Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:58:28 -0800
Internet Explorer *is* a Microsoft Application. Isn't that the browser
you're using?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Green" <charay913@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
>I figured it out. Control plus O and typing the URL
> in works just fine. I never thought to use this
> command as I thought it was only available in
> Microsoft applications. Thanks for all the help.
> --- John Miller <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> alt+a puts you in the favorites menu, not file,
>> nothing else, the favorites
>> menu. Insert+a reads the address bar. Alt=D will put
>> you on the address bar
>> so you can put in a new address, or copy the address
>> to the clip board, what
>> ever your heart desires. Hitting control+o and
>> putting in the new URL also
>> can take you to the sites you want to go to. Try
>> it. I tell you, it works
>> just as I said.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 9:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
>>
>>
>> > David,
>> > I'm not sure what it is that you're going on
>> about. All I said was that
>> > the
>> > Alt key alone takes you to the menu line. The
>> usual thing. So the first
>> > thing that's accessed if you just hit Alt is the
>> Files menu, but then if
>> > you
>> > right arrow, you'll go through View, Tools, and so
>> forth. Or you can go to
>> > those menus directly with Alt V, Alt T, and so
>> forth.
>> >
>> > I was just saying that Alt A, used as a key
>> combination, if you know what
>> > I
>> > mean by saying a key combination, does not bring
>> up the Files menu and
>> > leave
>> > you in the Add to Favorites option, which is the
>> first Files menu option
>> > at
>> > the top of the options liston the Files menu.. It
>> takes you into the
>> > address bar. Is this more clear?
>> >
>> > All best,
>> > Daniel
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "david the wild-thing"
>> <d.h.whitehead@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 6:04 PM
>> > Subject: Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hi, Yardbird;
>> >>
>> >> Yes I'm well aware what the alt key does.
>> >> I brought up my homepage, first press insert+A I
>> heard the page address
>> >> spoken. then? I pressed alt+A I heard, add to
>> favorites. and, if I down
>> >> arrow from there; I hear,
>> >>
>> >> Add to Favorites...
>> >> Organize Favorites...
>> >> Links
>> >> Microsoft bCentral
>> >> MSN.com
>> >> Radio Station Guide
>> >> Freedom Scientific Home Page
>> >> Sight Connections. Accessible Internet Radio,
>> Ne...
>> >> JFWLite Home Page
>> >> Freedom Games
>> >>
>> >> so? if I were to hit enter on add to favorites,
>> it would give me a
>> >> opportunity to ad that particular link to my
>> favorites.
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:48 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> David,
>> >>>
>> >>> What you're describing isn't a key combination
>> but a key sequence. What
>> >>> you're forgetting, if you were ever aware of it,
>> is that pressing alt
>> >>> alone
>> >>> is first opening your IE Files menu, and then
>> it's from that menu that
>> >>> typing the letter A gets you the Add to
>> Favorites dialogue. But the key
>> >>> combo alt A is a way to get into the address
>> bar.
>> >>>
>> >>> Hope this helps.
>> >>> Daniel
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "david the wild-thing"
>> <d.h.whitehead@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:30 PM
>> >>> Subject: Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> no, I believe, alt+A brings up add to
>> favorites. it's insert+a, to read
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> address bar, and, if you use, alt+D you then
>> can paste the address to
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> clipboard.
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:22 PM
>> >>>> Subject: Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>I think you mean Alt A and Alt D.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>> From: "Adam Daou" <adam.daou@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:54 PM
>> >>>>> Subject: Re: accessing the address bar in IE6
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Insert + A will read the address bar in IE.
>> Use Insert + D to move to
>> >>>>>> the
>> >>>>>> address bar if you want. I normally ignore
>> these keystrokes and rely
>> >>>>>> on
>> >>>>>> Windows as follows: Press Control + O for
>> open, type your URL and hit
>> >>>>>> Enter. It's straight forward and easy to
>> remember. Or even better,
>> >>>>>> Ignore
>> >>>>>> IE, I mean don't even start it, just press
>> Windows + R to open the
>> >>>>>> Run
>> >>>>>> Dialog, type www.google.com for instance, and
>> hit Enter. This will
>> >>>>>> bypass
>> >>>>>> your default home page and open google or
>> whatever address you've
>> >>>>>> typed.
>> >>>>>> Adam
>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>>> From: Jennifer Green
>> >>>>>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:40 PM
>> >>>>>> Subject: accessing the address bar in IE6
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hello. Jen again. I have trouble accessing
>> the
>> >>>>>> address bar. i use insert plus A, and
>> although JAWS
>> >>>>>> will read the address, it does not allow me
>> to type in
>> >>>>>> a new URL. Has anyone else had this
>> problem?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> =====
>> >>>>>> Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
>> >>>>>> I took the one less traveled by,
>> >>>>>> And that has made all of the difference.
>> >>>>>> - Robert Frost
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
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