[JAWSLite] Re: control+alt assignments
- From: Christopher Chaltain <cchaltain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:09:23 -0500
You've probably already found it by now, but the URL was in earlier
post and contained in the message thread you'd replied to. Of course,
there's also Yahoo! where it was the first hit when I used the search
string "shortcut key explorer." The URL is
http://www.brothersoft.com/shortcut-key-explorer-161891.html.
Dave Grossoehme wrote:
> Where can you find shortkey explorer?
> Your Friend Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:47 PM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: control+alt assignments
>
>
>
> If you listed all your shortcut keys using Shortcut Key Explorer, you might
> be surprised to discover some hidden shortcut keys you never knew existed on
> your computer. Some programs that do not create a desktop icon when they
> are installed nevertheless have a hidden shortcut key that launches them.
> For example, the WebbIE web browser does not create a desktop icon when it
> is installed, but pressing Alt Control W launches it. So if you previously
> assigned Alt Control W to launch MS Word and then install WebbIE, Alt
> Control W will then launch WebbIE instead. "Hijacked" shortcut keys are a
> real annoyance that Shortcut Explorer can address. This is more of an issue
> for blind users who tend to use shortcut keys more frequently than sighted
> users who mostly use the computer mouse to launch programs.
>
>
>
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "inthane2" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:36 PM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: control+alt assignments
>
>
>
>> this is strange, I never had any trouble in assigning keys as I choose,
>> and
>> have had jaws 5 through 9 on this comp, and on my main laptop, none of
>> them
>> ever assigned the key control alt j to any of them, I have always needed
>> to
>> assign them manually.
>>
>> strange, of course that seems to be my life, strange and stranger.
>> inthane
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:45 AM
>> Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: control+alt assignments
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> The hot key assignment Alt + Control + J is automatically assigned to
>>>
>> launch
>>
>>> JAWS the first time you install it. It is a hidden application-assigned
>>>
>> hot
>>
>>> key that cannot be modified or deleted from the JAWS 7 Shortcuts page.
>>>
>> The
>>
>>> easiest way to reassign this hot key to another version of JAWS is to
>>> download a little utility called Shortcut Key Explorer that displays a
>>>
>> list
>>
>>> of all desktop shortcut keys loaded in your computer. You can simply
>>>
>> arrow
>>
>>> down the list of hot keys until you find the one for JAWS. Then you
>>>
>> launch
>>
>>> the applications context menu and select Edit to modify it. So, for
>>> instance, to change Alt Control J to launch JAWS 9 instead of JAWS 7, you
>>> would change 7.0 in the target address to 9.0. This is how I changed Alt
>>> Control J to launch JAWS 9 instead of JAWS 8. To download this
>>> program,visit:
>>>
>>> http://www.brothersoft.com/shortcut-key-explorer-161891.html
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Maynard" <dmaynard35@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "jawslite-freelists.org" <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:38 AM
>>> Subject: [JAWSLite] control+alt assignments
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello;
>>>>
>>>> When Jaws 7 was released I somehow assigned the hot key of
>>>> control+alt+ J to launch it. I now want to use that key combination
>>>> for a newer version of Jaws.
>>>>
>>>> Problem: I can not get rid of the old key assignment. I have
>>>> checked the jaws icon in the start menu, the jaws.exe in the program
>>>> files\\jaws and neither have a shortcut tab under properties. The
>>>> desktop icon shows no hot key assigned.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a file somewhere that holds the control+alt key assignments
>>>> where I can delete the assignment? I realy don't want to uninstall
>>>> Jaws 7 at this time.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> David Maynard FRANKLIN NCdmaynard35@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
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