you typed: Read with N.
Review or change the way a character is displayed in Braille: While cursor is
on Unicode character, Ctrl with D, then A to assign, R to reassign, or U to
unassign.
Review or change a macro for a character: While cursor is on Unicode
character, Ctrl with K, then A to assign, R to reassign, or U to unassign.
Unicode Macro: Function with C.
Extended character entry: Hold down Shift with Read, THEN TYPE ASCII character
ASCII decimal numbers are different from Unicode hexadecimal codes (e.g., the
symbol called "n tilde was is ASCII 241 but Unicode 0x00f1.
(If you are using a VoiceNote and want to have it write in Braille, the
command is Ctrl with Read with B.)
