JAWS

Common problems when accidently pressing a wrong key,

Minus on num pad toggles Jaws cursor Press Plus on num pad to fix this.

Windows Logo Key opens start menu Press Alt + Tab to return to application

If you don’t know where you are Press Alt with Tab, Tab

Start with M goes to the desktop.

1. Press Alt + Tab to switch to Jaws
2. Press Alt, H to open Help
3. JFW Help Topics
4. Type key word eg word8 or internet explorer

Jaws will give information about setting up the application program to work with Jaws.

And lists shortcut keys that are helpful.

Jaws has a email list you can subsribe to but be warned, there are about 20 messages every day. To subscribe: jfw@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au

Also there is a database of commonly asked questions at the internet site

www.hj.com

1 View Menu, Normal

2 Tools Menu, Options, View,

Tick "Word Wrap"

3 Tools, Options, Edit

Turn Off "Tabs and Backspace Set left indent"

4 Tools, Autocorrect

Autoformat as you type

Turn off Everything

1. Click office assistant, Options
2. Turn off everything

1. When the virtual cursor is on an edit field, press Enter to turn Forms Mode ON.
2. This turns on the PC cursor which enables you to type and select buttons and lists.
3. Press Tab to move to each field in a form
4. Press Shift with Tab to move in reverse order
5. Press numpad Plus to activate the virtual cursor OR this happens automatically when you exit a form you will hear "Forms Mode Off".

Pressing INSERT+ESC also returns you to Virtual Cursor mode and moves the position of the Virtual PC cursor to the first control on the current page.

Note: The following changes are important if you plan to use JFW and IE 5.0 with the virtual cursor turned off. Some of these changes may not be necessary when using the virtual cursor.

There are several advanced options that should be changed for optimal performance of JFW with IE when navigating with the cursor in classic mode.

Choose Tools Menu, Internet Options and go to the Advanced page.

Under The Accessibility Section,

Make Sure The Following Are Checked

Move system caret with focus/selection changes.

Always expand all text for images.

Under The Browsing Section, Make Sure The Following Are Not Checked

Show friendly URLs.

Use smooth scrolling.

Enable page transitions.

Switch to the General page

Click the Accessibility Button

make sure "ignore colors specified on Web pages" is checked.

Note: You may want to turn off some of the multimedia options to increase speed when loading pages.