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If you have FSReader open from the last topic, you’re ready to go. I don’t have it open, so I’ll go ahead and open it now:
To open FSReader, switch to the JAWS window by pressing INSERT+J. I’m running JAWS from the system tray so a context menu will open instead.
(JAWS) JAWS context menu.
(N) Next, press ALT and the letter H to go to the Help menu. My JAWS is set to start from the system tray, so I’ll just press H by itself.
(J) JAWS: H help sub menu
(N) Find and press ENTER on Training in the Help menu. Again, since mine is running from the system tray I’ll press the letter T.
(J) Training. Leaving menus. FSReader - Table of Contents. JAWS Training Contents heading level one. Table of Contents. Page has 12 headings and 16 links.
(N) FSReader opens to the JAWS Table of Contents. NOTE: If the Table of Contents is not available in your version of FSReader, just press F1 to open the DAISY book built-in help to use as you participate in this practice. Press ALT+SPACEBAR followed by X to maximize FSReader.
(J) Menu. System menu. Restore unavailable. Leaving menus. JAWS Training Contents heading level one.
(N) The search function allows you to quickly find a specific word or phrase in text content. For example, type the word “file” to find all instances of that word or other words that contain those letters. Space before the f and after the e to find all occurrences of just the word “file.” I’ll demonstrate how this works. I’ll navigate to the top of the Table of Contents by pressing CTRL+HOME.
(J) JAWS Training Contents
(N) I’ll press CTRL+F to activate the find command.
(J) JAWS find dialog find what colon edit combo
(N) Then I’ll type the word file without a space before or after.
(J) f i l e
(N) And I’ll press ENTER.
(J) ENTER document learn about the JAWS user interface utilities desktop and laptop keyboard layout add and remove voices switching between different voice profiles
(N) If the text is found, focus will move to the first instance of that word or phrase which it did. If the text isn’t found, you’ll receive a message that your search string is not found. JAWS found a phrase containing the word profile which includes the letters f I l e. I’ll select the text to visually indicate where focus is on the screen by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW.
(J) files comma selected
(N) This selected the part of the text that included those letters. Now, I’ll press RIGHT ARROW to deselect it.
(J) A
(N) I’ll press CTRL+HOME to navigate to the top and try this again, this time with a space before and after the word file.
(J) JAWS Training Contents JAWS find dialog find what colon edit combo space f i l e space
(N) Now I’ll press ENTER.
(J) ENTER documents volume adding the documents folder shortcut to the desktop displaying file extensions connecting to wi dash fi the action center task view and much more
(N) Now the results only contain the word “file” I’ll press CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW to select the text and visually indicate where focus is on the screen.
(J) Space selected file selected
(N) And I’ll press RIGHT ARROW to deselect it.
(J) X
(N) Press F3 to navigate to the next instance of your search.
(J) 5 dash 11 display into the file extension and windows
(N) And SHIFT+F3 to navigate to the previous occurrence.
(J) Volume adding the documents folder shortcut to the desktop display and file extensions connecting to wi dash fi the action center task view and much more
(N) You can also search for an entire phrase. I’ll press CTRL+HOME to navigate to the top of the Table of Contents again, then press CTRL+F to activate the find command.
(J) JAWS Training Contents JAWS find dialog find what colon edit combo
(N) I want to know the total listening time for each training book. So I’ll type the phrase “total time,” and press ENTER.
(J) t o t a l space t i m e enter documents basics we teach you not only about how to use JAWS but also about how to use basic Windows concepts the total time to listen to Book 1 is 6 minutes
(N) I’ll press CTRL+RIGHT ARROW to select the text and visually show where focus is on the screen.
(J) Total selected time selected
(N) Now I’ll deselect it.
(J) O
(N) Now I’ll press F3 to navigate through each instance of this phrase.
(J) In Windows the total time to listen to Book 2 is 34 minutes 40 seconds JAWS Tandem JAWS screen shade braille viewer convenient OCR PictureSmart etc. in this book the total time to listen to the Book 4 is 37 minutes 15 seconds.
(N) Finally, let’s explore other items in the Find dialog box. I’ll press CTRL+F.
(J) JAWS find dialog find what colon edit combo
(N) Here we have the search edit box. I’ll press TAB to move through the other items.
(J) Context-specific history check box checked
(N) Context-specific history controls whether the find history is context-specific for the current site or application. For example, when you are on a website, checking this box will show your history for that site only.
(J) Maintain history of recent finds checkbox checked
(N) Check the maintain history of recent finds box to retain a history of the last 20 recently found items.
(J) Direction forward radio button checked
(N) You can choose to search forward or backward from the cursor location using the direction forward or direction reverse radio button. Press UP or DOWN ARROW to cycle between these 2 choices. I’ll press DOWN ARROW.
(J) Direction reverse radio button checked 2 of 2
(N) Now I’ll press UP ARROW.
(J) Direction forward radio button checked 1 of 2
(J) Ignore Case checkbox checked
(N) Use the Ignore Case check box to ignore or specify the case of your search. For instance, if the word or phrase you were searching for contains capital letters, you can choose not to ignore case so the results will match exactly what you type.
(J) Find button
(N) We also have the Find button.
(J) Delete button
(N) The delete button.
(J) Clear History button
(N) The Clear Find History button.
(J) Cancel button
(N) And the cancel button. Press INSERT+F1 for context-specific JAWS help on any of these controls. I’ll demonstrate on a couple of these. I’ll start with the cancel button.
(J) Press this button to close the JAWS search and find dialog.
(N) This information opens in the virtual viewer. I’ll press ESC to exit the virtual viewer and return to the find dialog box.
(J) ESC cancel button
(N) Now I’ll tab to another control and press INSERT+F1 again.
(J) Find what colon edit combo context specific history checkbox checked this checkbox controls whether or not to find history is context specific for the current site the checkboxes selected by default
(N) I’ll press ESC to close the Virtual Viewer.
(J) ESC context specific history checked
(N) I’ll press ESC again to exist the find dialog and return to the JAWS Basic Training Table of Contents in FSReader.
(J) Escape
(N) When continuing on to the next topic in this module you may leave FSReader open with the Table of Contents in view. That is where we pick up again in the next topic.