Hi Kimber, Are you running a shortcut filing program like Hotkey Detective that stores all your hotkeys? Also, have you tried pinning a Jaws shortcut to the taskbar? I have all 3 Jaws version shortcuts pinned to the taskbar, so if I press, Windows key + 5, this will start Jaws 15, Windows key + 6, starts Jaws 16, & Windows key + 7, starts Jaws 17. But, in order for this sequencing to work you would need to have Windows key + numbers 1 thru 4 occupied with shortcuts as well. So, here's how my taskbar shortcuts are layed out: Windows key + 1, = IE11. Windows key + 2, = Notepad. Windows key + 3, = Outlook Express. Windows key + 4, = MS Word Windows key + 5, 6, & 7, = Jaws versions. Windows key + 8, = Firefox. Windows key + 9, = Openbook.
Take care. Mike Remember folks, it's tax time! If you add, IRS to the word, the, you get "T H E I R S". That spells THEIRS! ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Justice To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 Is there another shortcut somewhere on the system that may have that hotkey assignment? HTH, Rick Justice Tomorrow's another day, another way! and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimber Gardner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 I don't understand what you're saying. I have cleared the hotkey in the jaws 16 properties dialogue, deleted jaws 16 from my desktop, rebooted my machine and set the hotkey in the jaws 17 dialogue. Still when I perform the key combo control+alt+J, jaws 16 loads instead of jaws 17. I was able to set control+alt+7 as a hotkey to load jaws 17, but that doesn't really answer my question of why I can't reassign control+alt+j. I am out of ideas and will be calling FS for help on Monday. Thanks all for your assistance. I will let the list know what happens. Kimber On 4/9/16, TheHangMan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I have both jaws activated 16 and 17 in my desktop, > Since, I had already set the jaws quick key before on J16, it carried over > to jaws 17. > There is no need to set it again. > The proof is in the pudding: > I shut of J17 and preform the quick key and it came back on. > Jorge > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dave Carlson > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 12:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 > > Likely there were two desktop icons for JAWS, and one was still active. > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrian Spratt" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 08:42 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 > > > What's curious in Kimber's case is that after she's removed j from the > JAWS > > 16 shortcut and confirmed that it's gone, control-alt -j still brings up > JAWS 16. I can't figure out why that would be. > > On creation of the shortcut, which it sounds like Kimber knows what to do, > I'd add a little more. Assuming I'm want alt-control-j for JAWS 17, I'd do > as Mario suggests and type just j in the edit field. Then, instead of > pressing enter or tabbing to OK, I escape out of the dialog. For some > reason, this has been the surest way I've found for making the shortcut > stick. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dave Carlson > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 > > Mario, > > Yes, that's a good point. That way, the actual application is not invoked. > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mario" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 07:29 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 > > > Kimber, in my experience, when you attempt to assign the hotkey using > the control+alt keys, just press the letter because control+alt is the > assumed modifier Windows believes you want to use plus the letter you > type. for example, you want to use control+alt+j as the hotkey to start > JAWS, just press the letter j when you get to the field to assign the > shortcut. > > if you want to use a diferent combination, that's when you have to press > all the keys you want. for example, you want to use control+shift+j > instead, press all three keys to overide the default of control+alt+ the > letter of your choice. > > hth > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Kimber Gardner > Sent: Saturday, Apr 9, 2016 7:32:17 AM EST > To: jaws-users-list > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 > > Hi All, > > I had control-alt-J assigned as my hotkey for jaws 16, but I wanted to > reassign it to jaws 17. I went into properties under jaws 16 and > deleted the key assignment, only each time I try assigning that key > combo to jaws 17 in the property dialogue, instead of assigning the > keystroke it starts up jaws 16. > > When I open the property dialogue under 16, it shows no hotkey > assigned. What am I missing? > > Thanks, > Kimber > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > -- Kimberly For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
