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Using On-Screen Keyboard | Use Hovering Mode

 

On-Screen Keyboard is an accessibility utility that displays a virtual keyboard on the computer screen that allows people with mobility impairments to type data by using a pointing device or joystick. Besides providing a minimum level of functionality for some people with mobility impairments, On-Screen Keyboard can also help people who do not know how to type.

In hovering mode, you use a mouse or joystick to point to a key for a predefined period of time, and the selected character is typed automatically. This procedure tells you how to select hovering mode for On-Screen Keyboard.      

 

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

1

n                     On the Start menu:

n         Point to All Programs.

n         Point to Accessories.

n         Point to Accessibility.

n         Select On-Screen Keyboard.

n                     Note   A message box with a link to more information about On-Screen Keyboard may appear. To close the box, select OK.

n                     Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key ).

n         Move to All Programs by pressing P.

n         If it does not open automatically, press ENTER to open the All Programs menu.

n         Move to Accessories by pressing the DOWN ARROW key.

n         Press ENTER.

n         Select Accessibility by pressing ENTER.

n         Move to On-Screen Keyboard by pressing the DOWN ARROW key.

n         Press ENTER.

n                     Note   A message box with a link to more information about accessibility utilities may appear. To close the box, press ALT+TAB to select the message box, and then press ENTER. Then, press ALT+TAB to select the document in which you want to begin working.

2

n                     In the On-Screen Keyboard window:

n         Select Settings.

n         Select Typing Mode.

n                     In the On-Screen Keyboard window:

n         Be sure On-Screen Keyboard is selected by pressing ALT+TAB.

n         Display the Settings menu by pressing ALT+S.

n         Select Typing Mode by pressing T.

3

n                     In the Typing Mode dialog box:

n         Select Hover to select.

n                     In the Typing Mode dialog box:

n         Select Hover to select by pressing H.

4

n                     To adjust the minimum hover time:

n         Select the Down Arrow button and then choose a value from the list.

n         Select OK.

To adjust the minimum hover time:

n         Press TAB.

n         Use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to select a time.

n         Press ENTER.

5

n                     After selecting On-Screen Keyboard options, to return to the document you want to type characters in:

n         Place the insertion point where you want to begin.

n                     Note   To exit On-Screen Keyboard, select the Close button.

n                     After selecting On-Screen Keyboard options, to return to the document you want to type characters in:

n         Press ALT+TAB to select it.

n                     Note   To exit On-Screen Keyboard (be sure it is selected by pressing ALT+TAB), and then press ALT+F, X.

 

 

 

 

 

On-Screen Keyboard:  Settings:  Typing Mode:  Hover to select

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