Sorry about the blank message before this one, forgot to paste the file. LOL. Creators update, The Windows key, your best friend This is a text tutorial, provided freely by The W-10 and Jaws group, anyone may freely share this file. Author: Jim Flusche
This file has been updated to the W-10 Creators update, some keystrokes may work in previous versions of windows. Last year I did a short lesson on the application key, "The application key your best friend". Now let us take a short look at the Windows key, your best friend. I will point out several of my favorite, and most used windows key keystrokes followed by the Microsoft support, complete list of windows key, keystrokes for the Creators update. **First of all pressing the windows key will open or close the start search edit box. As you begin typing, a list of items is automatically populated for you in the search edit box. The more letters you type, the populated items will change. Use the up or down arrow keys, to highlight the populated item you are searching for. You can also see web results right here in the search edit box. Press enter on the item you wish to open. **Windows key+x, Opens the W-10 Quick Link menu, with 17 items. Apps and features is the first item, desktop is the last item in the list. *tip, Programs and features is no longer in this list, look under Control panel. Just press enter to lonch any selected item. **Windows key+e, Opens file explorer, quick access. When I press, Windows key+e, I am placed into a list of 8 items that I have pinned to my quick access shortcut list. Use either your arrow keys, or first letter navigation to quickly highlight the item you wish to open. For example, pressing the letter j, will highlight my personal users folder. If I press enter, I will see the list of all my personal users folders, such as documents, music, downloads, and so on. When I am in this list, of my users folders, I can use first letter navigation to select a folder, pressing enter on any selected folder will open that folder. Pressing the back space key will take me back to this list of my users folders, very easy and handy way to jump between your users folders. **Windows key+i, opens the settings area search edit box. You are placed in the search edit box of the settings area. With Jaws 18, Just type what you are searching for, and start pressing the down arrow to find your result, press Enter to go directly to that part of the settings area. For example, press Windows key+i, type update. Down arrow to, check for updates, press Enter. You will be taken to the check for updates button, press the Spacebar or enter, to check for updates. *Tip, use the Jaws touch cursor with Shift+PC cursor, left arrow across to updates, press the right arrow to hear what is going on with the updates, press the PC cursor twice quickly to go back to using the PC cursor. Or you can do the following, Press Windows key+i, you will land in the Settings area search edit box. Tab one time to the list of the 11 main categories in the settings area of the Creators update. Press the right arrow key or just press the end key to jump to, update and security. Press enter on update and security, tab one time You will land on, Windows update, 1 of 9, this is already highlighted for you. Tab one time to, check for updates, press the Spacebar to check for updates. *Tip, while in the settings area, pressing the backspace key, will take you back to the search edit box in settings area, just tab to the list of 11 main categories. *Tip, remember the first sub-category is already selected for you, just begin tabbing across, for any other sub-categories, press Enter first, and then begin tabbing across the window. So as you can see from my example above, typing directly into the search edit box in the settings area of W-10, is much faster to get to where you wish to go. *Remember, after pressing Windows key+i, you will land in the search edit box, also after pressing enter on a ssub-catigory, you will land in the search edit box, just tab one time to go to the list of either main or subcategories. *Remember the first item of any subcategory is already selected, you can begin tabbing across the tab controls of that window. *Always press inser key+tab, to make jaws repeat the tab control, and its current setting, for you in the settings area. **Press Windows key+Tab, opens Task view, press the Right arrow key to go across all open windows, press the Enter key to go directly to that open window. **Press Windows key+A, opens the action center. Press the down arrow to hear the notifications, tab one time on a highlighted notification to clear this notification, press the Spacebar to clear. **Windows key+d or m, takes you to the desktop. **Windows key+b, takes you to the notification chevron button. Just press the right arrow key to see all your notification area icons. *Remember you can press the application key on any icon to open a context menu of items for that icon. *Tip, you can also press Insert+F11, to bring up a list of system tray icons, press enter on an item to bring up a context menu for that item. **Windows key+t, will take you to the first item pinned to the taskbar. Again just use your right arrow key to go across your pinned items on the taskbar. *Press the applications key on any pinned item to open a context menu for that selected pinned item. **Windows key+1 through 0, will open, any pinned items on the taskbar. *For example: Notepad is the third item pinned to my taskbar. So pressing windows key+3, on the number row, will open notepad. Also if I am in another program window, if notepad is still opened, pressing windows key+3, will take me back into the notepad document window. Now if I want to open another separate notepad document, do the following: Windows logo key + Shift + number. Open the desktop and start a new instance of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. In my case, pressing Windows key+shift+3, will open a new blank document in notepad. **Windows key+r, will open the run dialog edit box. **Windows key+l, locks the keyboard. Just press the escape key or any other key to bring up the password or the pin edit box. Type your password or your pin, you are put right back to where you were before locking your keyboard. To start or stop narrator press Control+Windows+Enter, This both opens and closes narrator, this is called a toggle keystroke. == These are just a few windows key keystroke combonations, read below, for the complete list of the Windows key keystrokes combonations from Microsoft. You can read this entire Microsoft web page yourself at: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12445/windows-keyboard-shortcuts Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts table with 2 columns and 50 rows Press this key To do this Windows logo key Open or close Start Windows logo key + A Open Action center Windows logo key + B Set focus in the notification area Windows logo key + C Open Cortana in listening mode Notes list of 2 items * This shortcut is turned off by default. To turn it on, open Cortana from the search box on the taskbar, then select Settings . Turn on the toggle under Let Cortana listen for my commands when I press the Windows logo key + C. * Cortana is available only in certain countries/regions, and some Cortana features might not be available everywhere. If Cortana isn't available or is turned off, you can still use search. list end Windows logo key + Shift + C Open the charms menu Windows logo key + D Display and hide the desktop Windows logo key + Alt + D Display and hide the date and time on the desktop Windows logo key + E Open File Explorer Windows logo key + F Open Feedback Hub Windows logo key + G Open Game bar when a game is open Windows logo key + I Open Settings Windows logo key + J Set focus to a Windows tip when one is available. When a Windows tip appears, bring focus to the Tip. Pressing the keyboard shortcuts again to bring focus to the element on the screen to which the Windows tip is anchored. Windows logo key + K Open the Connect quick action Windows logo key + L Lock your PC or switch accounts Windows logo key + M Minimize all windows Windows logo key + O Lock device orientation Windows logo key + P Choose a presentation display mode Windows logo key + R Open the Run dialog box Windows logo key + S Open search Windows logo key + T Cycle through apps on the taskbar Windows logo key + U Open Ease of Access Center Windows logo key + V Cycle through notifications Windows logo key + Shift + V Cycle through notifications in reverse order Windows logo key + X Open the Quick Link menu Windows logo key + Z Show the commands available in an app in full-screen mode Windows logo key + comma (,) Temporarily peek at the desktop Windows logo key + Pause Display the System Properties dialog box Windows logo key + Ctrl + F Search for PCs (if you're on a network) Windows logo key + Shift + M Restore minimized windows on the desktop Windows logo key + number Open the desktop and start the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. If the app is already running, switch to that app. Windows logo key + Shift + number Open the desktop and start a new instance of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number Windows logo key + Ctrl + number Open the desktop and switch to the last active window of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number Windows logo key + Alt + number Open the desktop and open the Jump List for the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + number Open the desktop and open a new instance of the app located at the given position on the taskbar as an administrator Windows logo key + Tab Open Task view Windows logo key + Up arrow Maximize the window Windows logo key + Down arrow Remove current app from screen or minimize the desktop window Windows logo key + Left arrow Maximize the app or desktop window to the left side of the screen Windows logo key + Right arrow Maximize the app or desktop window to the right side of the screen Windows logo key + Home Minimize all except the active desktop window (restores all windows on second stroke) Windows logo key + Shift + Up arrow Stretch the desktop window to the top and bottom of the screen Windows logo key + Shift + Down arrow Restore/minimize active desktop windows vertically, maintaining width Windows logo key + Shift + Left arrow or Right arrow Move an app or window in the desktop from one monitor to another Windows logo key + Spacebar Switch input language and keyboard layout Windows logo key + Ctrl + Spacebar Change to a previously selected input Windows logo key + Ctrl + Enter Open Narrator Windows logo key + forward slash (/) Begin IME reconversion Windows logo key + plus (+) or minus (-) Zoom in or out using Magnifier Windows logo key + Esc Exit Magnifier table end All member feedback is appreciated by me, at all times, about all these text lessons. *My purpose for developing all of this free material for the Blind computer user is to help teach and assist a Blind person to use w-10 with a Screen reader like Jaws. *My hope is that the Blind computer user will grow in confidence, in their ability, to use, and to navigate the w-10 computer system, using just Jaws. *We also have group members, to can help teach about using NVDA, on a W-10 computer as well. *This is one of many tutorials, I hope to produce, for the Blind community, to help teach all of them, how to use a W-10 computer using Jaws. *My hope is , That over time, they would learn how to do, and complete, various computer tasks in W-10, all by themselves. *The W-10 and Jaws yahoo group is a freely provided ministry of The River Yahoo group. *I freely offer the W-10 and Jaws group, and all of its materials, as a free and voluntary work of love, to reach out and teach all the blind computer users all over the world, how to learn how to use a W-10 computer using Jaws. You can subscribe to The Windows 10 and Jaws Yahoo group at: [email protected] You can subscribe to The River group at: [email protected] Happy learning! God bless! Sincerely: Jim Flusche. Owner of the Windows 10 and Jaws and The River Yahoo groups. >From your humble Pinhead! A Ballast for My Soul Life is like a stormy sea That tosses to and fro, But God's Word will ever be A ballast for my soul. By its truth I'll be held fast Till I reach heaven's shore Where I will be home at last And sail life's sea no more! Author: Perry Boardman For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
