Hi Jaws users list. Here is my latest guide on Windows 10. I will send David a zipped copy to post if he wishes. Customizing the Start Area in W-10.
Author: Jim Flusche Email Address: [email protected] Windows 10 and Jaws Yahoo group. Group home page: https://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/windows-10-and-jaws Subscribe Link for Windows 10 and Jaws Yahoo group: [email protected] This Tutorial is the property of the Windows 10 and Jaws Yahoo group, Anyone can freely distribute this free Tutorial to all interested Blind computer users. Overview. 1. ***Personalizing the Start Area in W-10. 2. ***The All Apps region in the Start area of W-10. 3. ***The Power button in the Start area of W-10. ***Means, Main Heading. *Means, Sub category. **Means, Tips and Reminders. 1. ***Personalizing the Start Area in W-10. Press the Window key to open or close the Start area. Just press the Windows key or press Enter on the Start button to get to the Start area of W-10. The Start area in W-10 is divided into two sections, the Left side and Right side. For users of Screen Readers, the top or the bottom of the Search edit box. So, the left side or the top, of the Start area cannot be changed. This upper part of the Start area, contains, the All Apps and the Power button. The Right side, or Bottom side of the Start area, is totally customizable to you. If you press the Spacebar on the Toggle navigation menu, located below the Search edit box. You will hear, Account picture for, followed by your name, button. Pressing the Application key on your Account picture icon here will bring up a Context menu of the following items, Change Account settings, Lock, or Sign out. Now, when you down arrow from your Account picture, you will see different items. This depends on what buttons you have checked, or what folders, you have checked in the Settings, Personalization, Start, in the settings area of w-10. Let’s go take a look at the options for the Start area in W-10. 1. Press Windows key+I, Open settings. 2. Right arrow to, Personalization, press Enter. 3. Arrow down to, Start, press Enter. 4. Tab to, Occasionally show suggestions in Start button, press the Spacebar to check or uncheck. This means Microsoft can give you suggestions for Apps and other stuff. 5. Tab to, Show most used Apps button, Check or uncheck. This will show your most used Apps, in the start area if this is checked. 6. Tab to, Show recently added Apps button, Checked or unchecked. Any Apps you have downloaded lately, will show up at the top of the All Apps list, if this is checked. 7. Tab to, Use Start full screen, Checked or unchecked. This will make your Start screen look like w-8.1, good if you have a little vision. 8. Tab to, Show recently opened items in jump list on Start or the Taskbar button, Checked or unchecked. 9. Tab to, Choose what folders appear on Start Link, press Enter. Tab across here, press the Spacebar to check the folders you wish to show on Start. This is a list of your choices, File Explorer, Settings, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Home group, Network, and Personal folder. Check each folder, that you wish to appear in the Start area. They will appear under, Places list box. If you choose, Personal folder, This is a shortcut to, all your user folders, very handy and quit way to go to all your personal folders. For example, my Start area looks like, this: Search edit box. Account picture button. Places list box, Documents, one of three, shortcut. Downloads, shortcut. Personal folder, shortcut. *Wrapping back to top. Power button. All Apps button. Search edit box. Press the Right arrow, from Account button. Start Apps list box, News group header list box. To the right of News, Weather group header list box. Below Weather header list box, is my local Weather live tile. Below my News, group header list box. My News, live tile. Below this is, Sports group header list box. Watch ESPN live tile. Sports, live tile. Watch NFL, live tile. So, think of these as left and right. On the Left, I have: Search edit box. Account button Documents. Downloads. Personal folder. *Wrapping around. Power button. All Apps button. On the right, I have: News group, Right of that Weather group. Below News group, my Sports group. So, in all my Group headings, I have a total of five live tiles. Pressing the Application key on just about any program or App, will give you the option to pin to Start. So, Programs or Apps that you pin to Start, will show up with your live tiles on the Right side. You can totally personalize your Start area, from the live tiles, to the folders, and the pinning of Programs and Apps. You can even change the name of the group headers, to match your interests. *How to change the name of Group Header list boxes in the Live Tile Region. 1. Press the Windows key. 2. Down arrow to the Group Header list box, For example, Play and Explore group header list box. 3. With this Header selected, same as highlighted, press the Enter key. 4. You will hear the name of this Group Header list box followed by Edit. 5. Press the backspace key until you clear out all the characters. 6. Type in your new name for this Header group, press enter. 7. For example, I called it News. 8. Now I hear, News Group Header list box. *Utility menu. From the Desktop Tab to the Start button, do not press Enter. Press the Application key, this will open the Utility menu, Same as using Windows key+X. Here you have a list of 17 items. Programs and features, Control panel, Device manager, Task manager, and the rest. So, here we have another way to get to a list of useful shortcuts in W-10. 2. ***The All Apps region in the Start area of W-10. **Remember, the All Apps list, is a complete listing of all Apps and Programs installed on your W-10 computer. *How to pin, Apps or pin Programs to the Start area or to the Taskbar. 1. Press the Windows key, or Enter on the Start button. 2. arrow up to All Apps, press enter. 3. Down arrow through all the apps, and all the programs on your computer, Highlight the App or the program that you want to pin to the Start or to the Taskbar. 4. Press the Application key, on any App, or any program, arrow down to, Pin to Start or pin to Taskbar, press enter on your choice. Now your App or Program, has been pinned to the Start area or the Taskbar, which ever you have chosen to do. 5. If a group is collapsed, press enter key to expand, this is a toggle, pressing enter Opens and closes a program group. **For example. 1. Go down to your Microsoft Office folder collapsed, press enter to expand. 2. Arrow down to Outlook, to highlight it. 3. Press the Application key. 4. Go down to, Pin to Start, or down to pin to Taskbar, press enter. Now, you have pinned Outlook to Start or to the Taskbar, depending on your choice. You will have these choices on each app or program in this All Apps list. *How to create a Desktop shortcut for a program in the All Apps list. 1. Press the Windows key, or press Enter on the Start button. 2. Arrow up one time to, All Apps, press Enter. 3. Find the program, which you want to make a Desktop shortcut for, remember, press Enter to expand or collapse a Program category list. 4. With the Program highlighted, or selected, press the Application key. 5. Down arrow to, Open file location, press Enter. 6. Press the application key, arrow down to, Send to sub menu, Right arrow one time. 7. Arrow down to, Desktop create shortcut, press Enter. Now, you have put a program shortcut right on your desktop. Repeat the above steps, for each program shortcut you wish to add to the Desktop of your W-10 computer. *How to uninstall Apps and Programs in W-10. **Remember if an App is a part of w-10, you cannot uninstall it. 1. press the Windows key, or press Enter on the Start button. 2. Arrow up one time to, All Apps, press Enter. 3. Down arrow to the App which you wish to uninstall, this highlights it or selects it. 4. Do not press enter, press the Application key instead. 5. Arrow down to, Uninstall, press enter, press the Spacebar to confirm. If this App cannot be uninstalled, you will not see an uninstall option, you will only see, pin to Start or pin to the Taskbar. *If you selected or highlighted, a program which you wish to uninstall, do the following. 1. Highlight the program, press the Application key. 2. Go down to, Uninstall, press Enter. 3. You will be taken to, Programs and Features. 4. Down arrow to the Program, you wish to uninstall, press Enter. 5. Follow the prompts, to complete the uninstall of the chosen program. 3. ***The Power button in the Start area of W-10. 1. Press the Windows key or press Enter on the Start button. 2. Up arrow two times to the Power button, press Enter. 3. This opens the Context menu for, Power options, use your up or down arrow keys to choose from, Shut down, Restart, and Sleep, press Enter on your choice. 4. Restart, this option Closes down any processes that are running on your computer, Then restarts your computer, Refreshing your computer system and all its programs. You should do this if you notice your computer acting sluggish, or after installing a program, or after installing any Windows updates. 5. Shut down, this option shuts down any running processes, then completely shuts down your computer. Use this option if you are not going to use your computer for a while. Personally, I shut mine down every night. 6. Sleep, This option saves all your work in any open programs on your computer, press any key to wake up your computer from sleep. If sleep is for a short time, your computer will wake up in a few seconds, if Sleep is for a long time, your computer may take 30 seconds to fully wake up. If sleep is for a short time, your computer wakes up just like you left it, with all the Windows and the Programs open. Windows 10 is fascinating, did you know that there are more than, 50 million lines of code in W-10. This number blows me away, Wow! Think about how long that would take just to type 50 Million lines of anything, not to mention lines of complex code. The end. My purpose for developing this material for the Blind computer user, is to help teach and assist a Blind person to use w-10 with a Screen reader. 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 with a Screen reader like Jaws. This is the first of many tutorials I hope to produce for the Blind computer user, that they may be able to complete various, computer tasks all by themselves. God bless: Sincerely: Jim flusche Windows 10 and jaws Yahoo group… Jim Flusche: Skype ID: buckeye.jim Join my new Windows 10 and Jaws Yahoo group at: [email protected] Cell Phone: 614-266-4545 Consider the snow flakes Consider the snow flakes, as they fall, bright and beautiful one and all. Watch the snowflakes as they fall, all are different, large and small Look at the snowflakes as they fall, they are One of God's treasures, created for all. Consider Him, as the blizzard blows, let Him warm your heart, and give Him your soul. Take a walk with Him daily in the snow, pray and meditate on Him whenever you go. Remember, God loves you and I, trust in His salvation before you die. Author: Jim Flusche GO BUCKEYES! Win another National title... For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
