Here are a number of shortcuts used to get around Windows and use JAWS. Below we list Windows shortcuts followed by JAWS reading shortcuts.
Here is a basic list of Windows shortcuts. You can find more Windows shortcuts on this page.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Help | F1 |
| Rename object | F2 |
| Find all files | F3 |
| Save | CTRL + S |
| Copy | CTRL + C |
| Cut | CTRL + X |
| Paste | CTRL + V |
| Activate menu bar options | F10 |
| Open the Start menu | CTRL + ESC |
| Switch to another running program | ALT + TAB |
| Switch to the next window within a program | CTRL + TAB |
| Open the menu | ALT |
| Closes the current window | ALT + F4 |
| Closes the current window within a program | CTRL + F4 |
| Switch between windows in the same program | ALT + F6 |
Shortcut keys from the first part of the Help section of JAWS version 10.0. You can find more JAWS shortcuts at this blog on web accessibility.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Say Prior Character | LEFT ARROW |
| Say Next Character | RIGHT ARROW |
| Say Character | NUM PAD 5 |
| Say Character Phonetically | NUM PAD 5 twice quickly |
| Say Prior Word | INSERT+LEFT ARROW |
| Say Next Word | INSERT+RIGHT ARROW |
| Say Word | INSERT+NUM PAD 5 |
| Spell Word | INSERT+NUM PAD 5 twice quickly |
| Say Prior Line | UP ARROW |
| Say Next Line | DOWN ARROW |
| Say Current Line | INSERT+UP ARROW |
| Spell Current Line | INSERT+UP ARROW twice quickly |
| Say Prior Sentence | ALT+UP ARROW |
| Say Next Sentence | ALT+DOWN ARROW |
| Say Current Sentence | ALT+NUM PAD 5 |
| Say to Cursor | INSERT+HOME |
| Say from Cursor | INSERT+PAGE UP |
| Spell to Cursor | INSERT+HOME twice quickly |
| Spell from Cursor | INSERT+PAGE UP twice quickly |
| Say All | INSERT+DOWN ARROW |
| Fast Forward during a Say All | RIGHT ARROW |
| Rewind during a Say All | LEFT ARROW |
| Say Color | INSERT+5 |
| Say ASCII or Hexadecimal Value | NUM PAD 5 three times quickly |
| Say Font | INSERT+F, twice quickly to display in virtual viewer |
| Start Skim Reading | CTRL+INSERT+DOWN ARROW |
| Skim Reading dialog box | CTRL+INSERT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
| Display Skim Reading Summary | INSERT+WINDOWS Key+DOWN ARROW |
| Copy Selected Text to FSClipboard | WINDOWS Key+C |
