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JAWS for windows shortcut keys

Summary: Become a better user of the JAWS speech output system with this list of keyboard shortcut keys.


One of the most popular screen readers worldwide, JAWS for Windows, works with your PC to provide access to today's software applications and the Internet. With its internal software speech synthesizer and the computer's sound card, information from the screen is read aloud, providing technology to access a wide variety of information, education, and job related applications. If you don't have the exact version of a particular program then it may well be, that some or all of the shortcuts for a particular program can be used with different versions of the same program.

Desktop Shortcut Keys

Description

Shortcut key

Say Sentence

Alt + NumPad 5

Say Next Sentence

Alt + Arrow Down

Say Prior Sentence

Alt + Arrow Up

Increase Voice Rate

Alt + Ctrl + Page down

Decrease Voice Rate

Alt + Ctrl + Page up

Say Active Cursor And Co-ord.

Alt + Delete

Say Sentence

Alt + Num Pad 5

Open Combo Box

Alt + Arrow Down

Close Combo Box

Alt + Arrow Up

Say Next Line

Arrow Down

Say Prior Character

Arrow Left

Say Next Character

Arrow Right

Say Prior Line

Arrow Up

Interrupt Speech

Ctrl

Say Next Paragraph

Ctrl + Arrow Down

Say Prior Paragraph

Ctrl + Arrow Up

Say Help Window

Ctrl + Insert + Arrow Down

JAWS Find

Insert + Ctrl + F

JAWS Find Next

Insert + F3

Graphics Labeler

Insert + G

Automatic Graphics Labeller

Ctrl + Insert + G

Drag And Drop

Ctrl + Insert + Num Pad Slash

Say Application Version

Ctrl + Insert + V

Say Paragraph

Ctrl + Num Pad 5

Say Next Help Window

Ctrl + Page Down

Say Previous Help Window

Ctrl + Page Up

Frame Get Top Left

Ctrl + Shift + Left Bracket

Frame Get Bottom Right

Ctrl + Shift + Right Bracket

Frame Set To Window

Ctrl + Shift + Left Bracket (Pressed Twice Quickly)

Keyboard Help

Insert + 1

Pass Through Key

Insert + 3

Say Colour

Insert + 5

Say All

Insert + Down Arrow

Say Prior Word

Insert + Left Arrow

Say Next Word

Insert + Right Arrow

Say Line

Insert + Up Arrow

Read Current Window

Insert + B

Read Word In Context

Insert + C

Say Default Button Of Dialog Box

Insert + E

Say Top Line Of Window

Insert + End

Refresh Screen

Insert + Esc

Say Font

Insert + F

Screen Sensitive Help

Insert + F1

JAWS Help For Applications

Insert + F1 (Pressed Twice Quickly)

Window List Dialog

Insert + F10

Select a System Tray Icon Dialog

Insert + F11

Say System Time

Insert + F12

Run JAWS Manager

Insert + F2

Shut Down JAWS

Insert + F4

Hot Key Help

Insert + H

Say To Cursor

Insert + Home

Main JAWS Window

Insert + J

Say Word

Insert + Num Pad 5

Spell Word

Insert + Num Pad 5 (Twice)

Route JAWS Cursor To PC Cursor

Insert + Num Pad Minus

Route PC Cursor To JAWS Cursor

Insert + Num Pad Plus

Left Mouse Button Lock

Insert + Num Pad Slash

Say Bottom Line Of Window

Insert + Page Down

Say From Cursor

Insert + Page Up

Script File Name

Insert + Q

Restrict JAWS Cursor

Insert + R

Say Selected Text

Insert + Shift + Arrow Down

Say Window Title

Insert + T

Say Window Prompt And Text

Insert + Tab

Adjust JAWS Verbosity

Insert + V

Window Keys Help

Insert + W

Say Frame At Cursor

Insert + X

Say Character

Num Pad 5

JAWS Cursor

Num Pad Minus

PC Cursor

Num Pad Plus

Left Mouse Button

Num Pad Slash

Right Mouse Button

Num Pad Star

Say Current Control Hot Key

Shift + Num Pad 5

JAWS laptop keys

Description

Shortcut Key

Left mouse button

Alt + 8

Right mouse button

Alt + 9

Say all

Alt + A

Route PC cursor to JAWS cursor

Alt + Apostrophe

Say character

Alt + Comma

Say paragraph

Alt + Ctrl + I

Say next paragraph

Alt + Ctrl + O

Say prior paragraph

Alt Ctrl + U

Say active cursor

Alt + Delete

Say line

Alt + H

Say sentence

Alt + I

Say prior word

Alt + J

Say word

Alt + K

Spell word

Alt + K (twice quickly)

Say next word

Alt + L

Route JAWS cursor to PC cursor

Alt + Left Bracket

Say Prior Character

Alt + M

Say next line

Alt + N

Say next sentence

Alt + O

JAWS cursor

Alt + P

Say next character

Alt + Period

PC cursor

Alt + Semicolon

Say selected text

Alt + Shift + A

Say current control hot key

Alt + Shift + Comma

Say to cursor

Alt + Shift + J

Say from cursor

Alt + Shift + I

Say bottom line of window

Alt + Shift + N

Say top line of window

Alt + Shift + Y

Say prior sentence

Alt + U

Say prior line

Alt + Y

Left mouse button lock

Ctrl + 8

Drag and drop

Ctrl + Alt + 8

Content author: technology@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 08/04/2008 18:38

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