Internet Explorer 7

Reading a Web Page

You can read a web page using the following page reading commands. Note that you can see a complete list of page reading commands by looking at the Jaws help topic for Internet Explorer:

Up arrow – move to and read previous line
Down arrow – move to and read next line
Ctrl + up arrow – move to and read next paragraph
Ctrl + down arrow – move to and read next paragraph
Home – move to start of line
End – move to end of line
Ctrl + home – move to top of page
Ctrl + down – move to end of page
H – move to next heading
Shift + h – move to previous heading
F – move to next form control
Shift + f – move to previous form control
B – move to next button
Shift + b – move to previous button
Jaws key + down arrow – start reading web page from current position

Notes

The ctrl + up and ctrl + down arrow key combinations are really useful in Google search results, because they can skip over lots of information that you don’t need to see.
Always press ctrl + home to go to the start of any new web page, because sometimes Jaws doesn’t start reading from the top of a new page.

Setting your Home Page

Go to the “Tools” menu by pressing alt + t.
Move to the “Internet options” menu item, or press the letter o.
Press tab until Jaws says “Homepage: use current,” and press the space key.
Press tab until you reach the “Ok” button, and press the space key.

The Tool Bar

The Internet Explorer 7 toolbar includes the following items:

Back and Forward buttons – ALT+LEFT ARROW and ALT+RIGHT ARROW.
Address bar – ALT+D.
Refresh button – F5.
Stop button – ESC. Stops downloading a Web page.
Search box – CTRL+E.
Search button – ALT+ENTER. Opens a new tab based on the contents of the Search.box.
Favorites Center – ALT+C.
Favorites list – CTRL+I.
Feeds list – CTRL+J.
History list – CTRL+H.
Add to Favorites button – ALT+Z, then press enter on “add to favorites.”
Tab list – CTRL+SHIFT+Q. Lets you move to any open tab.
Home Menu button – ALT+M. Opens a context menu that lets you choose the browser’s home page or set the new home page.
Feeds button – ALT+J. Opens a context menu that lets you subscribe to Web feeds.
Print button – CTRL+P to print. ALT+R to open the Print context menu.
Page button – ALT+P. Use this button to select such items as Cut, Paste, View Source, and Send Page by E-mail.
Tools button – ALT+T or ALT+O. Lets you access the Internet Options dialog and the
Phishing Filter submenu.
Help button – ALT+H. Opens the Internet Explorer Help menu.

Tabbed Browsing

Like Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer 7 uses tabbed browsing. A tab page is another name for a Web site. You can have several Web sites open at once in a single Web browser window. When you open Internet Explorer, your home page is always the first tab page. You can have a maximum of nine tabs open. Here are some useful keystrokes for working with tabbed pages:

To open a new blank tab, press CTRL+T and then enter a URL in the Address bar.
To switch between open tabs, press CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB.
To view a list of all open tabs, press CTRL+SHIFT+Q.
To open a New Tab from the Address Bar, press ALT+ENTER (on the address bar).
To open a New Tab from the Toolbar Search Box, press ALT+ENTER (on the address bar).
To open a Specific Tab Number, press CTRL+n, where n is a number from 1 to 8.
To close the Current Tab, press CTRL+W or CTRL+F4.
To close All Tabs, press ALT+F4 (this also closes Internet Explorer).
To close all Other Tabs except for the current tab, press CTRL+ALT+F4.
To open a Link in a New Tab in the Background, press CTRL+ENTER.
To open a Link in a New Tab in the Foreground, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.

RSS Feeds

You can use RSS feeds to tell you when there is new content available on your favorite web sites. This content can consist of headlines, articles, podcasts, summaries,
and so on. Internet Explorer checks the Web pages that you visit to see if they include Web feeds. If a page supports a Web feed, JAWS will say, “RSS Feeds available.”

Adding a Feed

To add a feed, do the following:

Press ALT+J and then press ENTER to view feeds on the page.
Find the “subscribe to this feed” button, and press Enter.
You will then see the feed subscription dialogue box. Press Tab until you reach the “Subscribe” button, and press Space.

Viewing a List of Feeds

To make sure that the feed was added, do the following:

Press CTRL+J to open the Feeds tree view.
Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to find the newly added feed in the Feeds list.

The Phishing Filter

Internet Explorer 7 has a phishing filter for identity theft protection. To access the phishing filter submenu, do the following:

Press ALT+T to open the Tools menu.
Press H to open the Phishing Filter submenu, and then select the item that you want.

The Search Box

Internet Explorer 7 has a Search box that you can quickly use by pressing CTRL+E. The Search box uses your default search engine.

Searching for a Keyword or Phrase

To search for a keyword or phrase using the Search box, do the following:

Press CTRL+E to move to the Search edit box.
Type a keyword or phrase in the edit box.
Now press ENTER to search for the keyword or phrase using the current tab page, or…
Press ALT+ENTER to search for the keyword or phrase in a new tab page.

Changing the Default Search Engine

To change the default search engine, do the following:

Press CTRL+E to move to the Search box.
Press CTRL+ DOWN ARROW to open the context menu.
Press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys and choose Change Search Defaults. The Change Search Defaults dialog box will appear.
Select a search engine from the Search Providers list.
Choose the Set Default button.
Choose OK.

The Favorites Center

Internet Explorer 7 groups the Favorites list, RSS Feeds list, and History list into an area called the Favorites Center. The following keyboard commands let you use the favorites center:

To open a list of your favorite Web sites and bookmarks, press CTRL+I.
To open a list of your subscribed feeds, press CTRL+J.
To open your history browsing list, press CTRL+H.
To open the Favorites Center, press ALT+C.

Searching with Google

Open the “File” menu by pressing alt + f, and move to the “Open” menu item, or press ctrl + o.
Type “www.google.com,” and press enter.
When the page stops loading, Jaws will automatically move to the “Search” edit field. If it doesn’t, press the letter f until Jaws says “Search edit,” and press enter. You are now in “Forms Mode,” so type the words you want to search for.
Press enter and, after a short pause, Google will show a new web page. On this page, there is a list of all the web pages that contain the words you typed.
Read through this page using the page reading commands shown earlier, and press enter when you find a link to a page that you want to visit.

Searching for a Phrase

Sometimes, Google will find too many pages, so you need to make your search more specific. You can do this using quotation marks (“). For example, if you want to search for the name St. Nicholas Home, you would type “St. Nicholas Home” (remember to put a quote at the beginning and end of the words you want to search for). After typing the phrase, press enter, and Google will show you a new page containing your search results.
Be creative when searching for phrases. This means that if you search for the phrase “ICT training” “for the blind” and google finds no matching pages, try “ICT training” “visually impaired” instead.

Using Google as a Currency Converter

You can use Google to do currency conversions. Type the currency you want to convert into the Google edit field, and press enter. Google will then show you a new page with the results of your conversion.

Examples

Type “100 malaysian ringgits in usd” to find out how much 100 Malaysian Ringgits is in US dollars.
Type “10000 japanese yen in malaysian ringgits” to find out how much 10000 Japanese yen is in Malaysian Ringgits.
Type “100 indonesian rupia in australian dollars” to find out how much 100 Indonesian rupia is in Australian dollars.

Using Google as a Calculator

Type a calculation into the Google edit field, and press enter. For example, if you enter the following calculation “1 + 1,” Google will show a new page with the result of this calculation: 2.
You can enter very complicated calculations. Read the Google help topics on entering calculations for more information.

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