So you are two updates behind. It is not new features or bug fixes it
seems you need. Downloading and installing the update will set all of
the key mappings to their default.
Just in case you are curious, here is how to check the key mappings and
how to fix them.
1. Open Word.
2. Press JAWS (Insert for desktop layout; CapsLock for laptop layout) +
F2, to bring up the "Run JAWS Manager" dialog. Hit the letter k to
select the "Keyboard Manager", and hit the Enter key.
3. This will place you in the Keyboard Manager on the Microsoft Word
application. Press Tab to go the list of key bindings for that
application. It is a list of scripts available for that application and
the key combination, if any, that invokes it.
4. Press Control + F, then hit the combination you are looking for, in
this case F8. Hit the Enter key to start the search.
5. In Word the F8 key should be mapped to the SelectionByUnitMode
script. If it is mapped to something else, you probably want to press
the Delete key. This does not delete the script, just this key
combination to invoke it. Now move down the alphabetical list to the
SelectionByUnitMode script. It may not show any key combination or it
may be reassigned to something else. If the new assignment is not
desired, press the Delete key. Press Control + a to Assign a new key
combination. It will ask for the new combination, hit F8 and then the
Enter key.
6. Now press Control + Shift + d to show the scripts in the default
script file. These are the scripts available at the desktop and for all
applications. Again press Control + f, then F8, and hit the Enter key.
It should respond "No key found". If it is mapped to a script, it
probably should be deleted.
*"No key found". Don Marang*
Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any
real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I
am working on things that matter.
-- Dean Kamen
On 7/26/2011 8:57 AM, Patti wrote:
Hey Don,
I pressed f8 while I was in my email, and it brought up the jaws menu,
so I tested it on line, and it said selected, and that is the only
place it did that.
I haven't updated to 12.1169 I think that is the latest
I'm still running 12.525.
Patti
That's very strange! So pressing F8 brings up the JAWS menu within
Word? Does this happen everywhere or just Word? This should only
happen when pressing JAWS + j. I would have you check out a few
things in Keyboard Manager, but just installing the new update should
fix this key map as well.
*Don Marang*
Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of
any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure
that I am working on things that matter.
-- Dean Kamen
On 7/25/2011 6:03 PM, Patti wrote:
No that did the same thing about bringing up jaws menu. crazy
Patti
Have you tried Quick Keys mode in Word? It works much like Quick
Navigation in Internet Explorer. Quick Keys is enabled and
disabled by using JAWS + z as a toggle. When in Quick Keys mode,
you will not be able to edit the document. It merely lets you
navigate the document with single keys. Like in IE, h will move to
the next heading, p will move to the next paragraph, and so on. If
the chapters start with a heading, such as heading level 2, just
pressing 2 will move to the next chapter.
For example, this could be used with the F8 selection as follows:
1. Move to the beginning of the text to be selected. Then press F8.
2. Turn on Quick Keys with JAWS (Insert) + z.
3. Press the 2 key to move to the next chapter. It will read the
entire amount selected, which annoys me, so I rarely use F8 for
selection. If I am confident about the selection, I just continue
on the next step.
4. Copy the selection using Control + c.
5. Return to normal by pressing Escape to exit the selection mode
and then JAWS + z to exit Quick Keys mode.
I hope this is more like what you are looking for.
*Don Marang*
Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org
<http://www.vinuxproject.org/>
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of
any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure
that I am working on things that matter.
-- Dean Kamen
On 7/24/2011 8:47 PM, Kelby Carlson wrote:
I know how all the basic select commands work. I am asking for
something different, which I think has been provided. I want to
know quite specifically how to highlight a PORTION OF TEXT in a
document that is not a line, word, or paragraph so that cannot;
select with the normal commands. (Let's assume the section is in
the middle of the document, so select-to-end and
select-to-beginning are not efficient ways of ding this.) Does
that make things clearer?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janie Degenshein" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:42:55 -0400
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS
Can you use the control a to select all?
Keep Smiling,
Janie Degenshein
"Happiness isn't having what you want, but wanting what you
already have"
Access Tech Consultant
Facilitator of ECHO
(Eyes Closed Hearts Open)
Co-host of OTBS On The Bright Side
www.thruoureyes.org/brightside.html
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelby Carlson
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS
This actually was not what I am asking. Let us say I need to
copy a chapter from a textbook that is several pages long. How
can I do this, other than going paragraph by paragraph and
appending? I know sighted people can do this, and I can do it
quite easily with a notetaker.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:48:49 -0700
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS
Hi Kelby,
Try the information below to see if this will do what you are
wanting to
accomplish.
The F8 key in Word is a Toggle. You press the F8 key a different
number of
times to select different amounts of text.
Pressing the F8 key 1 time turns extended selection mode on. In
this mode
you can arrow up or down to select text line by line.
Pressing the F8 key 2 times will copy the highlighted word.
Pressing the F8 key 3 times will copy the sentence the cursor is
in.
Pressing the F8 key 4 times will copy the paragraph the cursor is
in.
Pressing the F8 key 5 times will copy the document.
Hope this has helped. Take care.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelby Carlson
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:45 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS
Brief question from a first-timer. Is there a way to block
text--as in multiple paragraphs--for selection in a document
with
JAWS? Like highlighting a certain section of thedocument that
is
not just a line, word or paragraph for copying and/or cutting?
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