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Jan 27, 2007 04:49pm

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Assistive Technology, Disability, Jaws for Windows, Jaws Training, Magnification Software, Rebecca, Screen Readers, Training, Windows, zoomtext, Assistive Technology Training, computer training, Microsoft Word & RSI

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Computer Training and Assistive Technology

Looking for friendly personalised computer training?

Are you looking for training for somebody with a visual impairment?

Are you blind or partially sighted and looking for computer training?

Do have a disability and want help to make using a computer easier and more productive?

Do you use Jaws and want to shop on-line but don't know where to start?

Afraid of RSI, or suffering already and want to use the mouse less?

Do you want to know how to use Microsoft Office products more effectively -

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Jan 27, 2007 04:49pm

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Assistive Technology, Disability, Jaws for Windows, Jaws Training, Magnification Software, Rebecca, Screen Readers, Training, Windows, zoomtext, Assistive Technology Training, computer training, Microsoft Word & RSI

1 min read

Aug 9, 2006 12:20am

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Keystrokes, Windows, application control menu, maximise window, maximize window, minimise window, minimize window & restore window

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Maximising a Window Without Using the Mouse

One of the questions that people often ask me is about the keyboard equivalent of clicking on the buttons in the top right hand corner of a Window to minimise or maximise it. Well what you need to do is to access a special menu which is often called the "application control menu".

You do this by pressing alt + the spacebar. The menu drops down from the top left hand corner and gives you a number of options each with its own access key (the underlined letter) :

maximise (x),
minimise (n).

For…

Aug 9, 2006 12:20am

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Keystrokes, Windows, application control menu, maximise window, maximize window, minimise window, minimize window & restore window

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Jul 28, 2006 02:43am

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Windows, print screen & screen dump

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Computer Screen Snapshot - PrintScreen

Did you know that you can take a snapshot of how your screen looks?

You can copy the currently active window to the clipboard by pressing ALT + PrintScreen or you can copy the whole screen with CTRL + Print Screen. You can then paste the picture into your Word Processor or Graphics software. Why might you want to do that? Well one reason is to capture those error messages to pass on to someone who might be able to help sort it out without you having to remember the jargon of the message.

Anoth…

Jul 28, 2006 02:43am

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Windows, print screen & screen dump

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Jul 23, 2006 11:31pm

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Keystrokes & Windows

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Windows Without a Mouse

Hi and welcome to the Windows Without a Mouse Weblog.

This is the first of my posts to this blog with some thoughts which you might find useful if you would like to find out more about using your Microsoft Windows computer without using the mouse.

Why would your want to? Well that might be for several reasons

it's faster;
if you are a touch typist then it's far quicker to use a keystroke than take your hand of the keyboard, wiggle the mouse til you find it on screen, move it to the correct poin…

Jul 23, 2006 11:31pm

By Rebecca Ballard

Under Keystrokes & Windows

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