Hi everyone: Due to numerous requests, on and off list, I'm pasting the contents of Roselle's message below. In future, I'd suggest that when someone (like myself, or Terry's calendar, or what have you) offers something to the list in general, queries should be directed to that person's personal inbox in an attempt to cut down on "me too" messages. Just trying to look out for the best interest of the list.
Below you'll find the original message, which contains both undocumented commands, commonly unknown commands, and basic keyboard shortcuts. I haven't really looked at it in awhile, and honestly am not sure if it was compiled before or after 5.0's release, but I'm sure you'll find it useful anyhow. Enjoy! Laura ------ Pasted Message ----- Subject: Keyboard shortcuts -- a more complete list Below is a more complete list of keyboard shortcuts and not commonly known or undocumented commands for BT and QT users. ... KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS AND NOT SO FAMILIAR COMMANDS Note: Keystrokes specific to the keyboard type (Braille or QWERTY) are enclosed within brackets for distinction. Text written outside the brackets are either comments about the command or key presses not specific to the model. QT keystrokes >every written before BT dot combinations. 1. Shortcuts Available Anywhere in KeySoft Keyboard Settings: [FUNCTION with K], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with K]. Review Voice: [FUNCTION with R], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with R]. Next appointment: [FUNCTION with N], [ENTER with N]. User Guide: [READ with HELP], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with H], the BT command not known to many who still select the manual from the Options Menu. Date announcement: [FUNCTION with D], [ENTER with D]. Time announcement: [FUNCTION with T], [ENTER with T]. Stopwatch: [FUNCTION with W], [ENTER with W]. KeyWord: [FUNCTION with 4], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with W]. KeyPlus: [FUNCTION with 5], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with S]. KeyPlan: [FUNCTION with 6], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with P]. KeyList: [FUNCTION with 7], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with A]. KeyMail: [FUNCTION with 8], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with E]. KeyBook: [FUNCTION with 9], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with B]. KeyWeb: [FUNCTION with 0], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with I]. Media Player: [FUNCTION with M], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with M] Terminal for Screen Reader: [MENU key, then T, I don't know any QT shortcut], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with T]. Cycle through Programs: [FUNCTION with S], [SPACE with dots 2-3-5- then SPACE through the list of tasksstapplications]. Repeat the prompt or message: [REPEAT key], [SPACE with R]; the BT command is not familiar for those who still press SPACE with C to repeat a prompt or message which does not always work. Repeat and spell prompt or message: [FUNCTION with L], [ENTER with S]; this is useful for speech-only users in finding out the spelling of e-mail addresses in headers, and questioned and suggested words in the spell-checker. Repeat and announce punctuations in prompt or message: [FUNCTION with P], [ENTER with H]; this is useful for checking with speech a URL you've typed. 2. Switch-On Keystrokes Switch on BrailleNote with speech on request: hold down [SHIFT key], [dot 3] while switching on. Switch on BrailleNote with Braille display turned off: hold down [CTRL key], [dot 2] while switching on. Switch on BrailleNote with both speech and display turned on: hold down [CTRL with SHIFT], [dots 2-3] while switching on. 3. Not so Familiar Thumb Key Commands Route cursor to the beginning of the displayed line: BACK with ADVANCE. Set preferred text document reading grade: NEXT with ADVANCE; cycle through Preferred Reading Grade to have on-the-fly translation to contracted Braille when reading text files, 6-Dot for no translation and upper case indicator, or 8-Dot for no translation but with dot 7 in the same cell as the upper-case character. Back a word: PREVIOUS with BACK. Forward a word: PREVIOUS with ADVANCE. Move to previous sentencestline, paragraph/section, or row in the same column where the cursor sits: PREVIOUS; the type of movement depends on the setting of the "Function of PREVIOUS and NEXT thumb keys" in the Braille Display Options. Move to next sentencestline, paragraph/section, or row in the same column where the cursor sits: NEXT; the type of movement depends on the setting of the "Function of PREVIOUS and NEXT thumb keys" in the Braille Display Options. Display Line where the word questioned by the Spellchecker is found: ADVANCE or BACK. Display Calculation Formula in KeyPlus: PREVIOUS with NEXT. Previous record: PREVIOUS; where "record" may refer to an appointment in the planner, e-mail, a database record, or browser history item. Next record: NEXT; where "record" may refer to an e-mail, a database record, or browser history item. Check progress of e-mail download and freeing of database space: NEXT. Abandon application, e-mail download or freeing of database space, an option accidentally entered such as Find or Search and Replace, or exit a menustsubmenu: PREVIOUS. 4. Not Commonly Known Commands Used in Lists and Menus Toggle between Folder and Directory Modes: [CTRL with T) [SPACE with T]; where the Directory Mode lets the user move to sub-layers of folders, like in a tree-view list. Move up one directory level: [READ with 7], [SPACE with dots 2-3]; this is used when in Directory Mode and the path being offered is not the root directory still to which this command will take the user, analogous to moving back to level 0 in a tree-view list. Change Drive: [CTRL with D], [BACKSPACE]. Cycle forward through most recently visited folders/directories: [READ with 9], [SPACE with dots 5-6]; executed at the folderstdirectory name prompt. Cycle back through most recently visited folders/directories: [READ with 7], [SPACE with dots 2-3]; executed at the folderstdirectory name prompt. Cycle forward through most recently opened documents: [READ with 9], [SPACE with dots 5-6]; executed at the file name prompt. Cycle back through most recently opened documents: [READ with 7], [SPACE with dots 2-3]; executed at the file name prompt. Cycle through the available options for a setting in a menu: [CTRL with SPACE], [SPACE with dots 3-4]; this is used when you do not know the hotkey for an option to a setting. Skip the "Review previous options?" prompt when you open non-KeyWord files: While cursor is on the file to be opened, press ENTER twice rather than once. Suppress "Document has been modified, save as a Keyword document?" prompt upon exiting non-KeyWord text documents: Type S, and you will no longer get that prompt when you modify and exit that file. 5. Shortcuts Available Within Documents or Email Messages Being Composed Insert the Time: [CTRL with 4], [ENTER with I, then T]; this makes it unnecessary to enter the Insert Menu by selecting from the Options Menu. Insert calculator result: [CTRL with 5], [ENTER with I, C], then C for whole calculation or R for just the result; this makes it unnecessary to enter the Insert Menu by selecting from the Options Menu. Insert the Date: [CTRL with 6], [ENTER with I, D], then T for today's date or P for printing date; this makes it unnecessary to enter the Insert Menu by selecting from the Options Menu. Move to start of next line marked by the soft line-break indicator shown as dots 1-2-4-6 L: [READ with SPACE], [SPACE with dots 4-5]; line-break indicators, unlike new line markers, cannot be deleted and are inserted by KeyWord if Word Wrap is turned on. Page Up key: [FUNCTION with UP ARROW], [SPACE with dots 1-2-6, SPACE with dot 4]. Page Down key: [FUNCTION with DOWN ARROW], [SPACE with dots 1-2-6, then SPACE with dot 1]. Next Tab position: [READ with APOSTROPHE], [BACKSPACE with T], together with the command to query cursor position (READ with Q or SPACE with dots 1-5-6), this is useful when checking the alignment of text in columns. Mark word: From within the Block menu, [READ with K], [SPACE with dots 2-5]. Mark sentence or line: From within the Block menu, [READ with I], [SPACE with dots 1-4]. Mark paragraph or section: From within the Block menu, [READ with 8], [SPACE with dots 2-3-5-6]. Mark top of block: [I don't know the QT shortcut, if there's any], [BACKSPACE with M]; note that for all block commands, except for Move Block, you can just position the cursor at the end of the block and execute a block command, even without a bottom-of-block marker, except in Keyweb where this does not work. Switch keyboard entry to grade 1 Braille: [CTRL with G, then 1], [BACKSPACE with A]. Switch keyboard entry to grade 2 Braille: [CTRL with G, then 2], [BACKSPACE with B]. Switch keyboard entry to computer Braille: [CTRL with G, then C], [BACKSPACE with J]. Switch keyboard entry to QWERTY keystrokes: [CTRL with G, then Q], only for QT models. Switch keyboard entry to 8-dot Braille to enter a single character: only for BT models [BACKSPACE with H]. Style of presentation: [CTRL with Y], [BACKSPACE with S], then P for paragraph, H for heading, S for sub-heading, O for outline, L for lines, or I for identical to source. Center line: [CTRL with E], [ENTER with C]. Right justify line: [CTRL with R], [ENTER WITH R]. Underline: [CTRL with U], [ENTER with U], then N to turn it on or F to turn it off. Font: [CTRL with T], [ENTER WITH F]; this is used to select a font type like B for bold, I for italics, S for superscripts, T for subscripts, etc., where pressing N after the font type hotkey turns it on and F turns it off 6. Shortcuts to Items in the Format Menu Layout List for that document type (Braille for Braille, ink-print for text): [CTRL with L], [BACKSPACE with L]. Page settings List for that document type (Braille for Braille, ink-print for text): [CTRL with P] [BACKSPACE with P]. Braille Settings Menu for text documents: [READ with CTRL with B], [SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, then B]; the BT command is not a shortcut. Ink-Print Settings Menu for Braille documents: [READ with CTRL with B], [SPACE with dots 2-3-4-6, then I]; the BT command is not a shortcut. Braille Page Settings for text, Ink-Print Page Settings for Braille, documents: [READ with CTRL with B, then P], [Enter with P]. Braille Layout List for text, Ink-Print Layout List for Braille, documents: [READ with CTRL with L], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with L]. Braille (for text) still Ink-Print (for Braille) Only Inclusion: [READ with CTRL with N], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with C]. Start Braille (for text) still Ink-Print (for Braille) Exclusion: [READ with CTRL with X], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with dots 3-4]. End Braille (for text) still Ink-Print (for Braille) Exclusion: [READ with CTRL with Y], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with dots 2-6]. Braille (for text) still Ink-Print (for Braille) translation options: [CTRL with O], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with O]. Translator Control: [READ with CTRL with B, then C], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with dots 2-5]. Braille grade, query or change: [CTRL with G], [BACKSPACE with G]. Grade to use when translating text into Braille: [READ with CTRL with B, then G], [ENTER with G], then type 1 (on QT) or A (on BT) for grade 1, 2 (on QT) or B (on BT) for grade 2, C for computer Braille, or P for Preferred Reading Grade. Template Menu: [CTRL with A], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-4-6 for v5.0, ENTER with BACKSPACE with M for earlier versions]. Insert Field: [CTRL with A, then I], [BACKSPACE With I]. Force inclusion of line: [CTRL with A, then F], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-4-6 (or M), then F]. Start conditional suppression: [CTRL with A, then S], [BACKSPACE with dots 3-4]. End conditional suppression: [CTRL with A, then E], [BACKSPACE with dots 2-6]. Mark comment line: [CTRL with A, then M], [ENTER with BACKSPACE with dots 2-3-4-6 (or M), then M]. Note that if you make changes to the settings in the Format Menu, you can Set current configurations as the initial settings for new files: [CTRL with S], [BACKSPACE with S]. Revert to the initial settings when file was created: [CTRL with R], [BACKSPACE with R]. 7. Commands That Work on Fields or Prompts Note that the following commands are available when on database fields, email headers, the web address prompt, planner appointment fields, the Find and Search and Replace prompts, filestfolder name prompts, and practically anywhere in KeySoft where the user cannot enter the Block Commands Menu but would like to access the copy and paste options. Copy field entry to clipboard: [CTRL with C], [BACKSPACE with K]; this can also be used to copy the stopwatch result to the clipboard. Paste first line in clipboard to a field: [CTRL with V], [BACKSPACE with V]. Clear current field: [CTRL with BACKSPACE], [SPACE with dots 3-5-6]; this is also an alternative command to clear the stopwatch, aside from CTRL with I [BACKSPACE with C]. Move cursor to start of field entry: [READ with H], [SPACE with dots 1-3]. Move cursor to end of field entry: [READ with SEMICOLON], [SPACE with dots 4-6]. 8. Options at Prompts in KeyMail At the "Ready to send this e-mail?" prompt: Send email: Y. Save e-mail as a Draft: D. Print e-mail: P, then select a template. Emboss e-mail: E, then select a template. Return to "send to" prompt: N. Here, you can Clear the field to enter a new address: [CTRL with BACKSPACE], [SPACE with dots 3-5-6]; or, [READ with H], [SPACE with dots 1-3], then [CTRL with I], [BACKSPACE with C]. Look up a person in the Address List: [CTRL with L], [BACKSPACE with L]. At the "This e-mail is larger than the maximum size allowed" prompt: Download: ENTER. Skip but leave copy on server: S. Delete from server without downloading: D. Here information about e-mail size, sender and subject: I. Download only first ten lines and leave copy on server: T. Download first ten lines and delete from server: A. Change the size limit to take effect for subsequent messages, not the one being prompted about: L, then type a number between 5 and 10000 (BT users can type in literary number format without the number sign), and press ENTER. Note that when opening the Inbox, you can skip the "Check for new e-mail" prompt by pressing ENTER twice instead of once. 9. Some Useful KeyWeb Commands Move to next section of text: [FUNCTION with ENTER], [ENTER with dots 5-6]; the size of the text section is set in the Display Settings under the Internet Options Menu accessed by pressing [CTRL with 2], [ENTER with M], then D. Move to previous section of text: [SHIFT with FUNCTION with ENTER], [ENTER with dots 2-3]; the size of the text section is set in the Display Settings under the Internet Options Menu accessed by pressing [CTRL with 2], [ENTER with M], then D. Move back from one page element (input control or link) to another (only for BrailleNote): PREVIOUS thumb key. Move forward from one page element (input control or link) to another (only for BrailleNote): NEXT thumb key. Placing the cursor on a character within a link without activating it: When you are on the link, press and hold down the PREVIOUS thumb key first, then press and release the touch cursor. Access history list while on web page: [READ with CTRL with H], [ENTER with dots 2-3-6]. Enter history list from the web address prompt: [READ with 9], [SPACE with dots 5-6]. Sort by domain/day: While in the Browser History, [CTRL with S], [SPACE with S]. Note: History is presented alphabetically for day or domain. 10. Unicode Character Commands These commands only function in Text or Computer Braille documents. Unicode character entry: [FUNCTION with X], [BACKSPACE with dots 3-5], type Unicode code, then press ENTER. Look for a character in the Unicode Table by its name: [FUNCTION with X], [BACKSPACE with dots 3-5], type the name or part of it, press ENTER. Find the next character with that name you typed: [READ with N], [SPACE with N]. Review or change the way a character is displayed in Braille: While cursor is on Unicode character, [CTRL with D], [SPACE with D], then A to assign, R to reassign, or U to unassign. Review or change a macro for a character: While cursor is on Unicode character, [CTRL with K], [SPACE with K], then A to assign, R to reassign, or U to unassign. Unicode Macro: [FUNCTION with C], [just press the 6- or 8-dot key combination you have assigned]. Extended character entry: [HOLD DOWN SHIFT with READ, THEN TYPE ASCII character number], [BACKSPACE with dots 3-5, type the ASCII character number, then ENTER]; ASCII decimal numbers are different from Unicode hexadecimal codes (e.g., the symbol called "n tilde" is ASCII 241 but Unicode 0x00f1.
