Re: Ho to change the use of the <CTRL+A> Windows key combination.
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 07:13:10 -0400
I did not say that you could not use JAWS to assign a different
keystroke to perform this function.
I said that this person is sighted and therefore does not use JAWS, so
the key reassignment would need to be accomplished in Windows and not
with the JAWS Keyboard manager.
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:48:11 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi no sorry you are wrong. I hate to disagree but you can infact use
>jaws to assign a key command of your own choosing to this command. See
>my other message on this subject. Oh have a music match script for you
>to try.
>Let me know how to send it to you.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Sun Sparkle
>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:25 PM
>To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Ho to change the use of the <CTRL+A> Windows key
>combination.
>
>
>excuse me , dave but the control plus the letter a is the windows
>command
>not a jaws command
>why change something inwindows that should not be changed?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Durber" <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:20 PM
>Subject: Re: Ho to change the use of the <CTRL+A> Windows key
>combination.
>
>
>>I would like another key combination such as <ALT+SHIFT+A> to perform
>>the Windows function of selecting the whole document instead of
>><CTRL+A>.
>>
>> sincerely:
>>
>> Dave Durber
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:23:44 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, maybe I am off base here but are you trying to remove this key
>>>command or have another key in addition to do the same thing.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>Behalf Of Bruce Toews
>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:32 PM
>>>To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: Re: Ho to change the use of the <CTRL+A> Windows key
>>>combination.
>>>
>>>
>>>What I was trying to say was that since it's a Windows convention
>>>rather
>>>
>>>than being an actual Windows keystroke, the control+a is defined as
>>>such
>>>
>>>by the actual program, not by Windows itself. So you couldn't change
>>>it universally within Windows, you'd have to change it from within the
>
>>>individual program, assuming the program would let you do it.
>>>
>>>Bruce
>>>
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>>>On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Dave Durber wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know what it does and what it is! But thank you for the
>>>> explanation
>>>
>>>> anyway!
>>>>
>>>> I was asking if anyone knew whether it was possible to change a
>>>> Windows keystroke or not.
>>>>
>>>> sincerely:
>>>>
>>>> Dave Durber
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 16:22:34 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's a Windows keystroke, not a JAWS one, so is probably defined
>>>>> from
>>>
>>>>> program to program. In fact it would be better to say that it's a
>>>>> Windows convention, not an actual Windows keystroke, because the
>>>>> keystroke is used in a program when it adopts the convention, it's
>>>>> not a keystroke that's actually built into Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>
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>>>>> Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries):
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>>>>> http://www.cornergas.com
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>>>>> On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Dave Durber wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone on this list know how to change <CTRL+a> which is the
>>>>>> windows combination for selecting the whole document, to
>>>>>> <ALT+SHIFT+A>, for example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincerely:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave Durber
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