The following is a list of shortcuts for the BN BT. If any of you would like it for the VN, I'll be glad to post it. This was sent out, and is of great help.
1. Shortcuts Available anywhere in KeySoft Keyboard Settings: Enter with Backspace with K. Review Voice: Enter with Backspace with R. Next Appointment: Enter with N. User Guide: Enter with Backspace with H. Date announcement: Enter with D. Time announcement: Enter with T. Stopwatch: Enter with W. KeyWord: Enter with Backspace with W. Keyplus: Enter with Backspace with S. Keyplan: Enter with Backspace with P. Keylist: Enter with Backspace with A. Keymail: Enter with Backspace with E. Keybook: Enter with Backspace with B. Keyweb: Enter with Backspace with I. Media player: Enter with Backspace with M. Terminal for screen reader: Enter with Backspace with T. Cycle through programs: Space with 2-3-5, then space through the list of tasks/applications. Repeat the prompt or message: Space with R; (the BT command is not familiar for those who still press Space with C to repeat a prompt or message which does not always work.) Repeat and spell prompt or message: Enter with S. Repeat and Announce punctuations in prompt or message: Enter with H; (This is useful for checking with speech or a URL you've typed.) 2. Switch-On Keystrokes Switch on Braillenote with speech on request: Hold down dot 3 while switching on. Switching on Braillenote with Braille display turned off: Hold down dot 2 while switching on. Switch on Braillenote with both speech and display turned on: Hold down dot 2-3 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 Back a word: Previous with Back. Forward a word: Previous with Advance. Move to previous sentence/line, 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 sentence/line, 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 menu/submenu: Previous. 4. Not Commonly Known Commands Used in Lists and Menus Toggle between Folder and Directory Modes: Space with T; where the Directory Mode lets the user move to sub-layers of folders, like in a tree-view list. Move up one directory level: Space with dots 2-3; (this is used when in Directory Mode and the path being offered is not the root directorystffwh this command will take the user, analogous to moving back to level 0 in a tree-view list.) Change Drive: Backspace. Cycle forward through most recently visited folders/directories: Space with dots 5-6; (executed at the folder/directory name prompt.) Cycle back through most recently visited folders/directories: Space with dots 2-3; (executed at the folder`stdirectory name prompt.) Cycle forward through most recently opened documents: Space with dots 5-6; (executed at the file name prompt.) Cycle back through most recently opened documents: Space with dots 2-3; (executed at the file name prompt.) Cycle through the available options for a setting in a menu: Space with dots 3-4; (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-Key-Word 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: Enter with I, then T; (this makes it unnecessary to enter the Insert Menu by selecting from the Options Menu.) Insert calculator result: Enter with I, C, then C for whole calculation or R for just the result; (this makes it unnecessary to enter the Insert Menu by selecting from the Options Menu.) Insert the Date: Enter with I, D; then T for today's date or P for printing date; (this makes it unnecessary to enter the Insert Menu by selecting from the Options Menu.) Move to start of next line marked by the soft line-break indicator shown as dots a-b-d-f L: Space with dots 4-5; (line-break indicators, unlike new line markers, cannot be deleted and are inserted by KeyWord if Word Wrap is turned on. Page Up Key: Space with dots 1-2-6, Space with dot 4. Page Down Key: Space with dots 1-2-6, then Space with dot 1. Next Tab position: Backspace with T, together with the command to query cursor position Space with dots 1-5-6, (this is useful when checking the alignment of text in colomns.) Mark word: From within the Block menu, Space with dots 2-5. Mark sentence or line: From within the Block menu, Space with dots 1-4. Mark paragraph or section: From within the Block menu, Space with dots 2-3-5-6. 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 Switch keyboard entry to grade 1 Braille: Backspace with A. Switch keyboard entry to grade 2 Braille: Backspace with B. Switch keyboard entry to computer Braille: Backspace with J. Switch keyboard entry to 8-dot Braille to enter a single character: Backspace with H. Style of presentation: Backspace with S, then P for paragraph, H for heading, S for sub-heading, O for outline, L for lines, or I for identical to source. Center line: Enter with C. Right justify line: Enter with R. Underline: Enter with U, then N to turn it on or F to turn it off. Font: Enter with F; (this is used to select a font type like B for bold, I for italics, S for superscripts, T for subscripts, 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): Backspace with L. Page settings List for that document type (Braille for Braille, ink-print for text): Backspace with P. Braille Settings Menu for text documents: Space with dots 2-3-4-6, then B. Ink-Print Settings Menu for Braille documents: Space with dots 2-3-4-6, then I. Braille Page Settings for text, Ink-Print Page Settings for Braille, documents: Enter with P. Braille Layout List for text, Ink-Print Layout List for Braille, documents: Enter with Backspace with L. Braille (for text) Ink-Print (for Braille) Only Inclusion: Enter with Backspace with C. Start Braille (for text) Ink-Print (for Braille) Exclusion: Enter with Backspace with dots 3-4. End Braille (for text) Ink-Print (for Braille) Exclusion: Enter with Backspace with dots 2-6. Braille (for text) Ink-Print (for Braille) translation options: Enter with Backspace with O. Translator Control: Enter with Backspace with dots 2-5. Braille grade, qwerty or change: Backspace with G. Grade to use when translating text into Braille: Enter with g, then type A for Grade 1, B for Grade 2, C for computer Braille, or P for Preferred Reading Grade. Template Menu: Enter with Backspace with dots 2-3-4-6 for 5.0 version. Enter with Backspace with M for earlier versions. Insert Field: Backspace with I. Force inclusion of line: Enter with Backspace with dots 2-3-4-6 (or M), then From. Start conditional suppression: Backspace with dots 3-4. End conditional suppression: Backspace with dots 2-6. Mark comment line: Enter with Backspace with dots 2-3-4-6 (or M), then M. (Note: If you make changes to the settings in the Format Menu, you can Set current configurations as the initial settings for new files: Backspace with S.) Revert to the initial settings when file was created: Backspace with R. 7. Commands That Work on Fields or Prompts (Note that 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, file/folder name prompts. Copy field entry to clipboard: Backspace with K; (this can also be used to copy the stopwatch result to the clipboard.) Paste first line in clipboard to a field: Backspace with V. Clear current field: Space, with dots 3-5-6; (This is also an alternative command to clear the stopwatch, aside from Backspace with Can. Move cursor to start of field entry: Space with dots 1-3. Move cursor to end of field entry: Space with dots 4-6. 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: Space with dots 3-5-6; or, Space with dots 1-3, then Backspace with C. Look up a person in the Address List: Backspace 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 five and 10000: (can type in literary numbers without the number sign and press Enter. (Note that 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: Enter with dots 5-6; (The size of the text section is set in the Display Settings under the Internet Options Menu accessed by pressing Enter with M, then D.) Move to previous section of text: Enter with dots 2-3; (The size of the text section is set in the Display Settings under the Internet Options Menu accessed by pressing Enter with M, then D.) Move back from one page element (input control or link) to another: Previous thumb key. Move forward from one page element (input control or link) to another: Next thumb key. Placing the cursor on a character within a link without activating it: When you are on the link, press and hold down the Previous thumb key first, then press and release the touch cursor. Access history list while on web page: Enter with dots 2-3-6. Enter history list from the web address prompt: Space with dots 5-6. Sort by domain/day: While in the browser History, Space 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: Backspace with dots 3-5, type Unicode code, then press Enter. Look for a character in the Unicode Table by its name: Backspace with dots 3-5, type the name or part of it, press Enter. Find the next character with that name typed: Space with N. Review or change the way a character is displayed in Braille: While cursor is on Unicode character, Space with d, then to A assign, R to reassign, or U to unassign. Review or change a macro for a character: While cursor is on Unicode character, Space with K, then A to assign, R to reassign, or U to unassign. Unicode Macro: press the 6 or 8-dot key combination you have assigned. Extended character entry: Backspace with dots 3-5, type the ASCII character number, then Enter; ASCII decimal numbers are different from Unicode hexadecimal codes (e.g., the symbol called "n tilde" is ASCII 241 but unicode 0x00f1.
