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Keyboard shortcuts
Louis Braille Audio site shortcuts
Internet Explorer shortcuts
Netscape shortcuts
Changing text size
Enable JavaScript
in Internet Explorer
Enable JavaScript
in Netscape
Underline links
Screenreader links
This page offers some hints on how to use your browser with the keyboard instead of a mouse.
There are two types of browser shortcuts, those provided by Louis Braille Audio that are only accessible on this site, and generalized shortcuts that are dependent on your browser capabilities.
The following Louis Braille Audio browser shortcuts are available on Internet Explorer, Version 4 and later versions and Netscape navigator 6 and later.
Shortcut keys can be used by holding the "Alt" key down (found on the bottom right or left hand corner of your keyboard) and pressing the relevant number.
The six items listed below indicate the shortcut keys for navigation on the Louis Braille Audio site.
- Shortcut key for home is 1
- Shortcut key for search is 2
- Shortcut key for order now is 3
- Shortcut key for faq's is 4
- Shortcut key for help is 5
- Shortcut key for new releases is6
Internet Explorer keyboard shortcuts
| To do this | Press this |
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| Go to next page | ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
| Go to previous page | ALT+LEFT ARROW |
| Display a shortcut menu for a link | SHIFT+F10 |
| Move forward between frames | CTRL+TAB |
| Move back between frames | SHIFT+CTRL+TAB |
| Scroll toward the beginning of a document | UP ARROW |
| Scroll toward the end of a document | DOWN ARROW |
| Scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments | PAGE UP |
| Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments | PAGE DOWN |
| Move to the beginning of a document | HOME |
| Move to the end of a document | END |
| Refresh the current page | F5 |
| Stop downloading a page | ESC |
| Go to a new location | CTRL+O |
| Open a new window | CTRL+N |
| Save the current page | CTRL+S |
| Print the current page or active frame | CTRL+P |
| Activate a selected link | ENTER |
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Netscape Navigator keyboard shortcuts
The following is a table of Netscape Navigator functions (or potential
functions) and their keyboard shortcuts in Macintosh, Unix, and Windows
versions. If a function exists in the browser but does not have a shortcut, its
corresponding cell is marked with an asterisk(*). If the function does not
exist, it is left blank.
Some entries contain links to special notes. The number in parentheses
following the link is the number of the relevant note.
| Function |
Macintosh (v 4.61) |
Unix (v 4.51) |
Windows (v 4.7) |
| Move within a document |
| Scroll to next page |
Page Down |
Page Down |
Page Down |
| Scroll to previous page |
Page Up |
Page Up |
Page Up |
| Scroll to top |
* |
* |
* |
| Scroll to bottom |
* |
* |
* |
| Move between documents |
| Open a new document |
Command+L |
Alt+O |
Ctrl+O |
| Stop loading a document |
Command+. |
Esc |
Esc |
| Refresh a document |
Command+R |
Alt+R |
Ctrl+R |
| Load previous document |
Command+[
or
Command+Left Arrow |
Alt+Left Arrow |
Alt+Left Arrow |
| Load next document |
Command+]
or
Command+Right Arrow |
Alt+Right Arrow |
Alt+Right Arrow |
| Navigate elements within a document |
| Move focus to next frame |
* |
* |
* |
| Move focus to previous frame |
* |
* |
* |
| Move focus to next active element (1) |
Tab |
Tab |
Tab |
| Move focus to previous active element (1) |
Shift+Tab |
Shift+Tab |
Shift+Tab |
| Find word in page |
Command+F |
Alt+F |
Ctrl+F |
| Act on html elements |
| Select a link |
* |
* |
Enter |
| Toggle a check box |
* |
* |
Shift or Enter |
| Activate radio button |
* |
* |
Shift |
| Move focus to next item in an option box |
* |
* |
Down Arrow or Right Arrow |
| Move focus to previous item in an option box |
* |
* |
Up Arrow or Left Arrow |
| Select item in an option box |
* |
* |
Enter |
| Press a button (2) |
Return |
Enter |
Enter |
| Navigate menus |
| Activate menu |
* |
* |
Alt+ the underlined letter in the menu title |
| Deactivate menu |
* |
Esc |
Esc |
| Move focus to next menu item |
* |
* (3) |
Down Arrow |
| Move focus to previous menu item |
* |
* (3) |
Up Arrow |
| Select menu item |
* |
underlined letter in the menu item |
Enter |
| Move focus to submenu |
* |
* (3) |
Right Arrow |
| Move focus to main menu |
* |
* (3) |
Left Arrow |
| Navigate bookmarks |
| View bookmarks menu |
* (4) |
* |
Alt+C+B |
| Move focus to next item in bookmarks menu |
Down Arrow (4) |
* |
Down Arrow |
| Move focus to previous item in bookmarks menu |
Up Arrow (4) |
* |
Up Arrow |
| Select item in bookmarks menu |
Return (4) |
* |
Enter |
| Add bookmark |
Command+D |
Alt+K |
Ctrl+D |
| Edit bookmarks |
Command+B |
Alt+B |
Ctrl+B |
| Delete current bookmark (5) |
Delete |
Alt+D |
Delete |
| Navigate history list |
| View history list |
Command+H |
Alt+H |
Ctrl+H |
| Move focus to next item in history list |
* |
* |
Down Arrow |
| Move focus to previous item in history list |
* |
* |
Up Arrow |
| Move focus to first item in history list |
* |
* |
Left Arrow |
| Select item in history list |
* |
* |
Enter (6) |
| Close history list |
Command+W |
Alt+W |
Ctrl+W |
| Define view |
| Increase font size (7) |
Shift+Command+] |
Alt+] |
Ctrl+] |
| Decrease font size (7) |
Shift+Command+[ |
Alt+[ |
Ctrl+[ |
| Change font color |
* |
* |
* |
| Change background color |
* |
* |
* |
| Turn off author-defined style sheets |
* |
* |
* |
| Turn on user-defined style sheets (8) |
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| Apply next user-defined style sheet |
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| Apply previous user-defined style sheet |
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Notes
- In Windows, active elements can be links, text
entry boxes, buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, etc. In Unix and Macintosh,
Tab cycles through text entry boxes only.
- In Windows, this works for any button, since
any button can gain the focus using keyboard commands. In Unix and Macintosh,
this only applies to the "Submit" button following a text entry.
- In Unix, the menus can not be opened with shortcut
keys. However, once a menu is opened it stays opened until it is explicitly
closed, which means that the menus can still be used with shortcut keys to some
extent. Sometimes left and right arrows move between menus and up and down
arrows move within menus, but this does not seem to work consistently, even
within a single session.
- In Macintosh, you can not explicitly view the
bookmarks menu. However, if you choose "Edit Bookmarks", which does
have a keyboard shortcut, you can then navigate through the bookmarks and open
bookmarked documents in the current window.
- To delete a bookmark you must first choose
"Edit Bookmarks" and then move the focus to the bookmark you want to
delete.
- In Windows, when you open a link from the
history menu using Enter, the document opens in a new window.
- All three systems have menu items (and
corresponding shortcut keys) meant to allow the user to change the font size.
However, the menu items are consistently inactive in both Macintosh and Unix.
The user seems to be able to actually change the font sizes only in Windows.
- It is important to allow users to set their
own cascading style sheets (css). Although Netscape does currently allow the
user to override the author's choice of foreground color, background color,
font, and font size, it does not allow some of the advanced capabilities that
make cascading style sheets so powerful. For example, a blind user may want to
save a series of style sheets which show only headers, only links, etc., and
then view the same page using some or all of these style sheets in order to
orient himself to the contents and organization of the page before reading any
of the actual page content.
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Every page on this website supports text scaling.
Internet Explorer users
Select View in the Browser Menu
Then Select Text Size
Then Select Larger or Largest
Netscape Navigator users
Select View in the Browser Menu
Then Select Increase Font
Netscape Communicator users
Select View in the Browser Menu
Then Select Increase Font
Netscape 6.0 users
Select View in the Browser Menu
Then Select Text Size |
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 Step1: Left click on EDIT as
shown to the left. Then, scroll down the resulting window to
PREFERENCES... |
step2: Select ADVANCED from the list
of choices. The resulting window should look like the example to the
left. Look at your settings and ensure that all of the proper
settings are checked. You should have the following checked in order for
the order form to work correctly:
> ENABLE JAVASCRIPT FOR NAVIGATOR
step3: Once all the proper settings
have been selected, just left click on OK and you should be good to
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How to enable JavaScript
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step1: Click on the TOOLS
tab. This will result in a window like the one to the
left.
LEFT click on the INTERNET
OPTIONS... choice. |
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That will then load a window
like the one to the left here. The large arrows are artifically added to
highlight the selections you MUST make.
step2: Make sure that you LEFT click on
the INTERNET option and then, and ONLY then, click on the CUSTOM LEVEL
button as highlighted to the left.
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Once you have loaded the
CUSTOM LEVEL settings, it will load a window like the one to the right.
step3: You must then use the scroll bar and find the Active Scripting settings. MSIE does not specifically
contain the words "JAVASCRIPT". You must find the SCRIPTING settings.
Once found, ensure that you have the ACTIVE SCRIPTING seeting set to
ENABLE. If not, left click in the circle to select it!
step4: NOW you can click OK. |
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Links can be underlined for users who find it helpful for site navigation. Follow the "underline links"
link found on the bottom menu bar of every page. Links will then appear underlined for the duration of your visit to the site. You can also remove underline from links by clicking on the "no underline" link that will appear on the bottom menu bar of each page if you have previously underlined links.
Please note: When you turn the link underline on or off, you are automatically returned to the home page.
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Links are provided for those users that access the internet using screen reading software. These links are at the top of the page and provide the following functionality:
- remove tables, this is a link to a script that removes tables from the current page, this functionality is provided for screen readers that encounter problems with tables. Please note that link must be followed for each page you wish to remove tables from.
- skip to main navigation links
- skip to other links
- skip to content
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