Access Technology for Children and Young People with Visual Impairment
Tuesday and Wednesday 14 & 15 March 2006
JAWS keystrokes – a short list of common commands
To set up a keyboard shortcut for starting up JAWS, go to the desktop (Windows key + D), then type J for JAWS. Then press the star key on the number pad or the Applications key (next to the right control key). This brings up a menu. Press up arrow and you should hear "Properties", if not cursor down until you hear it (it's at the bottom of the menu). You don't want to select "Create shortcut" as this simply copies the icon so that there are two on the desktop. Press enter on "Properties" then press tab until you hear "shortcut key". Then press the key combination you wish to use eg Control + Shift + J. Unless this is already used for another application, it should accept it, and you just press enter to finish. Now, when you switch off JAWS using Insert + F4, you can use Control + Shift + J to restart it quickly.
Please note: the JAWS key is Insert on desktop PC, Caps Lock on laptop PC.
| JAWS menu | Insert + J |
| PC Cursor | NumPad Plus |
| JAWS cursor | NumPad Minus |
| Restrict cursor | Insert + R |
| Screen sensitive help: | Insert + F1 |
| Keyboard help: | Insert + 1 (qwerty) |
| JAWS help for apps: | Insert + F1 pressed twice quickly |
| HotKey help: | Insert + H |
| Window key help: | Insert + W |
| Increase voice rate: | Alt + Ctrl + Page Down |
| Decrease voice rate: | Alt + Ctrl + Page Up |
| Quick keys toggle | Insert + N |
| Typing Echo toggle | Insert + 2 (qwerty) |
| Verbosity | Insert + V |
| Interrupt speech (mute) | Ctrl |
| Read character | NumPad 5 |
| Next/previous character | Left arrow/Right arrow |
| Read word | Ins + NumPad 5 |
| Spell word | Insert + NumPad 5 twice |
| Read line | Insert + Up arrow |
| Previous line/Next line: | Up arrow/Down arrow |
| Read sentence | Alt + NumPad 5 |
| Read next/Previous sent | Alt + Up arrow/Down arrow |
| Read paragraph | Ctrl + NumPad 5 |
| Read previous/Next para | Ctrl + Up arrow/Down arrow |
| Say All (continuous) | Insert + Down arrow |
Supernova 6 basic hotkeys
| Hotkey | Supernova |
Load |
LS, LC & S |
Shut down |
LC & Space, Alt, Space & C, or Alt & F4, then enter |
Control panel |
LC & Space |
Help |
RS & / |
Mag up |
LC & NP + |
Mag dn |
LC & NP - |
Mag on/off |
LC & NP Enter |
Speed up |
LC & LS & = |
Speed down |
LC & LS & - |
Volume up |
LC & = |
Vol down |
LC & - |
Mute |
LC |
Cycle verbosity |
CL & Enter |
Doc (document) read |
NP + (start/stop) |
Line View |
LC & NP period |
Line view at focus |
LC & NP 2 |
Start |
Space |
Line view speed |
Up/down arrows |
Exit line view - last word |
NP Enter |
Virtual Focus |
NP - |
Live Focus |
NP * |
| Next Window (to move the virtual cursor ) | LC & Tab |
| Forms mode | CL & Enter (tab) |
| Letter | NP 4 |
Word |
NP 5 |
Line |
NP 6 |
Spell word |
NP 5 twice |
Phonetic spell word |
NP 5 three times |
Links |
CL & 1 |
Heading |
CL & 2, or CL & Delete |
Frames |
CL & 3 |
System |
CL & 4 |
1st /Next/Previous edit area |
LC & LS & Home/ LC & PgDn / LC & PgUp |
Overview on/off LC & backslash
Num Lock – F11