How to navigate without a mouse.
Using keyboard commands can allow you to navigate when you are unable to use your mouse, accupoint or similar pointer. You can navigate from link to link by pressing the { Tab}key. Pressing { Enter} allows you to select the link. If you accidentally Tab past the link you want, press and hold the{ Shift} key, then press the { Tab} key to back up. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Technical Support Operations.
The summaries below are linked to more detailed information.You can move from link to link by pressing the { Tab} key. Pressing the { Enter} key will activate the link. If when you tabbed past the link you wanted holding the { Shift} then pressing the { Tab} key allows you to back up. To "go back" to the original document hold the { Alt} key and press the left arrow key.
The specific topics covered below include:
General guidelines:.
Special key combinations for Windows keyboards:
Look on your keyboard for the "Windows" logo. In the Tecra 550 it is near the upper right-hand corner of the keyboard. If you have it you can:
Open
Explorer with {
Windows}+ {
e}
Open
Find Files/Folders with {
Windows} + {
f}
Minimize all open windows with {
Windows} + {
m}
Undo Minimize all windows with {
Windows} + {
Shift} + {
m}
Open the
Run dialog box. with {
Windows} + {
r}
Cycle through
taskbar buttons with {
Windows} + {
Tab}
Display
Systems Properties panel with {
Windows} + {
Break}
Hold down the { Alt} key and press { Tab}.
Keep holding the { Alt} key down.
A bar will appear in the center of your screen. It will contain the icons for all your open programs.
The text in the box below the icons will tell you which program is selected. The icon for that program will also have box around it. If that is not the program you wish to select then press the { Tab} key again.
When the program you want is selected release the { Alt} key.
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Look at the menu bar and note the underlined letter in the name of the menu item you wish to select.
Press and hold the {Alt} key, then press the underlined letter.
If that did not work it may be because you are already in a menu. If you are already in a menu then simply press the underlined letter of the item you wish to select.
If you press the wrong letter you can often still use the arrow keys to scroll left or right, or up or down, to find the correct menu item.
If you are in the menu bar and you want to go back to the program try pressing the {Alt} key again.
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When you are in a menu look to see if the item you want to select has an underlined letter. If it does then pressing the underlined letter will make that menu selection. For example pressing the letter "a" when the menu selection is " Save As" will. If that does not work the hold down the { Alt} key and try again.
If the item you want to select does not have an underlined letter look to see if there is a button or text in the menu with either (1) a blinking cursor or (2) a dotted line box showing the item is selected. Look for the dotted line box to appear around the text in selection buttons (such as the word "Close")
or around the text of a list item (such as a directory name). Pressing the {
Tab} key will usually move the cursor or dotted line box to a different item. You may have to cycle a couple of times to see the dotted line, sometimes it is very faint. If the {Tab} key does not move the cursor try using the arrow keys.
Keep pressing the { Tab} key until that dotted line box is surrounding the item you want. If the dotted line box in the list you want, but not on the correct item in that list then use your arrow keys to move up and down the list. When the dotted line box is around a page tab you can move to the next page tab by pressing an arrow key.
You may see a blinking cursor, instead of a dotted line box, when your selection has moved to a text entry box, such as "File Name." At that point you can type in the text. such as the file name.
When a menu has multiple "tabbed" pages you can get switch from one page to another by pressing the { Tab} key until until you see a faint dotted line box on the current tab. Then use your arrow keys to change to a different tab. When you get to the tab you want use use the { Tab} key to move within that page.
If you want to "back-up" press {
Tab} and {
Shift} together.
Here are some examples:
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To be able to scroll up and down the list of devices you first need to be sure the list is active. Press and hold the {Alt} key, then press the letter "v" to activate the list. Now you can use the up and down arrow keys to scroll up and down the list.
To get out of the list and select one of the buttons press the {Tab} key. A dotted line box will show the active button. Pressing {Enter} is the same as clicking on the active button. |
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See the dotted box around "Right-handed"? That is the active selection. The current page is "Buttons". To change the mouse type you will need to move to the "General" page. If you had a mouse you would just click on the "General" tab. Here is how you do it without a mouse:
Press the {Tab} button several times. When the dotted box appears around the "Buttons" tab, press the right arrow key to move the dotted box from one page tab to the next. |
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To check the drop down box press and hold the {Alt} key and then press the letter "n". That will highlight the current selection showing in the box.
Once any item in the list is selected press the up arrow key or the down arrow key to see what else is in the list. If you need to make a change pressing and holding {Alt} key then pressing the letter "c" will open the change window. |
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Hold down the { Ctrl} key and press { Esc}.
Use your up and down arrows to scroll within a menu
A right arrow will move to a submenu.
A left arrow will move back to a main menu.
Go back to the Summary or keep scrolling for more.
Keyboard instructions for reaching Taskbar Menu and the StartUp folder of your Start Menu
Hold down the { Ctrl} key then press { Esc}.
Release the { Ctrl} key. Press { Esc} again. That will leave your " Start" button selected, but the menu closed.
Hold down the { Alt} key then press { Enter}. That will activate the " Taskbar Properties" menu.
Press the { Tab} key as many times as you need to activate the " Taskbar Options" tab, then press the right arrow key to move to the " Start Menu Options" tab.
Hold down the { Alt} key and press the letter { v} to select Ad vanced. That will active the " Exploring Start Menu" window.
Use your arrow keys and the key combinations described above to navigate.
When you are done close the window by holding down the { Alt} key and pressing { f} to select File. Then press { c} to Close the window.
When you are back in the "Taskbar Properties Menu" press the { Tab} key until the " OK" button is selected, then press { Enter}
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Irony - You'd think a document telling you how to navigate without a mouse wouldn't be much use if you didn't know how to navigate to find the document. But we are not so cynical. You have friends, co-workers and extra computers. You have resources to use other than that dag nab blasted machine that is causing you trouble. So, see, it isn't such a useless document after all.
Go back to the Summary. Sorry, no more.
Created by the PeopleSoft Knowledge Management Team.
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All rights reserved.
Created: db 01/25/1999
Revised: db 03/14/2000