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Article #1;

Want to speed up Internet Explorer?

Added; 5/18/2008

 

 

Article #2;

Windows registry editing & General keyboard shortcuts for accessibility.

Added; 5/18/2008

 

 

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Article #1;

Added; 5/18/2008

 

Want to speed up Internet Explorer?

For those who rely on dial up service or those who would prefer internet pages to open more quickly, there is a setting in Internet Explorer which will prevent pictures from being downloaded. For instance, when I read newspaper articles, I would rather not have an article's accompanying pictures be downloaded, The result is that pages open more quickly. Of course if you have someone sighted in your household using the same computer, they might not appreciate it. If you would like to try this for yourself, here are the steps:

 

1. Open Internet Explorer.

 

2. Open the Tools menu by pressing "Alt T".

 

3. Press "O", then press enter to open the Options Dialogue pages. You are placed in the General Options page.

 

4. Press "Control Tab" six times to move from page to page of the Options settings. This will open up the Advanced settings page. With each press of "Control Tab", as you move from page to page you will here, Security page, Privacy page, Content page, Connections page, Programs page, and finally Advanced page.

 

5. The cursor will be placed at the top of a tree view of a long list of advanced options. These options can be turned on and off by pressing the "space bar". Move down the list of options by pressing the down arrow.

 

6. The number of options in the list depends on which version of Internet Explorer you are running. In version 7, press the "down arrow" 48 times, in Internet Explorer version 6 it might be a few less presses of the "down arrow", but what you are listening for is the option "Show Pictures". If the option is on you will here "show pictures - on". Press the "Space bar: to toggle the setting off. What you should then hear is "show pictures - off".

 

7. After having toggled the setting from on to off, press the "Tab" 3 times to "OK".

 

8. Press the "Enter" or "Space bar" to accept and save the settings. The options are then closed and display is returned to the web page, and that's it.

 

Tony B. Swartz

Allentown PA 18104

http://www.lehighcounty.org

 

 

There are similar options for most other browsers. Check your browser's help files for directions.

 

 

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Article #2;

Added; 5/18/2008

 

Windows registry editing; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314481

 

Internet Explorer help and support http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1173

 

How to set performance options in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B308417

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583

 

General keyboard shortcuts

• ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)

• ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)

• ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)

• ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)

• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)

• ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)

• ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)

• ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)

• BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

• CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)

• CTRL+A (Select all)

• CTRL+C (Copy)

• CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)

• CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)

• CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)

• CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)

• CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)

• CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)

• CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)

• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Open Task Manager)

• CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)

• CTRL+V (Paste)

• CTRL+X (Cut)

• CTRL+Z (Undo)

• DELETE (Delete)

• ESC (Cancel the current task)

• F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)

• F2 key (Rename the selected item)

• F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)

• F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

• F5 key (Update the active window)

• F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)

• LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)

• RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)

• SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

• SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)

• SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)

• SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)

• Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)

 

Dialog box keyboard shortcuts

If you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode. In this mode, you can use an arrow key to move a cursor without changing the selection. You can press CTRL+SPACEBAR or SHIFT+SPACEBAR to adjust the selection. To cancel extended selection mode, press SHIFT+F8 again. Extended selection mode cancels itself when you move the focus to another control.

• ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)

• Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)

• BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

• CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)

• CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)

• ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)

• F1 key (Display Help)

• F4 key (Display the items in the active list)

• SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)

• SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)

• TAB (Move forward through the options)

 

Microsoft natural keyboard shortcuts

• CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)

• Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)

• Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)

• Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)

• Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)

• Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)

• Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)

• Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)

• Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)• Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)

• Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)

• Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

 

Accessibility keyboard shortcuts

• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)

• Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)

• NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)

• Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)

• SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)

• Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)

 

Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts

• END (Display the bottom of the active window)

• HOME (Display the top of the active window)

• LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)

• NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)

• NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)

• NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)

• RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

 

Shortcut keys for Character Map

After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:

• CTRL+END (Move to the last character)

• CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)

• DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)

• END (Move to the end of the line)

• HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)

• LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)

• PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)

• PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)

• RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)

• SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)

• UP ARROW (Move up one row)

 

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts

• ALT+A (Display the Action menu)

• ALT+F (Display the File menu)

• ALT+F4 (Close the console)

• ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)

• ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)

• ALT+V (Display the View menu)

• CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)

• CTRL+N (Open a new console)

• CTRL+O (Open a saved console)

• CTRL+S (Save the open console)

• CTRL+W (Open a new window)

• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)

 

MMC console window keyboard shortcuts

• ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)

• ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)

• CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)

• CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

• CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)

• CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)

• F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)

• F2 key (Rename the selected item)

• F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)

• SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)

 

Remote desktop connection navigation

• ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)

• ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)

• ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)

• ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)

• ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)

• CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)

• CTRL+ALT+END (Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)

• CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

• CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

 

Microsoft Internet Explorer navigation

• CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)

• CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)

• CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)

• CTRL+H (Open the History bar)

• CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)

• CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)

• CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)

• CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)

• CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)

• CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)

• CTRL+W (Close the current window)

 

Other information

• Some keyboard shortcuts may not work if StickyKeys is turned on in Accessibility Options.

• Some of the Terminal Services client shortcuts that are similar to the shortcuts in Remote Desktop Sharing are not available when you use Remote Assistance in Windows XP Home Edition.

• Some of the other Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that have similar information as this article are:

126449 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449/) Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

255090 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255090/) Keystroke navigation in Windows 2000 Help

• Refer to Help for the most current information regarding keyboard navigation and visit the following Microsoft Accessibility Web site for additional information that relates to keyboard shortcuts and keyboard navigation in Windows and other Microsoft products:

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583