Gerald,
I may have been wrong about ctrl-alt-j having been assigned by me to
JAWS6.2 in a time before I removed it. Anyway, now by your definition
ctrl-alt-j shouldn't have worked for any other program on my computer
either, since I do have HJAWS10 and one or two other versions of JAWS
that were only installed from the JAWS CD. . however, i just tried it
by making a shortcut key for Duxbury Braille Translator and choosing j
to be added to the default alt and ctrl keys. I okayed the change,
closed the program, went elsewhere, and then pressed ctrl-alt-j.
Duxbury opened. (Since this was an experiment only, i then deleted the
key ifrom DBT desktop shortcut properties where i had made it.) neither
did i get a windows dong sound, which i should have, if the chosen hot
key were for some reason unavailable.
it may be that thsome of those hot key utilities actually create hot
keys where theyt don't pre-exist, and puts them in a hidden folder.
Would that someone from the JAWS side of FS would settle this question.
People have experienced a lot of problems making shortcut keys stick to
JAWS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] shortcut key for starting JAWS
Okay, here's the deal. If you originally installed JAWS 6 on your
computer from the CD, it most likely was assigned the shortcut key
Alt-Control-J at the time of installation. Once you removed this
version of JAWS from your computer, the shortcut key Alt-Control-J
remained behind in a "hidden" system folder. Therefore, it cannot now
be reassigned to any other version of JAWS (or any other program for
that matter) unless it is first deleted manually using one of the
shortcut key utilities. A pre-assigned shortcut key does not get
deleted automatically when you remove the program it launches. Since
in my case Alt-Control-J was pre-assigned to JAWS 9 when I installed
it from the CD, I could still use its Properties page to assign a
second shortcut key to launch it. So I can press either Alt-Control-J
(pre-assigned at time of installation) or Alt-Control-9 (assigned by
me through the JAWS 9 desktop icon Properties page) to launch it.
Again, I urge you to check the origin of all the shortcut keys on your
computer using one of the shortcut key utilities.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] shortcut key for starting JAWS
Which version of JAWS gets activated when you press ctrl-alt-j (on
your computer)? (this isn't a redundant question: You're allowed to
have multiple different versions of JAWS on your same computer.) I
have both JAWS8 and JAWS9 on mine, and neither of them gets activated
when i press the ctrl-alt-j keystroke. Nor did i want that. I think
i may have had JAWS6.2 with ctrl-alt-j on this computer; but I
removed that version. So perhaps I'll give JAWS11 a try and see if
ctrl-alt-j will automatically take, or whether I'll need to input it.
if a shortcut key is already used, it should not be allowed to be
used for a different program or different version of a program. I
know that several programs come with their own pre-packaged
shortcuts; but JAWS, until today, i didn't reckon was one of them;
and FS never said there was an already existing JAWS keyboard
shortcut. A desktop shortcut, yes; but you the user needed to input
your desired keystroke to make of it a keyboard shortcut (AKA
shortcut key). thus, the commonly repeated instructions given here
(by many, not just me), on the list over the past couple of years on
how to make keyboard shortcuts to start JAWS quickly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] shortcut key for starting JAWS
At the risk of being redundant, I stand by my claim that installing
JAWS from the CD (at least for JAWS 8 and9) does, in fact,
automatically create the shortcut key Alt-Control-J. This shortcut
key cannot be accessed from the Properties page of the JAWS desktop
icon, and in fact, is almost impossible to delete accidentally,
because it is stored in a different file than the user-assigned
shortcut keys. Many programs automatically create shortcut keys
when they are installed, including MS Word (Alt-Control-W) and Open
Book (Alt-Control-O). The only easy way to determine the actual
origin of a particular shortcut key is to check it using a utility
like Hot Key Detective or Shortcut Key Explorer, both of which are
available on the JAWS Users programs page. You might even be
surprised to discover that you have "hidden" shortcut keys on your
computer that you didn't realize existed.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] shortcut key for starting JAWS
The JAWS install does not automatically create a shortcut hot key.
The
desktop shortcut is created, but no hot key. You need to do this
yourself as described below. The only thing that I have found is
that
if you do this using JAWS, the hot key wil not stick. The only way
I
have been able to do this for JAWS is to do it using another screen
reader.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald
Levy
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:59 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] shortcut key for starting JAWS
If you installed JAWS from the CD, it is automatically assigned the
shortcut
key Alt-Control-J. If this keystroke combination doesn't work for
you,
you
can create your own JAWS shortcut key by following these steps:
1. Launch the Desktop by pressing Windows key-M.
2. Press J repeatedly until you land on the JAWS icon.
3. Press Alt-Enter to bring up the JAWS Properties page.
4. Tab to the Shortcut key field, and type in the shortcut key
combination
of your choice, like Alt-Control-J or whatever other combination
you
prefer.
5. Tab to Apply button, hit Space, then tab around again to the
Okay
button
and hit Space. That's it. Now, when you press Alt-Control-J or
whatever
shortcut key you assigned, JAWS will be launched. HTH.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janelle Vacanti" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] shortcut key for starting JAWS
Do you know how I can make one?
---- Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
There is no given shortcut key, so you make your own.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janelle Vacanti" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:20 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] shortcut key for starting JAWS
> Hi All,
> Does anybody know of a shortcut key that will start JAWS? I
> know
that
> NVDA's is Control plus Alt plus N.
>
>
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