Only one. In fact I have only one jaws icon period since I deleted the shortcuts for 15 and 16 while trying to solve this problem.
Sent from Kimber's iPhone > On Apr 9, 2016, at 11:41 PM, Dave Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > > How many icons called "JAWS 17" do you have on your desktop? > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kimber Gardner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 03:50 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/
