Narrator keyboard shortcuts
| Use this keyboard shortcut | To do this |
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER | Get information about the current item |
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR | Read the entire selected window |
CTRL+ALT+SPACEBAR | Read the selected window layout |
ALT+HOME | Get information about the current item |
ALT+END | Get a summary of the current item |
INSERT+SHIFT+G | Read a description of the dependent elements of the currently selected element |
INSERT+CTRL+G | Read a description of the non-dependent elements adjacent to the currently selected element |
INSERT+CTRL+HOME | Enter Virtual Menu navigation mode, which allows you to access Narrator commands without switching from the program that you're currently working with |
CTRL | Stop Narrator from reading text |
INSERT+Q | Move the text selection to the start of the previous text pattern |
INSERT+W | Move the text selection to the start of the next text pattern |
INSERT+E | Move the text selection to the start of the current text pattern |
INSERT+R | Move the text selection to the end of the current text pattern |
INSERT+F2 | Select all of the text with the current text pattern |
INSERT+F3 | Read the current character |
INSERT+F4 | Read the current word |
INSERT+F5 | Read the current line |
INSERT+F6 | Read the current paragraph |
INSERT+F7 | Read the current page |
INSERT+F8 | Read the current document |
