Why not put an icon on the desktop and renameing it word? Then when you are on the desktop all you have to press is W. That is what I did. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working
> By "MS Word shortcut dialogue" I meant when going into the Properties, > shortcut tab, of your desktop icon for Microsoft word. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara Brunner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "jaws-users-list" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working > > > Hi Flor, > > I am not sure what you mean by MS Word shortcut dialogue so I didn't try > that. I did backspace everything out of the shortcut field in properties > before > reassigning alt, control, w key there. I tried Narrator to no avail > either. > There is no dong when I try the alt, control, w keystroke. I also > downloaded the Hot Key Detective and it only shows the hot keys that > I have created. The weird thing is that the alt, control, w shortcut key > worked on this new computer for a few days and then all of a sudden just > stopped working. I am fine with using the control, shift, w keystroke. I > just wanted to make sure that there are not any problems with this new > computer. Thanks for all of your help. > > Mike > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Flor Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working > > > Have you tried re-assigning the alt-ctrl-w hot key in the MS Word shortcut > dialogue? (Or changing/deleting the ctrl-shift-w shortcut key > beforehand?) > If your shortcut key isn't accepted, try using narrator during the > process. > (It just could be that JAWS isn't allowing you to make it. However, it > could also be that your Windows won't allow ctrl-alt-w to be used on your > new computer. Do you get a dong when you try to make your shortcut > ctrl-alt-w? If you do, then you may just have to accept ctrl-shift-w.) > Another option might be to install Hot Key Detective, which is a program > that detects all the keyboard shortcuts on your computer. It is available > on the jaws-users programs page. > > ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mike & Barbara Brunner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 2:17 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working > > > Hi Flor, > > No Flor, I didn't install Word Web but, I did have it installed on my old > computer and uninstalled it. I don't have it installed on this new > computer > although I did reinstall the same Operating System and Office software. > It > does seem like this shortcut problem started after the original > installation > of Word Web the first time . I thought by uninstalling Word Web that > would > take care of the problem but apparently not and if that is the problem, > how > could I correct it. Thanks much. > > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Flor Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 6:29 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working > > > WordWeb by default uses the keyboard shortcut alt-ctrl-w to launch. It > will > do this unless you change it during installation. Did you install > WordWeb? > > ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mike & Barbara Brunner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 1:15 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working > > > Hi Sharon, > > Yes Sharon, I resett it to control, shift, plus w in Microsoft Word > properties by pressing alt plus enter on the MS Word Icon on the desktop. > ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:56 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working > > > I have also had this happen for odd reasons. Can you set the shortcut up > again? > Sharon > > -----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike & > Barbara Brunner > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 7:48 PM > To: jaws-users-list > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Word shortcut key not working > > > Hi Everyone & Happy Easter, > > I have always used alt, control, plus w for a shortcut keystroke for > Microsoft Word and now that keystroke combination doesn't work. I am now > using control, shift, plus w for a shortcut keystroke. Can anyone tell me > why the former keystroke just quit working. I am running XP and Office > 2002 > Home and Jaws 9.0.552. Any help will be greatly appreciated. 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