When set to laptop layout, the caps lock acts as a toggle. If you want to invoke the capslock for instance, if you want to type aan entire word in caps, press it twice quickly. Jaws will say, caps lock on. Once you are finished, toggle it off by pressing it twice quickly again.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Vicki W. Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2018 7:51 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS keystroke needed My problem is that I cannot turn the caps lock key back to using it as a caps lock, so when I type, everything is in caps and if I use the shift key to capitalize the first letter of something and leave the rest in small letters, it doesn't work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheez" <ch...@cox.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS keystroke needed > Vicki. You said you wanted to turn the caps lock off when you need to use > the shift key. > I may be misunderstanding you here, but, the caps lock and the shift key > are 2 different keys. Therefore, other than using the caps lock in the > laptop layout, you wouldn't use the caps lock to capitalize one letter. > but you know that. > Unless you have a strange keyboard like I have that has only one windows > key. > > Vince > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicki W." <vwher...@comcast.net> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS keystroke needed > > >>I was just looking for the key itself, which is the caps lock and how to >>turn it off when I need to use the shift key. >> >> For some reason, tapping it twice quickly has no effect. If I change the >> JAWS key to another key, my caps lock key works fine, so I know it's not >> an issue with the physical key on the keyboard. >> >> I'm just wondering if there is something else I need to adjust to get it >> to function correctly when tapping twice to use as a caps lock key. >> >> Vicki >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Whitehead" <davidmac1...@gmail.com> >> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 10:42 AM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS keystroke needed >> >> >>> not sure what your looking for hear; >>> the capslock key is the insert key if you are using the laptop layout, >>> the keystroke to bring up the jaws cursor is: capslock+p, >>> to bring up the pc cursor, capslock+semi colon. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On >>> Behalf Of Vicki W. >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 10:10 AM >>> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS keystroke needed >>> >>> Tried that and for some reason it isn't working. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Debby" <dm-h...@comcast.net> >>> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 10:01 AM >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS keystroke needed >>> >>> >>>> Click the caps lock key twice quickly. >>>> >>>> Debby >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Vicki W. <vwher...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Good Morning! >>>>> >>>>> What is the keystroke for turning off the caps lock key temporarily as >>>>> the JAWS cursor when using a laptop keyboard? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Vicki >>>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>>> >>>> >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
