This will be the final lesson in this series, the Insert and Escape keys, your best friend part three.
The insert and escape keys, your best friend part three. We will look at the reading commands and editing text with Jaws. In this lesson the Jaws Capslock key will be just Capslock, and the Jaws Insert key will be just Insert. I personally use a combonation, of both the desktop and the laptop keyboard layout. Of course this depends on what method is the most convenient at the time in using both my hands on the keyboard. **Reading commands with Jaws. **Read the current word, Capslock+Numpad5, or Capslock+K, or Insert+Numpad5. **Moves to and Read the prior word, Capslock+Numpad4, or Capslock+J, or Insert+Numpad4. **Moves to and Read the next word, Capslock+Numpad6, or Capslock+L, or Insert+Numpad6. **Pressing Capslock+Numpad7, or Capslock+Home key on the 6pack, or Inser+Numpad7, Says the text from the beginning of the line up to the active cursor. **Read the current line, Capslock+Numpad8, or Capslock+Up arrow, or Insert+Numpad8. **Pressing Capslock+Numpad9, or Insert+Numpad9, or Capslock+Page up on the six pack, Says the text from the active cursor to the end of the current line. **Pressing Capslock+Numpad1, or Insert+Numpad1, or Capslock+the End key on the six pack, Reads the top line of the active window. **Pressing Capslock+Numpad2, or Capslock+Down arrow, or Insert+Numpad2, Document reading Command. Says to the end or bottom of the current document or the bottom of the window depending on which cursor is active. *If you press either Capslock+Numpad2, or Capslock+Down arrow, or Insert+down arrow, this is the Jaws say all, command used by all Jaws users quite a lot. **Pressing Capslock+Numpad3, or Insert+Numpad3, or Capslock+Page down on the six pack, Reads the bottom line of the active window. *You can use just one hand and press the Insert+Numpad 1 through 9 as well, to perform the above keystrokes with Jaws. **Pressing just the UpArrow, or Numpad8, Moves to the prior line and speaks it. **Pressing just the DownArrow, or Numpad2, Moves to the next line and speaks it. **Pressing just the LeftArrow, or Numpad4, Moves to the prior character and speaks it. **Pressing just the RightArrow, or Numpad6, Moves to the next character and speaks it. **Pressing just the Home key on the 6pack, or Numpad7, Sends a Home command to the active cursor, this will place you at the beginning of a line of text. **Pressing just the End key on the 6pack, or Numpad1, Sends an End command to the active cursor, this will place you at the end of the line of text. **Pressing just the PageUp key on the 6pack, or Numpad9, Sends a PAGE UP command to the active cursor, this will move you up a page in your document. **Pressing just the PageDown key on the 6pack, or Numpad3, Sends a PAGE DOWN command to the active cursor, this will move you down a page in your document. **Pressing Insert+UpArrow, or Insert+Numpad8, Says the current line, you can exchange the Insert key for the Capslock key with this command. **Pressing Insert+DownArrow, or Insert+Numpad2, Document reading Command. Says to the end or bottom of the current document or the bottom of the window depending on which cursor is active, this is the Jaws Say all command, again you can exchange the Insert key with the Capslock key for this command. **Pressing Insert+LeftArrow, or Insert+Numpad4, Moves to the prior word and speaks it, you can exchange the Insert key with the Capslock key for this command. **Pressing Insert+RightArrow, or Insert+Numpad6, Moves to the next word and speaks it, you can exchange the Insert key with the Capslock key for this command. **Pressing Insert+Home, or Insert+Numpad7, Says the text from the beginning of the line up to the active cursor, you can exchange the Insert key for the Capslock key for this command. **Pressing Insert+End, or Insert+Numpad1, Reads the top line of the active window, you can exchange the Insert with the Capslock key for this command. **Pressing Insert+PageUp, or Insert+Numpad9, Says the text from the active cursor to the end of the current line, you can exchange the Insert key with the Capslock key for this command. **Pressing Insert+PageDown, or Insert+Numpad3, Reads the bottom line of the active window, you can exchange the Insert key with the Capslock key for this command. *Using the Jaws Laptop keyboard layout, keeping both of your hands on the home row of your keyboard, this is great for Laptop users. **Capslock+Y, Moves to and speaks the prior sentence. **Capslock+I, Says the current line. **Capslock+O, Moves to the next line and speaks it. **Capslock+P, Activates the JAWS Cursor. **Capslock+[, Left bracket, Moves the JAWS Cursor To the PC cursor. **Capslock+H, speaks the current sentence. **Capslock+J, Moves to the prior word and speaks it. **Capslock+K, Says the current word. **Capslock+L, Moves to the next word and speaks it. **Capslock+SemiColon, Activates the PC Cursor. **Capslock+', Apostrophe, Moves the PC cursor to the JAWS cursor. **Capslock+N, Moves to and speaks the next sentence. **Capslock+M, Moves to the prior character and speaks it. **Capslock+, Comma, Says the current Character. **Capslock+., period, Moves to the next character and speaks it. *Using the Insert and Capslock keys with the number row on the keyboard. **Insert+1 on number row, or Capslock+1 on number row, this is the toggle keystroke to turn on/off Jaws keyboard help. **Insert+2, or Capslock+2 on the number row, Changes the Typing Echo setting. **Insert+3, or Capslock +3 on the number row, Allows the next key that is pressed to be passed through to the active application. **Insert+4, or Capslock+4 on the number row, Provides User a list of extended ANSI character that can be inserted into text of documents **Insert+5, or Capslock+5 on the number row, Says the foreground and background colors. **Insert+6, or Capslock+6 on the number row, Activates Settings Center. **Insert+7, or Capslock+7 on the number row, Reclasses a custom window type for better reading. **Insert+8, Capslock+8 on the number row, Activates Keyboard Manager. **Insert+9, or Capslock+9 on the number row, Activates Frame Viewer. **Insert+0, or Capslock+0 on the number row, Activates Script Manager. *Now let us look at selecting text. **Shift+RightArrow, Selects next character. **Shift+LeftArrow, Selects the prior character. **Shift+JAWSKey+LeftArrow, or Shift+Control+Leftarrow, Selects the prior word. **Shift+JAWSKey+RightArrow, or Shift+Control+Rightarrow, Selects the next word. **Pressing Control+a, will select all text in a document, or will select all the list of items in a file explorer window, such as documents or downloads. **Pressing Shift+Downarrow, selects the current line. **Shift+Pagedown, selects the page of text. **Pressing Shift+JAWSKey+DownArrow, Says selected or highlighted text that appears on the screen, if you press Control+C, the selected text will be copied to the clipboard. **You can also press Capslock+Shift+a, to hear the selected text. **Press Insert+Spacebar, followed by the letter C, to View all the Clipboard Text. **press Control+C, to Copy selected text. **Press Control+V, this will paste the text you have copied to the clipboard into an email or document you are working on. **Press Control+X, to cut all selected text to the clipboard. *You can use the Jaws keystrokes to select, a Character, a Word, or a line from any website using a web browser. **How to select a huge block of text on a website. **At the beginning of the text to be selected press Control+Windows+K, this places a temporary place marker on the webpage. **At the end of the text to be selected press Insert+Spacebar followed by the letter M, or Capslock+Spacebar, followed by the letter M, press Control+C, to copy all the selected text. **Press the delete key to delete any selected text or selected files, and move them to the Recycle Bin. **Press Shift+Delete, to Delete the selected text or items Permanently from your computer. *Where is the 6pack located? *The 6pack of keys is located right above the Arrow keys on a Standard keyboard. *What keys are on the 6pack? **Top left, another Insert key, Top middle, Home key, Top right, Pageup. **Bottom Left, another Delete key, Bottom middle, End key, Bottom Right, PageDown. **Remember pressing the Numpad8,2,4,6, is the same as using the four Arrow keys. **Remember pressing the Numpad 7,1, are the same as pressing the Home key and the End keys. **Remember pressing the Numpad 9,3, are the same as pressing Pageup and Pagedown. **Tables of Jaws keystrokes. **JAWS Keystrokes for Reading Text Description Command Say Prior Character LEFT ARROW Say Next Character RIGHT ARROW Say Character NUM PAD 5 Say Character Phonetically NUM PAD 5 twice quickly Say Prior Word INSERT+LEFT ARROW Say Next Word INSERT+RIGHT ARROW Say Word INSERT+NUM PAD 5 Spell Word INSERT+NUM PAD 5 twice quickly Say Prior Line UP ARROW Say Next Line DOWN ARROW Say Current Line INSERT+UP ARROW Spell Current Line INSERT+UP ARROW twice quickly Say Prior Sentence ALT+UP ARROW Say Next Sentence ALT+DOWN ARROW Say Current Sentence ALT+NUM PAD 5 Say to Cursor INSERT+HOME Say from Cursor INSERT+PAGE UP Spell to Cursor INSERT+HOME twice quickly Spell from Cursor INSERT+PAGE UP twice quickly Say All INSERT+DOWN ARROW Fast Forward during a Say All RIGHT ARROW Rewind during a Say All LEFT ARROW Toggle Speech On or Off INSERT+SPACEBAR,S Note: When using this keystroke, press and release INSERT+SPACEBAR, and then press S to mute speech. Say Color INSERT+5 Say ASCII or Hexadecimal Value NUM PAD 5 three times quickly Say Font INSERT+F, twice quickly to display in virtual viewer Start Skim Reading CTRL+INSERT+DOWN ARROW **Another Table of Jaws keystrokes. **Keystrokes for Using the Clipboard Description Command Copy Selected File or Text to Clipboard CTRL+C Cut Selected File or Text to Clipboard CTRL+X Paste Contents of Clipboard CTRL+V Read Clipboard Contents WINDOWS Key+INSERT+X Display Clipboard Contents in Results Viewer INSERT+SPACEBAR, C Tip: You also can press INSERT+WINDOWS Key+C to copy selected text to the FSClipboard. Text that you copied with this keystroke is added to any text that you have previously copied to the Clipboard, instead of replacing it. This allows you to continue adding text to the Clipboard until you are ready to paste it into a document. **Another Table of Jaws keystrokes. **Keystrokes for Working in Windows Explorer Description Command Delete Selected File or Folder DELETE Rename Selected File or Folder F2 Refresh Window F5 Switch Between Tree View and List View F6 or TAB Go Up One Folder Level BACKSPACE Open File or Folder Properties ALT+ENTER Untruncate Columns in List View CTRL+NUM PAD PLUS. **Another Table of Jaws keystrokes. **Windows Keystrokes for Working with Text Description Command Move One Character Left LEFT ARROW Move One Character Right RIGHT ARROW Move One Word Left CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move One Word Right CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move to Beginning of Line HOME Move to End of Line END Move One Paragraph Up CTRL+UP ARROW Move One Paragraph Down CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move to Top of Next Page CTRL+PAGE DOWN Move to Top of Previous Page CTRL+PAGE UP Move to Beginning of Document CTRL+HOME Move to End of Document CTRL+END Scroll Up or Down One Screen PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Select One Character Left SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select One Character Right SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select One Word Left CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select One Word Right CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select to Beginning of Line SHIFT+HOME Select to End of Line SHIFT+END Select to Beginning of Document CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Select to End of Document CTRL+SHIFT+END Select All CTRL+A. **Another Table of Jaws keystrokes. **General Windows Application Keystrokes Description Command Exit the Active Application ALT+F4 Open the Application Control Menu ALT+SPACEBAR Move to the Menu Bar ALT Move between Menus ALT, ARROW KEYS Choose a Menu Item ENTER Open a child Window Control Menu ALT+DASH Cancel or close a Menu ESC or ALT. **Another Table of Jaws keystrokes. **Windows Keystrokes for Working in Dialog Boxes Description Command Move through Dialog Controls TAB Move Backward through Dialog Controls SHIFT+TAB Move to Another Page CTRL+TAB Reverse Direction through Pages CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Select/Deselect in List View SPACEBAR or CTRL+SPACEBAR Toggle a Check Box ON/OFF SPACEBAR. **The last Table of Jaws keystrokes in this lesson. **JAWS Commands for HTML This topic contains listings of all commands JAWS provides for use in HTML documents. *Includes the following sections. General Commands Tabbed Browsing Commands Links Commands Headings Commands Forms Commands Tables Commands Frames Commands Elements Commands Other Commands Navigation Quick Keys General Commands Description Command Back a Page ALT+LEFT ARROW or BACKSPACE Forward a Page ALT+RIGHT ARROW Move to Address Bar ALT+D Read Address Bar INSERT+A Virtual HTML Features INSERT+F3 Activate Mouse Over INSERT+CTRL+ENTER View Basic Element Information INSERT+SHIFT+F1 View Advanced Element Information CTRL+INSERT+SHIFT+F1 Move to Next Clickable Element SLASH Move to Previous Clickable Element SHIFT+SLASH Select Clickable Element INSERT+CTRL+SLASH Select a Mouse Over Element INSERT+WINDOWS Key+SEMICOLON Move to Next Region R Move to Previous Region SHIFT+R Select a Region INSERT+CTRL+R Open and Select Items in the ARIA Drag and Drop dialog box WINDOWS Key+CTRL+EQUALS Open ARIA Live Region Text Filter dialog box WINDOWS Key+CTRL+DASH *Tabbed Browsing Commands Description Command Open a New Tab CTRL+T Open a New Tab from the Address Bar ALT+ENTER (when focus is in the Address bar) Open a New Tab from the Toolbar Search Box ALT+ENTER (when a search item appears in the Toolbar Search edit box) Open Duplicate Tab CTRL+K Toggle Between Full Screen Mode and Normal View Mode for the Current Web Page ALT+ENTER (when focus is anywhere on the Web page besides the Address bar and the Toolbar Search edit box) Switch to the Next Tab CTRL+TAB Switch to the Previous Tab CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Switch to a Specific Tab Number CTRL+n, where n is a digit from 1 to 8 Switch to Last Tab CTRL+9 Close Current Tab CTRL+W Close All Tabs ALT+F4 Close Other Tabs CTRL+ALT+F4 Open Links in a New Tab in the Background CTRL+ENTER Open Links in a New Tab in the Foreground CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER *Links Commands Description Command List Links INSERT+F7 Next Link TAB Prior Link SHIFT+TAB Next Visited Link V Prior Visited Link SHIFT+V Open Link ENTER Open Link in New Window SHIFT+ENTER Next Non Link Text N Prior Non Link Text SHIFT+N *Headings Commands Description Command List Headings INSERT+F6 Next Heading H Prior Heading SHIFT+H First Heading ALT+INSERT+HOME Last Heading ALT+INSERT+END Next Heading at Level 1 through 6 Prior Heading at Level SHIFT+1 through 6 First Heading at Level ALT+CTRL+INSERT+1 through 6 Last Heading at Level ALT+CTRL+INSERT+ SHIFT+1 through 6 *Forms Commands Description Command Move To First Form Field INSERT+CTRL+HOME Move To Next Form Field F Move To Prior Form Field SHIFT+F Move To Last Form Field INSERT+CTRL+END Move To Next Radio Button A Move to Prior Radio Button SHIFT+A Move To Next Button B Move to Prior Button SHIFT+B Move To Next Combo Box C Move to Prior Combo Box SHIFT+C Move To Next Edit Box E Move to Prior Edit Box SHIFT+E Move To Next Check Box X Move to Prior Check Box SHIFT+X Enter Forms Mode ENTER Exit Forms Mode NUM PAD PLUS List of Form Fields INSERT+F5 List Radio Buttons CTRL+INSERT+A List Buttons CTRL+INSERT+B List Combo Boxes CTRL+INSERT+C List Edit Boxes CTRL+INSERT+E List Check Boxes CTRL+INSERT+X Enter/Leave Multi-Select Mode SHIFT+F8 *Tables Commands Description Command Move To Next Table T Move To Prior Table SHIFT+T Select Table F8 List Tables CTRL+INSERT+T Jump to Table Cell (from within a table) CTRL+WINDOWS Key+J Return to Previous Cell CTRL+SHIFT+WINDOWS Key+J Read current cell CTRL+ALT+NUM PAD 5 Move to and Read Next Cell CTRL+ALT+RIGHT ARROW Move to and Read Prior Cell CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW Move to and Read Cell Above CTRL+ALT+UP ARROW Move to and Read Cell Below CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW Move to and Read First Cell CTRL+ALT+HOME Move to and Read Last Cell CTRL+ALT+END Read Next Row WINDOWS Key+ALT+DOWN ARROW Read Prior Row WINDOWS Key+ALT+UP ARROW Read Current Row ALT+WINDOWS Key+COMMA Read from Beginning of Row to Current Cell INSERT+SHIFT+HOME Read from Current Cell to End of Row INSERT+SHIFT+PAGE UP Read Current Column ALT+WINDOWS Key+PERIOD Read from Top of Column to Current Cell INSERT+SHIFT+END Read from Current Cell to Bottom of Column INSERT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Read Next Column WINDOWS Key+ALT+RIGHT ARROW Read Prior Column WINDOWS Key+ALT+LEFT ARROW *Frames Commands Description Command Next Frame M Prior Frame SHIFT+M Move to Frame 1 to 10 Unassigned List Frames INSERT+F9 *Elements Commands Description Command Next Same Element S Prior Same Element SHIFT+S Next Different Element D Prior Different Element SHIFT+D Next Element SHIFT+PERIOD Previous Element SHIFT+COMMA Select Entire Element F8 Display Element Information SHIFT+INSERT+F1 Display Detailed Element Information CTRL+SHIFT+INSERT+F1 Activate Mouse Over INSERT+CTRL+ENTER *Other Commands Description Command Feeds Menu (the Command bar toolbar must be on) ALT+J Feeds List CTRL+G Search Box CTRL+E Search Button ALT+ENTER Create Custom Label CTRL+INSERT+TAB Create Temporary PlaceMarker CTRL+WINDOWS Key+K Select Text Between Temporary PlaceMarker and Cursor Position INSERT+SPACEBAR, M List, Go To, Create Permanent, Rename, or Remove PlaceMarker CTRL+SHIFT+K Move to Next PlaceMarker K Move to Previous PlaceMarker SHIFT+K Move to Next List L Move to Prior List SHIFT+L Select List F8 List All Ordered, Unordered, and Definition Lists CTRL+INSERT+L Move to Next Item in a List I Move to Prior Item in a List SHIFT+I Reload Web Page F5 Refresh JAWS Virtual Mode INSERT+ESC List Toolbar Buttons INSERT+F8 (not available in Mozilla Firefox) Route Virtual to PC Cursor INSERT+DELETE Route PC to Virtual Cursor CTRL+INSERT+DELETE Route Virtual to JAWS Cursor INSERT+NUM PAD PLUS Virtual Cursor Toggle INSERT+Z JAWS Find INSERT+CTRL+F or CTRL+F JAWS Find Next INSERT+F3 or F3 JAWS Find Previous INSERT+SHIFT+F3 or SHIFT+F3 Jump to Line J Return to Previous Line SHIFT+J Move to Next Division Z Move to Prior Division SHIFT+Z List Divisions CTRL+INSERT+Z Move to Next Separator DASH Move to Prior Separator SHIFT+DASH. ****This ends this lesson. All member feedback, is welcome at all times by me. I hope you have learned the advantage, of having your Jaws setting set to the Laptop keyboard layout. This way as you use both hands to press the various keystrokes for Jaws, the Laptop layout makes it much easier to use both hands! God bless and happy learning! Jim... For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
