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Narrator keyboard shortcuts

Use this keyboard shortcutTo 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

Last updated: Thursday, February 14, 2008

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