You left out a step. 0. Press Control+Alt+J and find out what comes up. If nothing starts from this key combination then move on to the next steps. If something does open up then you need to clear that shortcut assignment from the application before continuing with the process, otherwise something else will start and Jaws won't at least some of the time.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > B. via Jfw > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 3:55 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Michael B. > Subject: Re: Jaws question, Assigning A Shorcut Keystroke > > Hi Jennifer, > > To shut down Jaws the keystrokes are, Insert / Jaws Key + F4, then > Enter or, Insert / Jaws Key, Windows Key, + F4. The keystroke, Insert > + J, is for opening the Jaws context menu when running Jaws from the > System Tray. > > Here is 1 set of steps to create a shortcut keystroke for starting > Jaws: > 1. Go to the Desktop by invoking the keystroke, Windows key + M, or, > Windows Key + D. > 2. Press the letter, J, until you land on the JAWS icon. > 3. Press Alt + Enter to bring up the JAWS Properties page. > 4. Tab to the Shortcut key field, and type in the shortcut key > combination of your choice, like Alt-Control-J or whatever other > combination you prefer. > 5. Tab to Apply button, hit Space, then tab around again to the Okay > button and hit Space. That's it. Now, when you press Alt-Control-J or > whatever shortcut key you assigned, JAWS will be launched. HTH. > Take care. > Mike > This email was sent from my, iGoDodgersBarstool. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jennifer Aberdeen via Jfw > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Jennifer Aberdeen > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: Jaws question > > > I pressed insert + J and then pressed alt + f4. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Annabelle Susan Morison via Jfw > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 10:54 AM > To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' > Cc: Annabelle Susan Morison > Subject: RE: Jaws question > > How exactly did you turn it off? Did you press insert+F4? Did you press > Insert+Windows+F4? I'm confused! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jennifer > Aberdeen via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Jennifer Aberdeen > Subject: Jaws question > > Hi all, > > I've been trying to find the answer to my question in Jaws help, but > for the > life of me, I can't find the answer. > > How do I turn Jaws back on after turning it off? > > I thought it was alt+control+J, but that doesn't seem to work. > > I had shut Jaws off so my sighted niece could use my computer without > any > annoyance from Jaws, but the only way I know how to get it back on is > if I > restart my computer. > > Thanks, > > Jen > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the- > jdh.com/attachments/20150423/077addac/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the- > jdh.com/attachments/20150424/5775ea16/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
