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- Create a new email message: Ctrl+N
- Send the email: Ctrl+Enter
Sends without finding the Send button. - Reply to a message: Ctrl+R
- Reply to everyone: Ctrl+Shift+R
- Forward a message: Ctrl+F
- Move between the fields of a message: Tab or Shift+Tab
- Open the Insert tab to attach a file: Alt+N, then A, then F
- Open the menu for an attachment: Shift+F10
- Remove an attachment: Delete
- Open the selected message: Enter
- Delete the selected message: Delete or Ctrl+D
Moves the message to Deleted Items. It is not gone until that folder is emptied. - Open the menu for a message: Shift+F10
- Copy a message: Ctrl+C
- Cut a message: Ctrl+X
- Paste a message into a folder: Ctrl+V
- Jump to the ribbon: Alt
- Move to the next part of the screen: F6
Cycles through the folder pane, message list, reading pane and ribbon. Listen for the name of each part. - Open the Folder Pane: Ctrl+Y
- Go to Mail: Ctrl+1
Use these instead of the navigation bar. - Go to Calendar: Ctrl+2
- Go to People: Ctrl+3
- Go to Tasks: Ctrl+4
- Go to Notes: Ctrl+5
- Create a new appointment: Ctrl+Shift+A
- Create a new meeting request: Ctrl+Shift+Q
- Save and close the appointment: Alt+S
- Leave an appointment without changing it: Escape
- Add a Teams link to a meeting: Alt, then H, then Y
- Show one day: Alt+Ctrl+1
- Show the work week: Alt+Ctrl+2
- Show the whole week: Alt+Ctrl+3
- Show the month: Alt+Ctrl+4
- Show the schedule view: Alt+Ctrl+5
- Move to the body of the message: Alt+JAWS Key+Grave
Grave is the key above Tab. - Move back one item: Ctrl+Comma
- Move forward one item: Ctrl+Period
- Move to the attachments list: JAWS Key+A
- Select the To button: Alt+Shift+3
- Select the CC button: Alt+Shift+4
- Read a header of the message: Alt+1 through 7
Alt+1 reads the first header, Alt+2 the second, and so on: From, Sent, To, Subject and the rest. - Read the misspelled word and the suggestion: JAWS Key+F7
- Create a new email message: N
- Send the email: Ctrl+Enter
- Open the menu for a message: Shift+F10
- Go to the calendar: Ctrl+Shift+2
- Go back to mail: Ctrl+Shift+1
- Create a new event: N
- Move to the next part of the window: Ctrl+F6
Cycles through the menu bar, app bar, list pane and content pane. Listen for the name of each part. - Move to the previous part of the window: Ctrl+Shift+F6
- Go to Activity: Ctrl+1
Ctrl and a number opens that app on the App Bar. If the bar has been reordered, the numbers change with it. - Go to Chat: Ctrl+2
- Go to Calendar: Ctrl+3
- Go to Calls: Ctrl+4
- Go back: Alt+Left Arrow
Teams remembers where you have been, like a browser. - Go forward: Alt+Right Arrow
- Open your history: Ctrl+H
- Jump to a chat or channel by name: Ctrl+G
Type part of the name and pick it from the list. - Go to the search box: Ctrl+E
- Open the list of every Teams shortcut: Ctrl+Period
Alt+Slash does the same. Press JAWS Key+W to hear the list as plain text instead of a table. - Open Settings: Ctrl+Comma
- Open Help: F1
- Close the pane, dialog or menu: Escape
- Show everything unread: Ctrl+Alt+U
- Show only mentions: Ctrl+Alt+M
- Show only missed calls: Ctrl+Alt+C
- Mark everything as read: Ctrl+Alt+K
- Jump to the list of conversations: Ctrl+L
Then arrow up and down to pick one and press Enter. - Jump to the messages: Ctrl+M
M for messages. Read the last few before you reply. - Jump to the compose box: Ctrl+R
R for reply. - Find a message in this chat: Ctrl+F
- Jump to the newest message: Ctrl+J
- Start a new line in a message: Shift+Enter
- Send the message: Enter or Ctrl+Enter
- Start a new chat: Ctrl+N
Puts you in the To box. Type a name and press Enter on the match. - Start a chat in a new window: Ctrl+Shift+N
Alt+Tab goes back to the main Teams window. - Reply to the newest message: Alt+Shift+R
In a channel this starts a thread. - React to the newest message: Ctrl+Alt+R
- React to a message: Enter on the message, then arrow to a reaction
Space or Enter applies it. Escape closes the menu. - Show only unread chats: Ctrl+Alt+U
- Show only chats with people: Ctrl+Alt+C
- Show only channel conversations: Ctrl+Alt+A
- Show only meeting chats: Ctrl+Alt+B
- Clear the chat filter: Ctrl+Alt+Z
- Mark every chat as read: Shift+Escape
- Make the text bold: Ctrl+B
- Make the text italic: Ctrl+I
- Underline the text: Ctrl+U
- Insert a link: Ctrl+K
- Expand the compose box: Ctrl+Shift+X
Room for a longer, formatted message. - Attach a file: Alt+Shift+O
- Mark the message as important: Ctrl+Shift+I
- Start an audio call: Alt+Shift+A
The call opens in its own window. - Start a video call: Alt+Shift+V
The call opens in its own window. - Answer a call with audio: Ctrl+Shift+S
- Answer a call with video: Ctrl+Shift+A
- Decline a call: Ctrl+Shift+D
- Schedule a meeting: Alt+N
- Show one day: Alt+Shift+1
- Show the work week: Alt+Shift+2
The best view for a weekday. Monday to Friday. - Show the whole week: Alt+Shift+3
- Show the month: Alt+Shift+4
- Show the month as a list: Alt+Shift+5
- Move a day: Left Arrow or Right Arrow
- Move 30 minutes: Up Arrow or Down Arrow
- Move to the next meeting: Tab
If Tab stops at the end of the week, arrow right to Monday and Tab again. - Move to the previous meeting: Shift+Tab
- Move a week: Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow
- Move a month: Alt+Page Down or Alt+Page Up
- Jump to today: Home or Alt+Shift+Y
- Open the Calendar's own list of shortcuts: Shift+Slash
- Join the meeting: Alt+Shift+J
Always join from the Calendar. Even a recurring meeting has a different link each time. The meeting opens in its own window. - Open the menu for a meeting: Shift+F10
Join online is on it. - Join a meeting that has already started: Ctrl+Shift+J
- Check you are in the meeting window: JAWS Key+T
It says only the meeting's name and Meeting compact. If it names a Teams app such as Chat, press Alt+Tab to the meeting window. - Mute or unmute your microphone: Ctrl+Shift+M
Mute yourself the moment you join, then unmute to speak. - Unmute while you hold the keys down: Ctrl+Space
Push to talk. Turn it on first under Settings, Privacy, Keyboard shortcut to unmute. - Turn your camera on or off: Ctrl+Shift+O
- Raise or lower your hand: Ctrl+Shift+K
- Turn your speaker on or off: Ctrl+Shift+U
- Make the meeting full screen: F11
- Leave the meeting: Ctrl+Shift+H
Stop sharing your screen first, or the meeting does not end. - Go to the meeting control toolbar: Tab until you hear meeting control toolbar
Chat, People, recording, and the rest are along it. Arrow right to one and press Enter. - Open the meeting chat: Tab to the meeting control toolbar, arrow right to Chat, then Enter
It puts you in the compose box. Do not use Ctrl+2, which opens Chat in the main Teams window. - See who is in the meeting: Tab to the meeting control toolbar, arrow right to People, then Enter
- Admit people from the lobby: Ctrl+Shift+Y
- Start or stop sharing your screen: Ctrl+Shift+E
Then Space to turn on sound, Tab to the screen list, and Enter. - Go to the sharing toolbar: Ctrl+Shift+Space
- Announce the raised hands: Ctrl+Shift+L
- Zoom in on a shared screen: Alt+Shift+Equals
- Zoom out of a shared screen: Alt+Shift+Minus
- Reset the zoom on a shared screen: Alt+Shift+0
- Move around a shared screen: Alt+Shift+Arrow keys
- Zoom in: Ctrl+Equals
- Zoom out: Ctrl+Minus
- Reset the zoom: Ctrl+0
- Keep the window on top: Ctrl+Shift+T
- Report a problem to Microsoft: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R
- Read everything from here: JAWS Key+Down Arrow
Say All. JAWS Key is Insert on a desktop keyboard and Caps Lock in the laptop layout. Press Ctrl to stop. - Stop speech: Ctrl
- Read the current line: JAWS Key+Up Arrow
- Spell the current line: JAWS Key+Up Arrow, pressed twice quickly
- Read the previous line: Up Arrow
- Read the next line: Down Arrow
- Read the current word: JAWS Key+Numpad 5
- Spell the current word: JAWS Key+Numpad 5, pressed twice quickly
- Read the previous word: JAWS Key+Left Arrow
- Read the next word: JAWS Key+Right Arrow
- Read the current character: Numpad 5
- Say the current character phonetically: Numpad 5, pressed twice quickly
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. Use it when a letter could be B, D or P. - Read the current sentence: Alt+Numpad 5
- Read the previous sentence: Alt+Numpad Minus
- Read the next sentence: Alt+Numpad Plus
- Read from the top to here: JAWS Key+Home
- Read from here to the end: JAWS Key+Page Up
- Read the selected text: JAWS Key+Shift+Down Arrow
- Spell the selected text: JAWS Key+Shift+Down Arrow, pressed twice quickly
- Skim read: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Down Arrow
Reads the first line of each paragraph. Good for a long page you only need the gist of. - Say the text color: JAWS Key+5
- Say the font: JAWS Key+F
- Copy the selected text to the JAWS clipboard: JAWS Key+Windows key+C
Adds to what is already on the clipboard instead of replacing it. - Read the clipboard: Windows key+JAWS Key+X
- Speak slower for now: Alt+Ctrl+Page Down
Lasts until JAWS restarts. - Speak faster for now: Alt+Ctrl+Page Up
- Speak slower and keep it: Alt+Windows key+Ctrl+Page Down
- Speak faster and keep it: Alt+Windows key+Ctrl+Page Up
- Slow down while JAWS is reading: Page Down
- Speed up while JAWS is reading: Page Up
- Switch between full speech, speech on demand and mute: JAWS Key+Space, then S
Speech on demand only speaks when you ask. Use it on a call so JAWS stays quiet. - Mute or unmute speech: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+S
- Hear what JAWS said recently: JAWS Key+Space, then H
The last things JAWS said, in a window you can read line by line. Use it when you missed something. - Clear the speech history: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+H
- Choose a voice profile: JAWS Key+Ctrl+S
- Choose a language: Ctrl+Windows key+L
- Turn audio ducking on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then D
Ducking turns other sound down while JAWS speaks. - Turn screen echo on or off: JAWS Key+S
- Turn typing echo on or off: JAWS Key+2
Cycles through none, characters, words, or both. - Adjust the JAWS volume: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then J
Then Up and Down Arrow to change it, and Escape when done. - Adjust the system volume: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then S
- Adjust the sound balance: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then B
- Choose the sound card: JAWS Key+Space, then V, then C
- Pass the next key through to the program: JAWS Key+3
Use it when a program needs a key that JAWS normally takes. - Lock the keyboard: JAWS Key+Space, then L
Nothing you press reaches the computer until you press it again. Good for cleaning the keyboard. - Turn the screen shade on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then F11
Blanks the screen for privacy while you keep working. - Say the window title: JAWS Key+T
The fastest way to find out where you are. - Say the time: JAWS Key+F12
- Say the date: JAWS Key+F12, pressed twice quickly
- Refresh the screen and the page: JAWS Key+Escape
Try it first when JAWS goes quiet, reads stale text, or a page seems empty. - Say the control you are on and its value: JAWS Key+Tab
- Read the whole window: JAWS Key+B
- Read the top line of the window: JAWS Key+End
- Read the bottom line of the window: JAWS Key+Page Down
Reads the status bar in most programs. - Read the current word in context: JAWS Key+C
- Say the program version: Ctrl+JAWS Key+V
- Say the battery level and network status: JAWS Key+Shift+B
- Say which cursor is active: Alt+Delete
- List the open windows: JAWS Key+F10
Use it when you have many windows open and Alt+Tab is not enough. Arrow to the one you want and press Enter. - List the system tray icons: JAWS Key+F11
Find the clock, battery, network and volume icons without the mouse. - View the system tray contents: Ctrl+Shift+F11
- List the labeled graphics: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Shift+G
- Say the default button of the dialog: JAWS Key+E
The button that Enter will press. - Say the hot key for the control you are on: Shift+Numpad 5
- Open a combo box: Alt+Down Arrow
- Close a combo box: Alt+Up Arrow
- Select more than one item in a list: Ctrl+Space on each item
- Unselect everything but the current item: Ctrl+Backslash
- Read one column of a list view: Ctrl+JAWS Key+1 through 0
Ctrl+JAWS Key+1 reads the first column, 2 the second, and so on. - Switch to the PC cursor: Numpad Plus
The normal cursor. Come back to it when JAWS stops following what you type. - Switch to the JAWS cursor: Numpad Minus
Reads whatever is on the screen, even text the PC cursor cannot reach. - Switch to the invisible cursor: Numpad Minus, pressed twice quickly
- Switch to the touch cursor: Shift+Numpad Plus
- Route the PC cursor to the JAWS cursor: JAWS Key+Numpad Plus
- Route the JAWS cursor to the PC cursor: JAWS Key+Numpad Minus
- Restrict the JAWS cursor to the window: JAWS Key+R
- Say the cursor type: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Shift+C
- Click the left mouse button: Numpad Slash
Clicks where the JAWS cursor is. - Click the right mouse button: Numpad Star
- Lock the left mouse button: JAWS Key+Numpad Slash
- Lock the right mouse button: JAWS Key+Numpad Star
- Drag and drop: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Numpad Slash
- Move the mouse pointer: Alt+Shift+Arrow keys
- Turn the virtual cursor on or off: JAWS Key+Z
Off is conventional mode. Some web apps, such as Outlook on the web, need it off. - Route the virtual cursor to the PC cursor: JAWS Key+Delete
- Route the PC cursor to the virtual cursor: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Delete
- List the commands for the program you are in: JAWS Key+H
Press it in any program to hear its most useful commands. Start here when a program is new to you. - Get help for the control you are on: JAWS Key+F1
Says what the control is and which keys work in it. - Open the JAWS help for the program you are in: JAWS Key+F1, pressed twice quickly
- Turn keyboard help on or off: JAWS Key+1
Press any key to hear what it does. Press JAWS Key+1 again to turn it off. - Hear the keys for the window you are in: JAWS Key+W
- Open Command Search: JAWS Key+Space, then J
Type what you want to do, such as read the title bar, and JAWS tells you the keys. - Open FSCompanion: JAWS Key+Space, then F1
Ask a question in plain words. Check the answer against the Help, because it can be wrong. - Get help with layered commands: JAWS Key+Space, then Question Mark
Lists every layer. After a layer key, press Question Mark for that layer's commands. - Open the JAWS window: JAWS Key+J
The JAWS menus: Options, Utilities and Help. - Open the Help menu: Alt+H
- Open the notification history: JAWS Key+Space, then N
The Windows and app notifications you may have missed. - Repeat the last notification: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+N
- Open the Message Center: JAWS Key+Space, then Shift+M
Messages from JAWS about new features and updates. - Open Quick Settings: JAWS Key+V
Change a setting for the program you are in, such as typing echo or verbosity. - Open Settings Center: JAWS Key+6
Every JAWS setting. Type in the search box to find one. - Open JAWS Manager: JAWS Key+F2
The list of JAWS tools, such as Settings Center and Dictionary Manager. - Open Dictionary Manager: JAWS Key+D
Change how JAWS pronounces a word or a name. - Shut down JAWS: JAWS Key+F4
- Turn Navigation Quick Keys on or off: JAWS Key+N
If pressing H types a letter instead of moving, they are off. - Turn Smart Navigation on or off: JAWS Key+X
- Turn Text Analyzer on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then A
Warns about mismatched quotes and brackets and stray spaces as you read. - Turn mouse echo on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then E, then O
Reads whatever the mouse pointer passes over. - Set mouse echo to character, word, line or paragraph: JAWS Key+Space, then E, then C, W, L or P
- Turn the Braille Viewer on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then B, then B
Shows on screen what the braille display shows. Useful when a sighted person is helping. - Turn the Text Viewer on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then B, then T
- Leave a layered command: Escape
- Go to the next heading: H
Headings are the fastest way through a page. Press H until you hear the section you want, then arrow down to read it. Add Shift to any quick key to go the other way. - Go to the previous heading: Shift+H
Use it when you went one heading too far. - Go to the next heading of a level: 1 through 6
Press 2 for the next level 2 heading. Add Shift for the previous one. - Go to the first heading: Alt+JAWS Key+Home
- Go to the last heading: Alt+JAWS Key+End
- Go to the next link: Tab
Tab moves through links and controls in order. U and V pick only unvisited or visited links. - Go to the previous link: Shift+Tab
- Go to the next unvisited link: U
- Go to the next visited link: V
- Open the link: Enter
- Open the link in a new window: Shift+Enter
- Read the address of the link: JAWS Key+Ctrl+F7
- Skip past a group of links: N
Jumps to the next text that is not a link. Use it to get past a menu. - Go to the next button: B
Buttons do things, such as Submit or Search. Press B to find the action on a page. - Go to the previous button: Shift+B
Use it when you went one button too far. - Go to the next region: R
Regions are the big parts of a page: navigation, main, footer. R walks them, and Q goes straight to main. - Go to the previous region: Shift+R
- Go to the main region: Q
- Go to the next paragraph: P
- Go to the next graphic: G
- Go to the next list: L
Menus and search results are often lists. L jumps between lists, and I walks the items inside one. - Go to the previous list: Shift+L
- Go to the next list item: I
Walk the items in a list one at a time, such as search results. - Go to the previous list item: Shift+I
- Go to the next frame: M
- Go to the next article: O
- Go to the next division: Z
- Go to the next separator: Dash
- Go to the next clickable element: Slash
Something you can press Enter on that is not a link or a button. - Go to the next element of the same type: S
- Go to the next element of a different type: D
- Step past the current element: Shift+Period
Jumps out of a table or a list without reading the rest of it. - Step back before the current element: Shift+Comma
- Go to the next glance highlight: Y
Text the page makes stand out with color or bold that is not a heading. - Go to the next tab control: Apostrophe
- Jump to a line number: J
- Return to the previous line: Shift+J
- Select the whole element: F8
Selects the table, list or paragraph the cursor is in, ready to copy. - Read the address bar: JAWS Key+A
- Describe the element you are on: JAWS Key+Shift+F1
Says what the thing under the cursor is and its attributes. - Open the context menu at the cursor: Numpad Star
- Activate a mouse-over: JAWS Key+Ctrl+Enter
Opens a menu that only appears when the mouse hovers over it. - List every heading: JAWS Key+F6
The best way to get an overview of a new page. Read the list top to bottom, arrow to the heading you want and press Enter to jump there. Press Alt and a number, such as Alt+2, to show only that level. - List every link: JAWS Key+F7
Type the first letters of the link's name to jump to it in the list. Good when you know what the link is called. - List every form field: JAWS Key+F5
Pick a field and press Enter to land in it, ready to type. - List every frame: JAWS Key+F9
- Choose which list to see: JAWS Key+F3
One dialog with every kind of list: links, headings, regions, tables and more. - List every button: Ctrl+JAWS Key+B
- List every edit box: Ctrl+JAWS Key+E
- List every combo box: Ctrl+JAWS Key+C
- List every check box: Ctrl+JAWS Key+X
- List every radio button: Ctrl+JAWS Key+A
- List every list: Ctrl+JAWS Key+L
- List every table: Ctrl+JAWS Key+T
- List every region: Ctrl+JAWS Key+R
- List every graphic: Ctrl+JAWS Key+G
- List every paragraph: Ctrl+JAWS Key+P
- List every division: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Z
- List every article: Ctrl+JAWS Key+O
- List every clickable element: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Slash
- List every glance highlight: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Y
- List every block quote: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Q
- List every tab control: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Apostrophe
- Go to the next form field: F
Then press Enter to start typing, and Escape when you are done. - Go to the previous form field: Shift+F
- Go to the first form field: JAWS Key+Ctrl+Home
- Go to the last form field: JAWS Key+Ctrl+End
- Go to the next edit box: E
- Go to the next combo box: C
- Go to the next radio button: A
- Go to the next check box: X
- Turn on forms mode: Enter
Forms mode lets you type. Without it, letters are quick keys. - Turn off forms mode: Escape or Numpad Plus
- Check a box or radio button without forms mode: Space
- Select more than one item in a list box: Shift+F8, then Space on each item
Press Shift+F8 again when you are done. - Give an unlabeled field a name: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Tab
When a field is announced as edit with no name, label it yourself. - Go to the next table: T
Jump to a table, then use the Alt+Ctrl+Arrow commands to move by cell. - Go to the previous table: Shift+T
- Say the current cell: Alt+Ctrl+Numpad 5
Row and column number, both headers, then the contents. - Move to the next column: Alt+Ctrl+Right Arrow
Reads the cell and its column header, so you always know which column you are in. - Move to the previous column: Alt+Ctrl+Left Arrow
- Move to the next row: Alt+Ctrl+Down Arrow
Reads the cell and its row header, so you know whose row you are on. - Move to the previous row: Alt+Ctrl+Up Arrow
- Move to the first cell: Alt+Ctrl+Home
- Move to the last cell: Alt+Ctrl+End
- Move to the top of the column: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow
- Move to the bottom of the column: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow
- Move to the start of the row: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
- Move to the end of the row: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
- Read the current row: Alt+Windows key+Comma
- Read the next row: Alt+Windows key+Down Arrow
- Read the previous row: Alt+Windows key+Up Arrow
- Read the current column: Alt+Windows key+Period
- Read the next column: Alt+Windows key+Right Arrow
- Read the previous column: Alt+Windows key+Left Arrow
- Read from the start of the row to here: JAWS Key+Shift+Home
- Read from here to the end of the row: JAWS Key+Shift+Page Up
- Read from the top of the column to here: JAWS Key+Shift+End
- Read from here to the bottom of the column: JAWS Key+Shift+Page Down
- Jump to a cell by its row and column number: Ctrl+Windows key+J
- Return to the previous cell: Ctrl+Shift+J
- Select the whole table: F8
- Turn on the Table Layer: JAWS Key+Space, then T
Turn it on once, then the plain arrow keys move by cell. Press Escape to turn it off. - Move by cell: Arrow keys
- Say the current cell: Numpad 5
- Jump to the first cell: Ctrl+Home
- Jump to the last cell: Ctrl+End
- Move to the top of the column: Ctrl+Up Arrow
- Move to the bottom of the column: Ctrl+Down Arrow
- Move to the start of the row: Home
- Move to the end of the row: End
- Read the current row: Shift+Up Arrow
- Read the current column: Shift+Numpad 5
- Move to the next table: Ctrl+Enter
- Move to the previous table: Ctrl+Shift+Enter
- Leave the Table Layer: Escape
- Open Find: JAWS Key+Ctrl+F
Use it when you know a word that is on the page, such as a name or an order number. Faster than any list. - Go to the next match: F3
Repeat until you land on the right one. - Go to the previous match: Shift+F3
- Open the PlaceMarker dialog: Ctrl+Shift+K
Mark a spot on a page you use every day, such as the search box on the intranet, and jump back to it with K. - Go to the next PlaceMarker: K
- Go to the previous PlaceMarker: Shift+K
- Jump to PlaceMarker 1, 2, 3 or 4: Shift+7, 8, 9 or 0
- Hear the text at PlaceMarker 1, 2, 3 or 4: 7, 8, 9 or 0
- Read every PlaceMarker: Alt+Windows key+K
- Set a temporary PlaceMarker: Ctrl+Windows key+K
Set it at the start of the text you want, move to the end, then select back to it. - Select the text back to the temporary PlaceMarker: JAWS Key+Space, then M
- Return to the temporary PlaceMarker: Alt+Shift+Windows key+K
- Turn the virtual cursor on: Numpad Plus
The web quick keys, such as H and T, work in a PDF too. - Go to the next page: Ctrl+Page Down
- Go to the previous page: Ctrl+Page Up
- Go to a page number: Ctrl+Shift+N
- Select the next page: Ctrl+Shift+Page Down
- Open the OCR layer: JAWS Key+Space, then O
- OCR the current window: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then W
- OCR the whole screen: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then S
- OCR a control or picture on the screen: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then C
- OCR a file from File Explorer: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then F
- OCR a file straight into a Word document: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then R
- OCR a scanned PDF open in Acrobat: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then D
- OCR from a scanner or camera: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then A
- Let JAWS choose what to OCR: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then Enter
- Start background OCR: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then B
- Cancel an OCR job: JAWS Key+Space, then O, then Q
- Open the Picture Smart layer: JAWS Key+Space, then P
- Describe a control or picture on the screen: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then C
- Describe the whole screen: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then S
- Describe the current window: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then W
- Describe a file from File Explorer: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then F
- Describe a picture from a scanner or camera: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then A
- Let JAWS choose what to describe: JAWS Key+Space, then P, then Enter
- Ask a question about the picture: Add Alt to the last letter
- Get results from every AI provider: Add Shift to the last letter
- Open the Face in View layer: JAWS Key+Space, then F
- Turn Face in View on or off: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then O
- Get a description of the camera view: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then D
- Get the brightness level: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then L
- Describe the background: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then P
- Switch cameras: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then C
- Adjust the confidence level: JAWS Key+Space, then F, then U
- Say the line and column number: JAWS Key+Delete
- Say the cursor position: Alt+Delete
- Say the formatting of the text: JAWS Key+F
Font, size, bold, italic and the rest, for the character the cursor is on. - Say the font color: JAWS Key+5
- Read the misspelled word and the suggestion: JAWS Key+F7
- Announce the comment here: Alt+Shift+Apostrophe
- Announce the footnotes or endnotes here: Alt+Shift+E
- Describe the border of the text: Alt+Shift+B
- Say the language in use: Alt+Ctrl+A
- Say the Word version: Ctrl+JAWS Key+V
- List the headings: JAWS Key+F6
Jump to any part of a long document. Press Enter on a heading to go there. - List the hyperlinks: JAWS Key+F7
- List the comments: Ctrl+Shift+Apostrophe
- List the footnotes: JAWS Key+Shift+F
- List the endnotes: JAWS Key+Shift+E
- List the bookmarks: JAWS Key+Alt+B
- List the revisions: JAWS Key+Shift+R
- List the spelling errors: Alt+Shift+L
- List the grammar errors: JAWS Key+Shift+G
- List the inline objects: Ctrl+Shift+O
- Select a table: JAWS Key+Ctrl+T
- Read the row: Alt+Windows key+Comma
- Read the next row: Windows key+Alt+Down Arrow
- Read the previous row: Windows key+Alt+Up Arrow
- Read the column: Alt+Windows key+Period
- Read the next column: Windows key+Alt+Right Arrow
- Read the previous column: Windows key+Alt+Left Arrow
- Say the column title: Alt+JAWS Key+Shift+C
- Say the row title: Alt+JAWS Key+Shift+R
- Turn revision detection on or off: JAWS Key+Alt+R
- Move to the first field in the form: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Home
- Read the contents of the field: Ctrl+JAWS Key+Numpad 5
- Choose a field from a list: JAWS Key+F5
- Mark the place: Ctrl+Windows key+K
- Return to the marked place: Alt+Shift+Windows key+K
- Select the text between the mark and here: JAWS Key+Space, then M
- Move to the style box: Ctrl+Shift+S
- Apply the next heading style: Alt+Shift+Right Arrow
- Apply the previous heading style: Alt+Shift+Left Arrow
- Change the point size: Ctrl+Shift+P
- Copy the formatting of the selected text: Ctrl+Shift+C
- Paste the formatting: Ctrl+Shift+V
- Switch between insert and overtype: Alt+Ctrl+I
- Open the Start menu: Windows key
- Go to the desktop: Windows key+D
Get to the desktop icons without closing anything. - Minimize every window: Windows key+M
- Go to the taskbar: Windows key+B
- Search the computer: Windows key+S
Type the name of a program or file and press Enter. Faster than the Start menu. - Open Task View: Windows key+Tab
- Go to the open apps on the taskbar: Windows key+T
- Open the Run dialog: Windows key+R
Type the name of a program, such as notepad, and press Enter. - Switch between open windows: Alt+Tab
Hold Alt and press Tab again to move through more windows. Let go on the one you want. - Close the program: Alt+F4
Closes the program you are in. Save first. - Open Snap layouts: Windows key+Z
- Shut down or restart or sign out: Ctrl+Alt+Delete
- Open File Explorer: Windows key+E
The place to find files and folders. - Open a new tab: Ctrl+T
- Expand a folder: Right Arrow
- Collapse a folder: Left Arrow
- Create a new folder: Ctrl+Shift+N
- Rename the selected item: F2
- Open the ribbon: Alt
- Refresh the window: F5
- Go up one folder: Backspace
- Open the properties of the selected item: Alt+Enter
- Switch between the folder tree and the file list: F6
- Delete the selected item: Delete
- Take a screenshot of part of the screen: Windows key+Shift+S
Take a picture of the screen to attach to a ticket. It goes to the clipboard, so paste it into the ticket or an email. - Record a video clip of the screen: Windows key+Shift+R
- Copy the whole screen to the clipboard: Print Screen
- Go to the address bar: Ctrl+L or Alt+D
Type a web address or search words, then press Enter. - Go back a page: Alt+Left Arrow
Return to the page you came from, such as after a link took you somewhere you did not want. - Go forward a page: Alt+Right Arrow
- Find text on the page: Ctrl+F
The browser's own find. JAWS Key+Ctrl+F does the same and works with the virtual cursor. - Move down a screen: Page Down
Moves a screen at a time. When you know what you are looking for, a JAWS quick key such as H is faster. - Move up a screen: Page Up
- Open the menu for a link: Shift+F10
Open a link in a new tab from here, so the page you are on stays where it is. - Bookmark this page: Ctrl+D
Save a page you will need again. Give it a name you will recognize in a list. - Open the bookmark manager: Ctrl+Shift+O
Find and organize saved pages. Use the search box at the top. - Open history: Ctrl+H
Find a page you visited yesterday when you cannot remember its address. - Open a new tab: Ctrl+T
Open a second page without losing the first, such as the knowledge base beside a ticket. - Open a new window: Ctrl+N
- Close the tab: Ctrl+W
Closes the tab you are on. The one beside it becomes current. - Go to the next tab: Ctrl+Tab
Switch between open pages. Listen for the page title to know where you are. - Go to the previous tab: Ctrl+Shift+Tab
- Go to the first tab: Ctrl+1
Use it when you keep the same pages open in the same order every day. - Go to the last tab: Ctrl+9
- Open a link in a new tab: Shift+F10, then Enter on Open link in new tab
- Open a link in a new window: Shift+F10, then Enter on Open link in new window
- Open a copy of this tab: Ctrl+K
- Open the link in a new tab behind this one: Ctrl+Enter
- Open the link in a new tab and go to it: Ctrl+Shift+Enter
- Close every other tab: Ctrl+Alt+F4
- Copy: Ctrl+C
- Cut: Ctrl+X
- Paste: Ctrl+V
- Undo: Ctrl+Z
- Redo: Ctrl+Y
- Select everything: Ctrl+A
- Save: Ctrl+S
Save often. - Move to the next control: Tab
Moves between the controls in a dialog or form. Listen for the name of each one. - Move to the previous control: Shift+Tab
- Open the menu for the selected item: Shift+F10 or the Applications key
Opens the same menu a right-click would. - Open the ribbon or menu bar: Alt
- Get help: F1
Opens the help for the program you are in. - Move to another page of a dialog: Ctrl+Tab
- Check or uncheck a box: Space
- Cancel a menu: Escape
- Open the window's control menu: Alt+Space
Minimize, maximize, move and close. - Move one word left: Ctrl+Left Arrow
- Move one word right: Ctrl+Right Arrow
- Move to the start of the line: Home
- Move to the end of the line: End
- Move to the previous paragraph: Ctrl+Up Arrow
- Move to the next paragraph: Ctrl+Down Arrow
- Move to the top of the document: Ctrl+Home
- Move to the end of the document: Ctrl+End
- Select one character: Shift+Left Arrow or Shift+Right Arrow
- Select one word: Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
- Select to the start of the line: Shift+Home
- Select to the end of the line: Shift+End
- Select to the top of the document: Ctrl+Shift+Home
- Select to the end of the document: Ctrl+Shift+End