Re: Ho to change the use of the <CTRL+A> Windows key combination.
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:15:15 -0400
I have also sent an e-mail to Microsoft posing the same question.
So, I guess we will have to wait to see if they respond to my e-mail.
sincerely:
Dave durber
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 18:31:42 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>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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>>> 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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