Action
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Keyboard Shortcut
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Open a Help pop-up window
from the Help button.
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Ctrl+?
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Zoom in.
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Ctrl+plus sign
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Zoom out.
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Ctrl+minus sign
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Reset the zoom state.
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Ctrl+0
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Maximize view (collapses
the category pane and the tile pane, and hides the status bar and
the application bar, which includes the menu bar and the workspace
bar).
or
Exit maximized view
(expands the category pane and the tile pane, and shows the status
bar and the application bar).
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Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
Note: This shortcut does not work
when the focus is on the workspace bar
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Open a pop-up menu.
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Shift+F9 (if a menu
is available in that context)
Note: If you use Shift+F9 to display
the pop-up menu, then it is always displayed in the top left corner
of the user interface control that you are using.
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Open the Landmarks window.
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Ctrl+F6
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Temporarily invert or
revert application colors (for the current session only).
Note: You can set the Invert
application colors preference in the Preferences window
if you want the color change to persist across sessions.
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Ctrl+~
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Rename the selected
tab.
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Make sure that the focus
is on the tab. Press F2, and specify the new name. To commit your
changes, press Enter. To cancel your changes, press Esc.
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Close the selected tab.
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Make sure that the focus
is on the tab, and then press Delete.
Note: Some tabs cannot be closed.
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Toggle in and out of
Edit mode for a table cell.
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To enter Edit mode,
select a cell, and press F2. To exit Edit mode, press Esc.
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Navigate between table
headings and table content.
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For a two-dimensional
table, make sure that the focus is on the table and that you are not
in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to toggle the focus between column headings
and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate from heading to heading.
For a multidimensional
table, make sure that the focus is on a table cell and that you are
not in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to switch the focus between column
headings, row headings, and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate
from heading to heading.
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Navigate the content
rows of a table.
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When table cells are
in Edit mode:
When table cells are
not in Edit mode, use the arrow keys to move from cell to cell.
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Sort columns in a table.
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To sort a single column,
navigate to its column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Press the spacebar
to sort the column.
To sort additional columns,
navigate to the column heading of each additional column that you
want to sort. Press Ctrl+spacebar.
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Change the width of
the current column.
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Navigate to the column
heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then press Ctrl+left arrow or Ctrl+right
arrow to change the width of the column.
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Move the current column.
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Navigate to the column
heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then press Shift+left arrow to move one column
to the left, and press Shift+right arrow to move one column to the
right.
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Automatically re-size
the current column to fit its contents.
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Navigate to the column
heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then press Enter.
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Change the state of
Check boxes in Additional search options in the Home workspace.
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Use the F2 key to put
the selected object into Edit mode.
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Accessibility Issue
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Workaround
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ActionLists in Alerts,
Recent Work, and Watch List tiles do not have proper labels for JAWS
to read.
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None
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'Null' is
read before each row in the Summary page
of the New Gallery wizard.
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None
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Sometimes, you cannot
use the keyboard to sequentially navigate through the interface and
move the focus in a meaningful order.
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No workaround is available.
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The SAS High Contrast
theme has a few unresolved focus and contrast issues.
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For contrast issues,
select a different theme, and then press Ctrl+~ to invert the colors.
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The SAS Light theme
and SAS Dark theme might not provide sufficient color contrast for
some users.
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Use the SAS Corporate
theme or the SAS High Contrast theme.
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JAWS cannot read some
of the controls in the application, such as images, icons, and buttons.
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No workaround is available.
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JAWS refers to table
controls as list boxes.
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When JAWS reports that
a control is a list box, keep in mind that it might actually be a
table.
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JAWS can sometimes read
controls that have been disabled.
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No workaround is available.
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Sometimes, JAWS does
not correctly work with the controls in the Preferences window.
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When you are in Virtual
PC cursor mode in JAWS, traverse the entire window to familiarize
yourself with its contents before you change any of the settings.
You might need to toggle between Forms mode and Virtual PC cursor
mode to access all of the controls.
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JAWS cannot read two-column
property tables.
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No workaround is available.
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JAWS does not correctly
read the information in a table:
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No workaround is available.
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When a table cell is
selected and you press Home, End, Page Up, or Page Down, the focus
moves to the first displayed column, regardless of which column you
were in.
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Use the arrow keys to
navigate through the cells of the table.
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You cannot use the keyboard
to scroll to the left and the right in some tables.
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No workaround is available.
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You cannot use Shift+F10
to open a pop-up menu.
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Note: If you press Shift+F10 in
Internet Explorer and no context menu is available, the browser moves
the focus to the File menu for the browser
tab. To return focus to the application area of the browser window,
press Esc.
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You cannot use the keyboard
to access the close (x) button that is in the top right corner of
a tab.
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Make sure that the focus
is on the tab, and then press Delete to close the tab.
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You cannot use the keyboard
to access the close (x) button that is in the top right corner of
a tile in the tile pane.
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Make sure that the focus
is on the tile, and then press Delete to close the tile. (The object
that is displayed in the tile is not deleted.)
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Visual focus for the
menu bar is indicated with an outline around the entire menu bar instead
of around individual menus.
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To select individual
menus, use the left or right arrow key.
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Sometimes, you cannot
use the Tab key to move the focus to the application area of a web
browser (that is, the part of the browser window that is controlled
by the Flash player).
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The following workaround
is applicable to Internet Explorer only.
Press Ctrl+number,
where number is the ordinal
position of the application’s tab in the set of tabs that are
open in your browser window. Then press Tab to move the focus to the
application area.
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You cannot use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
to minimize or maximize the view if the focus is on the workspace
bar.
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No workaround is available.
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If you tab to an item
that is partially or entirely off-screen, the item is not automatically
scrolled back into view.
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Sometimes, you can use
the arrow keys or the Tab key to scroll the item back into view.
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When you use the Ctrl+plus
sign keyboard shortcut to zoom in, some portions of the interface
can become hidden from view.
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Use the keyboard to
access the hidden parts of the interface.
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The Ctrl+plus sign and
Ctrl+minus sign keyboard shortcuts for zooming in and out do not work
on some menus unless the menus are first opened.
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Open the menu before
you use the keyboard shortcut.
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The Ctrl+plus sign and
Ctrl+minus sign keyboard shortcuts for zooming in and out do not work
on all elements in the application window (for example, tooltips and
button labels).
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No workaround is available.
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If you maximize a tile
in the Home workspace and then use the Tab
key to navigate, the focus appears to be lost after you tab away from
the Log Off button.
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After you tab away from
the Log Off button, press the Tab key 5 more
times to return the focus to the maximized tile.
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JAWS does not explain
how to open a drop-down menu or a drop-down list.
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Press Ctrl+down arrow
to open the control.
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JAWS cannot read the
contents of a tree table (that is, a table that contains a tree) unless
the table is in Edit mode.
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Make sure that the focus
is in the tree table, and press F2 to enter Edit mode.
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If the list of additional
search options contains a secondary level of options, you cannot use
the keyboard to select the check boxes that are associated with that
secondary level of options.
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No workaround is available.
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