I will apologize for taking up space on the list with these. However, it
seems to be requested. I have separeted these commands. The BrailleNote
BT will be the first set. Since I do not have an mPower, these commands
may not be totally accurate.
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.
VN QT COMMANDS
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, file/folder 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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