Kimmer, See if you can download "Hot Key Detective" and install. If so, it will tell you where all your hotkey assignments are, and connected to which files. That might help.
Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimberly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 07:01 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Trouble assigning a hot key for jaws 17 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
