Re: [JAWS-Users] Question about lap top jaws curser keys:
Thank you so much for your most helpful post. It is much appreciated. I shall surely save it for future reference. Again, thank you for taking time from your busy day to take time to answer my query - Original Message - From: John R Vaughn jrvaugh...@comcast.net To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Question about lap top jaws curser keys: Angel, First of all, be sure you have the jaws program set to use the laptop keyboard and not the desktop. You do this in the jaws menu, jaws key plus letter j, Then o for options and B for basics and tab to the control for use keyboard layout and down arrow to classic laptop and then tab to okay. For the keyboard commands: Go to jaws help, Insert J, Then h for help Then down arrow to jaws keyboard command and right arrow on laptop keyboard Now do a F6 to go to the screen where you can read the information about the various jaws laptop commands You can highlight all the text and copy it to the clipboard and then paste it into a word or word pad document for reference. Also, with the laptop on, go to keyboard help Jaws key plus number 1 on the numbers row and try using the jaws key plus any other key combination to hear which key does what. On my sony laptop, the insert or jaws key (second key in from the right on the top row of the keyboard or just to the right of the pause key or two keys to the right of the F11 key) is the jaws key as is the cap lock key. It may be different on your brand. Below is a copy of the pages in jaws help for laptop commands, but there are more and you can find them. john Laptop Keystrokes for Cursors and Mouse Simulation Description Command PC Cursor CAPS LOCK+SEMICOLON (press twice quickly if the Touch Cursor is currently active) JAWS Cursor CAPS LOCK+P Invisible Cursor CAPS LOCK+P twice quickly Touch Cursor SHIFT+CAPS LOCK+SEMICOLON Route Touch Cursor to Focus Location CAPS LOCK+APOSTROPHE Route PC Cursor to JAWS Cursor CAPS LOCK+APOSTROPHE Route JAWS Cursor to PC Cursor CAPS LOCK+LEFT BRACKET Restrict JAWS Cursor CAPS LOCK+R Left Mouse Button CAPS LOCK+8 Right Mouse Button CAPS LOCK+9 Left Mouse Button Lock CTRL+WINDOWS Key+8 Right Mouse Button Lock CTRL+WINDOWS Key+9 Drag and Drop CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+8 Say Active Cursor ALT+DELETE Mouse Down ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Mouse Left ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Mouse Right ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Mouse Up ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW Additional Notes Back Next Laptop Keystrokes for Reading Text and Information Description Command Say Prior Character CAPS LOCK+M Say Next Character CAPS LOCK+PERIOD Say Character CAPS LOCK+COMMA Say Character Phonetically CAPS LOCK+COMMA twice quickly Say Prior Word CAPS LOCK+J Say Next Word CAPS LOCK+L Say Word CAPS LOCK+K Spell Word CAPS LOCK+K twice quickly Say Prior Line CAPS LOCK+U Say Next Line CAPS LOCK+O Say Line CAPS LOCK+I Spell Current Line CAPS LOCK+I twice quickly Say Prior Sentence CAPS LOCK+Y Say Next Sentence CAPS LOCK+N Say Sentence CAPS LOCK+H Say Prior Paragraph CAPS LOCK+CTRL+U Say Next Paragraph CAPS LOCK+CTRL+O (Note: For Internet Explorer, this command opens a list that shows the objects available on the current Web page. The HTML Object tag embeds content such as Flash movies, JAVA applets, images, audio, and video.) Say Paragraph CAPS LOCK+CTRL+I Say to Cursor CAPS LOCK+HOME or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+J Say from Cursor CAPS LOCK+PAGE UP or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+L Spell to Cursor CAPS LOCK+HOME or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+J twice quickly Spell from Cursor CAPS LOCK+PAGE UP or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+L twice quickly Say All CAPS LOCK+A or CAPS LOCK+DOWN ARROW Say Selected Text CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+A or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Say Color CAPS LOCK+5 Say Font CAPS LOCK+F Say Top Line of Window CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+Y Say Bottom Line of Window CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+N Report Battery Level CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+B Say ASCII or Hexadecimal Value CAPS LOCK+COMMA three times quickly Say Current Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+COMMA Move to Prior Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+M Move to Next Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+PERIOD Move Up One Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+Y Move Down One Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+N Start Skim Reading CTRL+CAPS LOCK+DOWN ARROW Skim Reading dialog box CTRL+CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Additional Notes See also: JAWS Keystrokes for Reading Text Navigation - Information Keystrokes Windows Keystrokes for Working with Text Back Next -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Angel Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:00 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Question about lap top jaws curser keys: I just got a refurbished lap top computer. Now, I never owned a lap top before. I know the lap top keyboard configuration uses the caps lock key for the Jaws key. As my lap top keyboard doesn't have a num pad, how does one access the jaws, pc, and invisible cursers. Which keys does one press along with the caps lock key? **The nice thing about being
[JAWS-Users] Question about lap top jaws curser keys:
I just got a refurbished lap top computer. Now, I never owned a lap top before. I know the lap top keyboard configuration uses the caps lock key for the Jaws key. As my lap top keyboard doesn't have a num pad, how does one access the jaws, pc, and invisible cursers. Which keys does one press along with the caps lock key? **The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.** Henry Kissinger For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [JAWS-Users] Question about lap top jaws curser keys:
Angel, First of all, be sure you have the jaws program set to use the laptop keyboard and not the desktop. You do this in the jaws menu, jaws key plus letter j, Then o for options and B for basics and tab to the control for use keyboard layout and down arrow to classic laptop and then tab to okay. For the keyboard commands: Go to jaws help, Insert J, Then h for help Then down arrow to jaws keyboard command and right arrow on laptop keyboard Now do a F6 to go to the screen where you can read the information about the various jaws laptop commands You can highlight all the text and copy it to the clipboard and then paste it into a word or word pad document for reference. Also, with the laptop on, go to keyboard help Jaws key plus number 1 on the numbers row and try using the jaws key plus any other key combination to hear which key does what. On my sony laptop, the insert or jaws key (second key in from the right on the top row of the keyboard or just to the right of the pause key or two keys to the right of the F11 key) is the jaws key as is the cap lock key. It may be different on your brand. Below is a copy of the pages in jaws help for laptop commands, but there are more and you can find them. john Laptop Keystrokes for Cursors and Mouse Simulation Description Command PC Cursor CAPS LOCK+SEMICOLON (press twice quickly if the Touch Cursor is currently active) JAWS Cursor CAPS LOCK+P Invisible Cursor CAPS LOCK+P twice quickly Touch Cursor SHIFT+CAPS LOCK+SEMICOLON Route Touch Cursor to Focus Location CAPS LOCK+APOSTROPHE Route PC Cursor to JAWS Cursor CAPS LOCK+APOSTROPHE Route JAWS Cursor to PC Cursor CAPS LOCK+LEFT BRACKET Restrict JAWS Cursor CAPS LOCK+R Left Mouse Button CAPS LOCK+8 Right Mouse Button CAPS LOCK+9 Left Mouse Button Lock CTRL+WINDOWS Key+8 Right Mouse Button Lock CTRL+WINDOWS Key+9 Drag and Drop CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+8 Say Active Cursor ALT+DELETE Mouse Down ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Mouse Left ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Mouse Right ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Mouse Up ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW Additional Notes Back Next Laptop Keystrokes for Reading Text and Information Description Command Say Prior Character CAPS LOCK+M Say Next Character CAPS LOCK+PERIOD Say Character CAPS LOCK+COMMA Say Character Phonetically CAPS LOCK+COMMA twice quickly Say Prior Word CAPS LOCK+J Say Next Word CAPS LOCK+L Say Word CAPS LOCK+K Spell Word CAPS LOCK+K twice quickly Say Prior Line CAPS LOCK+U Say Next Line CAPS LOCK+O Say Line CAPS LOCK+I Spell Current Line CAPS LOCK+I twice quickly Say Prior Sentence CAPS LOCK+Y Say Next Sentence CAPS LOCK+N Say Sentence CAPS LOCK+H Say Prior Paragraph CAPS LOCK+CTRL+U Say Next Paragraph CAPS LOCK+CTRL+O (Note: For Internet Explorer, this command opens a list that shows the objects available on the current Web page. The HTML Object tag embeds content such as Flash movies, JAVA applets, images, audio, and video.) Say Paragraph CAPS LOCK+CTRL+I Say to Cursor CAPS LOCK+HOME or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+J Say from Cursor CAPS LOCK+PAGE UP or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+L Spell to Cursor CAPS LOCK+HOME or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+J twice quickly Spell from Cursor CAPS LOCK+PAGE UP or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+L twice quickly Say All CAPS LOCK+A or CAPS LOCK+DOWN ARROW Say Selected Text CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+A or CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Say Color CAPS LOCK+5 Say Font CAPS LOCK+F Say Top Line of Window CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+Y Say Bottom Line of Window CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+N Report Battery Level CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+B Say ASCII or Hexadecimal Value CAPS LOCK+COMMA three times quickly Say Current Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+COMMA Move to Prior Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+M Move to Next Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+PERIOD Move Up One Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+Y Move Down One Table Cell ALT+SHIFT+N Start Skim Reading CTRL+CAPS LOCK+DOWN ARROW Skim Reading dialog box CTRL+CAPS LOCK+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Additional Notes See also: JAWS Keystrokes for Reading Text Navigation - Information Keystrokes Windows Keystrokes for Working with Text Back Next -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Angel Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 9:00 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Question about lap top jaws curser keys: I just got a refurbished lap top computer. Now, I never owned a lap top before. I know the lap top keyboard configuration uses the caps lock key for the Jaws key. As my lap top keyboard doesn't have a num pad, how does one access the jaws, pc, and invisible cursers. Which keys does one press along with the caps lock key? **The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.** Henry Kissinger 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/