Hi Simon, > Yay, they worked and now I know how to navigate quicker. :) I > appreciate your help. I would still like to know how to page up and > down. Especially when on a long pdf or web page. :)
Christina On Sep 16, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > Christina > Dear Christina, > > you shouldn't feel embarrassed about not knowing these things. It took > me an inordinate amount of time to work the navigation in text > shortcut keys. Somehow they didn't seem to register in my mind. I came > to mac from Windows and Jaws two years ago but it took me a long time > to learn the key combinations you are asking for. Here is what I can > do and remember. Others will surely chip in. > > 1. To jump to the beginning and end of line, press control + left > arrow and right arrow respectively. Voiceover will helpfully say the > word which is at the beginning or end of line and remember that when > voiceover has said the word, it has just passed it. It's very reliable > and with time you will learn to trust it. > > 2. To jump to the top row and bottom row of a table once you are > interacting with it, press vo+shift+left or right arrow respectively. > I hope I'm not getting it wrong. I don't do it that often but I > remember Esther had helped me with that one. So try it and if it is > wrong, please ask the list again. > > 3. To jump to the beginning or end of a document either in TextEdit or > in the body of a mail message with which you need to interact, press > command+up arrow or down arrow. > > I've never successfully managed to find and execute a way of jumping > up and down the document by page although others on the list have > suggested key strokes for that. So I hope that someone else will > provide those. > > Hope this helps. > > Best wishes, > > Simon > On 16 Sep 2009, at 20:53, Christina wrote: > >> >> Hi List, >> >> I've had my macbook for a year and a half. However there are a few >> things I have not been able to figure out how to do. I'm kind of >> embarrassed because I'm sure they're simple. :) I would love it if >> someone can help me out. I've read the help pages but somehow I >> still >> cannot figure out a few navigations as my keyboard does not have home >> and end keys. I believe I'm supposed to use the arrows in >> conjunction with the fn key but still have not been able to figure >> out >> how to do the following. >> >> 1. How do I jump to the beginning and end of a line? >> 2. While in a table how do I jump to the top row and the bottom row? >> 3. How do I jump to the beginning of a document, such as a mail >> message, or how do I jump to the end of a document? >> 4. How do I go up or down a page? >> >> Thanks so much and I greatly appreciate it, >> >> Christina >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
