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Help at Your Fingertips
Help at Your Fingertips
The following commands provide quick access to Help as you use JAWS.
Keyboard Help - INSERT+1
Turn on this feature to explore JAWS commands. As you press key combinations, JAWS tells you which keyboard commands do what, safely - without actually performing the command. Press INSERT+1 again to exit keyboard help.
Screen Sensitive Help - INSERT+F1
Press INSERT+F1 and JAWS provides messages that describe the current control or window. Screen Sensitive Messages will appear in the Virtual Viewer, from which you can follow links to other related topics.
Read Control and Help - INSERT+TAB
INSERT+TAB speaks the tutor message for the current control or window, and the access key to move directly to that control, if one exists. Using this keystroke is a great way to review tutor and access key information without moving away from a control and back, and without needing to turn on automatic announcement of these messages.
Windows Key Help - INSERT+W
Windows Key Help presents a message that lists Windows hot keys that you may find helpful within the context in which you are presently working. Windows Key Messages will appear in the Virtual Viewer.
Hot Key Help - INSERT+H
Hot Key Help presents a message in the Virtual Viewer that lists JAWS hot keys that you may find helpful within the context in which you are working.
Screen Sensitive Help Technical - CTRL+INSERT+F1
When writing JAWS scripts, use this keystroke to display a message in the Virtual Viewer that lists the Control ID, Class, and Handle information for the current control.
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