Useful JAWS Keyboard Shortcuts

Reading Text using JAWS keyboard shortcuts

Command	Description
←	Say Prior Character
→	Say Next Character
Num Pad 5	Say Character
Num Pad 5 twice quickly	Say Character Phonetically
Insert + ←	Say Prior Word
Insert + →	Say Next Word
Insert + Num Pad 5	Say Word
Insert + Num Pad 5 twice quickly	Spell Word
↑	Say Prior Line
↓	Say Next Line
Insert + ↑	Say Current Line
Insert + ↑ twice quickly	Spell Current Line
Alt + ↑	Say Prior Sentence
Alt + ↓	Say Next Sentence
Alt+Num Pad 5	Say Current Sentence
Insert + Home	Say to Cursor
Insert + Page Up	Say from Cursor
Insert + Home twice quickly	Spell to Cursor
Insert + Page Up twice quickly	Spell from Cursor
Insert + ↓	Say All
→	Fast Forward during a Say All
←	Rewind during a Say All
Insert + 5	Say Color
Num Pad 5 three times quickly	Say ASCII or Hexadecimal Value
Insert + F, twice quickly	Say Font
Ctrl + Insert + ↓	Start Skim Reading
Ctrl + Insert + Shift + ↓	Skim Reading dialog box
Insert + Windows Key + ↓	Display Skim Reading Summary

Command	Description
Tab	Jump from link/Form element next one
Shift + Tab	Jump from link/Form element next the previous one
Ins + F7	Bring up a list of links within the page
U	Unvisited Link Quick Key
V	Visited Link Quick Key

Command	Description
Ctrl + F	Search for a word or a phrase
Ins + Esc	Refresh Screen, i.e. repaints all the currently displayed items on the screen
Ins + F5	Reformat documents, i.e. reformats multiple column pages to be more readable with speech.
Insert + F1	Help with current element