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JAWS Lesson- Create a shortcut in Windows 95

1. Go to the Start menu (Windows logo key or CTRL+ESC), choose settings with letter S and press Enter, and then select Taskbar with letter T.
2. Shift Tab once to get to Taskbar Property options.
3. Control-tab to go to Start Menu tab on multi-page dialog box.
4. Tab once and select customize/add and press Enter.
5. You are then asked for the command line, which is the path to the program you wish to run. Let's use JFW 3.31 as an example. If you have your folder as c:\jfw331, then you would type the command line as follows: c:\jfw331\jfw.exe. If you have jfw 331 in a different folder or drive, substitute that info on the command line.
6. Tab to Next button and press Enter.
7. Now, you'll be asked for the folder and will be placed in the Programs tab. Use your up arrow to select Start menu folder.
8. Press Enter to select Next button for the next page.
9. You'll be asked to name your shortcut. Call it something like JFW331, all one word with no spaces, but you can call it anything you like.
10. Tab to the Finish button and press Enter. You've now created your shortcut in your Start Menu.
11. You may now wish to assign a shortcut key to that shortcut, JFW331.
12. Bring up the Find Menu in Windows, press and hold windows logo key and F key combination.
13. If you named your shortcut JFW331, then type in JFW331 and press Enter.
14. Arrow down through the list and when you hear JFW say "jfw331", use ALT+H to read the current line. This will tell you if you are on a file folder or Windows shortcut.
15. When you hear "jfw331 Windows Shortcut", then press ALT+Enter to bring up the properties dialog box for that shortcut.
16. If necessary press shift-tab once to hear "General tab".
17. Once you're on General, Control-Tab to the next field, "target".
18. Now you are ready to assign your hotkey. Tab until you hear JFW ask for the hotkey to assign. If you have no other keys assigned, type the letter J, and CTRL+ALT+J will be defined. If you wished CTRL+SHIFT+J, then type Capital letter J in this box.
19. Tab to the OK button and press Enter. You are finished. Use the same procedure to assign a hotkey to JFW 3.30.26 as described above. Now shut down JFW and try your new keyboard shortcut to open JFW3.31.

End of Lesson

by Sharon Nichols (nichols_s@tsbvi.edu) 

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