Hi Jaws users list, I have made a few changes in this guide, I hope this helps the new users of Jaws with learning W-10 with Jaws.
Creators update, The Control and ALT keys, your best friend, part 1. This is a text tutorial, provided freely by The W-10 and Jaws group, anyone may freely share this text file. Author: Jim Flusche This lesson is now updated to the W-10 Creators update. *This lesson also includes using Outlook 2016 with Jaws. *Lets look at some general Control, keystrokes first in W-10, many of these keystrokes may work in prior versions of Windows as well. **Press Ctrl + Esc to Open Start Pressing the Windows key by itself will also open and close Start. Pressing Enter on the Start button, will also open Start. *Tip: The Start button area has also changed, in the Creators update for W-10. **After pressing the Windows key or pressing enter on the Start button, or pressing Control+Escape. 1. You will land in the Start area search edit box. Just begin typing what you are looking for, use the Arrow keys to find it, press enter to open it. 2. From the Search edit box, Tab one time to, the Start list box. Here you will find your Account picture, your folder shortcuts, like Downloads, Documents, and your personal folder, if you have set them up under Start in the settings area, and the Power Button. 3. After pressing the Windows key, either press the up or down arrow key, or Tab two times to, All Apps list box. This is a list of all the Apps and Programs on your computer. Press Enter on any collapsed folders, to expand that folders content. First letter navigation works in the All Apps list view. *Tip: you must have an app or program starting with that letter installed on your computer. *Tip: After pressing the Windows key, press either Up or Down Arrow to go directly to the Apps View list box. 4. Tab a third time from the Search edit box or press Shift+Tab from the search edit box to, Pinned tiles list box. Here you have the Group Headers, plus any Pinned items you have Pinned to Start which are located under one of these Group Headers. *Tip, the group headers may be side by side, or in a list, the pinned items under each header may be side by side or in a list. *Now the Start button area is subject to change in the next major update to W-10. **Pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc will directly Open Task Manager in W-10. *Tip, opening the Task manager for the first time, Tab one time to more details, press the Spacebar, this allows all the Tabs to show in Task manager. **You also can press, Windows key+X, for the W10 context menu, Uparrow to Task Manager, press Enter. **You can also press, Control+ALT+Delete, this will open a list of seven items including. 1. Switch users. 2. Task Manager. 3. Shutdown. 4. Lock. 5. Network status. 6. Ease of access. 7. Sign out. They are not in the above order. So for example: If you need to see what your wireless, signal strength is currently, do the following. 1. Press Control+ALT+Delete. 2. Uparrow to Network status. 3. You will hear the name of your Network provider, followed by the signal strenth of your wireless signal. **Press Control+Alt+Tab together, Use the Rightarrow key to switch between all open apps *After pressin Control+ALT+Tab, then release the keys, press the Rightarrow key, to go across all the open windows, press enter to bring that window into focus. **In W-10, you can also press Windows key+Tab, Rightarrow across all open Windows, press Enter on the window to bring it into focus. **You can also press Insert+F10, press Rightarrow to the Window, press Enter to bring it into focus. **Press Ctrl + Shift + N to Create a new folder. So from any file explorer list of folders, just press Control+Shift+N, type the name for the new folder, press Enter. **Press Control+F, Will Open find window for the current document or window. **Press Control+Insert+F, Opens the Jaws find dialog edit box. Type the word you are looking for, press enter to find that word. Press F3 or Insert+F3, to find the next occurrence of the word, depending on the program you are using. **Using Outlook 2016 with Jaws. **Pressing the ALT key, will open or close the Virtual ribbons in Outlook 2016. **Pressing the ALT key, will land you on the Home ribbon of the virtual ribbons menu, in Outlook 2016. >From the Home ribbon, Rightarrow across to the other upper ribbons. For example, as you Rightarrow from the Home ribbon, you will hear. Send/recieve tab. Folder tab. View tab. Tell me what you want to do, edit box window, pressing Escape will close this edit box window. *For example, using the new, Tell me what you want to do feature, just type the word you are looking for, press the Downarrow key to see the list of results. Press Enter, on one of the items to automatically have Outlook 2016, complete that Task for you. *Tip, pressing ALT+Q, will bring up the Tell me search edit box from anywhere in Outlook 2016. For example, in an open email message with a list of items you want to make a bulleted list for, do the following. 1. Use Shift+Down arrow to select all the items in the list. 2. Press ALT+Q, opens the Tell me search edit box. 3. Type bullet, press the Down arrow key to, bullet split button, press Enter. 4. You are returned to your email, with the selected list now in bullets. *On any of the virtual ribbon upper ribbon tabs, tabs, Home tab, Send and recieve tab, View tab, or file tab, just press the Downarrow key to open the lower ribbon of that main upper tab. *For example, after pressing ALT, pressing Downarrow from the Home tab, you will see. 1. New sub menu. 2. Delete sub menu. 3. Respond sub menu. 4. Quick steps sub menu. 5. Move sub menu. 6. Tags sub menu. 7. Find sub menu. *Now pressing the Leftarrow key from any of the lower ribbons, will take you back to the upper ribbon tab. *Different things you may find, in the sub menus of the lower ribbon tabs. 1. Button item has pop-up, press Spacebar to open this list, press Enter on an item, or press Escape to close. 2. Split button, has pop-up, press Spacebar, press Enter on an item, or press Escape to close. 3. Arrange by Split button has pop-up, press Spacebar, press Enter on an item, or press Escape to close. 4. Show in Favorites button, this will show, this selected email account inbox, in the Favorites list at the top of your email folder list. 5. Move button dropdown, the selected email will be moved after pressing Enter, use the Arrow keys to find a folder, press Enter to move. *Tip, its faster pressing Control+Shift+V, on the selected email, use the Arrow keys to find the folder, press Enter to move that email to that selected folder. 6. After pressing Enter on a certain button item pop-up, you will need to press Enter to check a certain item, if items can be checked under that item pop-up. *For example. Press ALT+V, for the view menu, Downarrow to the Layout sub menu. Rightarrow to folder pain button drop down has pop-up, press the Spacebar. On my computer, I have Normal checked, and Favorites checked. I did this by pressing Enter on Normal, and repeated the above steps to return to the ribbons, and pressed Enter on Favorites. **Press ALT+F, followed by the letter T, to go to Outlook options. Use your Uparrow/Downarrow keys, to select a category, press the Tab key, to go across the options in each category, press Enter on the OK button to save any changes. **Using Smart lookup. This is a cool new feature,read below For an example of how to use Smart lookup. 1. I highlighted the word, "bible", in an open email. 2. I pressed the Applications key. 3. I pressed Uparrow to, Smart lookup, I pressed Enter, I heard a sound. 4. I was placed in a Smart lookup, result window. 5. I ignored the message saying, press Insert+ALT+M, for Controled elements, I pressed the Tab key instead. 6. I began Down arrowing through the results page. 7. I selected and copied the following text: "The Bible is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration. and a record of the relationship between God and humans". . 8. When you are done with the Smart lookup window, press the ALT key, then press the ALT key a second time. 9. This places you right back into the same email, with the word you looked up using Smart lookup. 10. You can also press ALT+Tab, Tab away and Tab back, to close the results window for Smart lookup. *There may be other ways, to close the Smart lookup window, the above ways, worked fine for me. **To add a new contact in Outlook 2016. 1. Press Control+Shift+C, to create a new contact. 2. Type the new contact's name, Tab to the email edit box, type the email address. 3. Now just Press the Escape key, and a message will come up, asking you if you want to save, Press Enter on the yes button, and you are finished. **Press Control+Shift+B, to open the Address book contact search edit box. After Pressing the Control+Shift+B, to open the address book. 1. Now press alt+F, then press Enter on New Entry. 2. Now press Enter on New Contact. 3. You will now be in the new contact edit field, type the name for your new contact. 4. Now just Tab across to the email edit field, type the email address for the new contact. 5. Now just Press the Escape key, and a message will come up, asking you if you want to save, Press Enter on the yes button, and you are finished. **press Shift+F1, brings up the Support page for Outlook 2016, just begin down arrowing to read the information. **Press Insert+F8, for Outlook Global ToolBar Items dialog. First letter navigation, works in the below list of items, press Enter to complete the task for the selected item. 1. Address Book 2. Advanced Find 3. Appointment Create 4. Contact Create 5. Delete 6. Dial 7. Document Print 8. Flag For Follow Up 9. Folder Go To 10. Folder Move Item To 11. Formatting Clear 12. In Box Move To 13. Item Copy 14. Item Move Back 15. Item Move Forward 16. Item Post 17. Journal Entry Create 18. Mail Message Create 19. Mark As Read 20. Meeting Request Create 21. Message Forward 22. New Folder Create 23. Note Create 24. Office Document Create 25. People Find 26. Reply 27. Reply To All 28. Task Create 29. Text Message Create **More keystrokes for using Outlook 2016 with Jaws, followed by other list of various keystrokes. **To display the screen tips for Outlook, use Shift + F1. **To Dial from Outlook, use Control + Shift + D. **To perform an advanced find, use Control + shift + F. **To move to the next item, use Control + period. **To move to the previous item, use Control + comma. **To mark an item as read, use Control + Q. **To reply to a message, use Control + r. **To reply to all in a message, use Control + Shift + R. **To forward a message, use Control + F. **To switch between upper and lower case, use Shift + F3. **To clear formatting, use Control + Shift + Z. **To create an appointment, use Control + Shift + A. **To create a contact, use Control + shift + C. **To create a new folder, use Control + Shift + E. **To create a journal entry, use Control + Shift + J. **To create a message, use Control + Shift + M. **To create a note, use Control + Shift + N. **To create a meeting request, use Control + Shift + Q. **To find people, use Control + Shift + P. **To create a task, use Control + Shift + K. **To create a task request, use Control + shift + U. **To create a new office document, use Control + Shift + H. **To receive Email messages, use F5, should be F9. **To flag item for follow up Use, Control + shift + G. **To save and close an item, use alt + S. **To go to a specific folder, use Control + Y. **To post item to a specific folder, use Control + Shift + S. **To copy an item, use Control + shift + Y. **To move an item to a specific folder, use Control + Shift + V. **To open the address book, use Control + Shift + B. **To display short cuts for Outlook, use shift + F10. **To search for text, use F4. **To search for the next occurrance of text, use Shift + F4. **To move to the In Box from anywhere, use Control + shift + I. **Here are some more Control and ALT, keystrokes. **Copy, paste, and other general keyboard shortcuts[1] Ctrl + X Cut the selected item Ctrl + C Copy the selected item Ctrl + V Paste the selected item[1] Ctrl + Z Undo an action Alt + Tab Switch between open apps Alt + F4 Close the active item, or exit the active app F2 Rename the selected item F3 Search for a file or folder in File Explorer F4 Display the address bar list in File Explorer F5 Refresh the active window F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F10 Activate the Menu bar in the active app Alt + Esc Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened Alt + underlined letter Perform the command for that letter Alt + Enter Display properties for the selected item Alt + Spacebar Open the shortcut menu for the active window Alt + Left arrow Go back Alt + Right arrow Go forward Alt + Page Up Move up one screen Alt + Page Down Move down one screen Ctrl + F4 Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time) Ctrl + A Select all items in a document or window Ctrl + D (or Delete) Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin Ctrl + R (or F5) Refresh the active window Ctrl + Y Redo an action Ctrl + Right arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word Ctrl + Left arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word Ctrl + Down arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph Ctrl + Up arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph Ctrl + Alt + Shift + arrow keys When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + Spacebar Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key Select a block of text Shift + F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item Shift with any arrow key Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document Shift + Delete Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first **File Explorer keyboard shortcuts Alt + D Select the address bar Ctrl + E Select the search box Ctrl + F Select the search box Ctrl + N Open a new window Ctrl + W Close the active window Ctrl + Shift + E[1] Display all folders above the selected folder Alt + Enter Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item Alt + Right arrow View the next folder Alt + Up arrow View the folder that the folder was in Alt + Left arrow View the previous folder Backspace View the previous folder Right arrow Display the current selection (if it's collapsed), or select the first subfolder Left arrow Collapse the current selection (if it's expanded), or select the folder that the folder was in End Display the bottom of the active window Home Display the top of the active window Alt + F File menu options in current program. Alt + E Edit options in current program Alt + Tab Switch between open programs Ctrl + N Create a new, blank document in some software programs Ctrl + O Open a file in current software program Ctrl + A Select all text. Ctrl + B Change selected text to be Bold Ctrl + I Change selected text to be in Italics Ctrl + U Change selected text to be Underlined Ctrl + S Save current document file. Ctrl + X Cut selected item. Shift + Del Cut selected item. Ctrl + C Copy selected item. This ends part one, of Creators update, the Control and ALT keys, your best friends. Remember all member feedback is appreciated by me, about this keyboard, your best friend series. *My purpose for developing all of this free material for the Blind computer user is to help teach and assist a Blind person to use w-10 with a Screen reader like Jaws. *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, using just Jaws. *We also have group members, to can help teach about using NVDA, on a W-10 computer as well. *This is one of many tutorials, I hope to produce, for the Blind community, to help teach all of them, how to use a W-10 computer using Jaws. *My hope is , That over time, they would learn how to do, and complete, various computer tasks in W-10, all by themselves. *The W-10 and Jaws yahoo group is a freely provided ministry of The River Yahoo group. *I freely offer the W-10 and Jaws group, and all of its materials, as a free and voluntary work of love, to reach out and teach all the blind computer users all over the world, how to learn how to use a W-10 computer using Jaws. You can subscribe to The Windows 10 and Jaws Yahoo group at: windows-10-and-jaws-subscr...@yahoogroups.co.in You can subscribe to The River group at: the-river-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Happy learning! God bless! Sincerely: Jim Flusche. Owner of the Windows 10 and Jaws and The River Yahoo groups. >From your humble Pinhead! A Ballast for My Soul Life is like a stormy sea That tosses to and fro, But God's Word will ever be A ballast for my soul. By its truth I'll be held fast Till I reach heaven's shore Where I will be home at last And sail life's sea no more! Author: Perry Boardman For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
