Learning Your Computer with JAWS

Select a lesson from the Table of Contents below. Supporting lessons are linked from within the main lessons so the course follows the organization of the original training material.

Table of Contents

Part one, Introduction

1. Orientation To the keyboard
2. What are keystroke and/or Commands?

Part two, Knowing your Computer

1. Understanding what a computer is!
2. Parts to the computer
3. What is the desktop?
4. Navigating windows, menus and screens

Part three, Using MS Word

1. Managing documents
2. Editing text
3. Adjusting font characteristics in a Word document
4. Running the Spell Checker
5. Printing an envelope in Word

Part four, File Management

1. Navigating through a folder
2. Creating a folder
3. Renaming a folder
4. Manipulating Titles
5. Moving and copying titles
6. Applying Selecting Commands to Titles
7. Selecting more than one title
8. Restoring Titles From the Recycle Bin

Part five, Email

1. Understanding E-mail
2. Reading E-mail
3. Sending an E-mail
4. Replying to an E-mail
5. Forwarding a Message
6. Opening Attachments
7. Sending Attachments
8. Working with Email Folders

Part six, The Internet

1. What Is the Internet?
2. Understanding a Web Page and Its Elements
3. Navigating a Web Page with JAWS
4. Various Searching Methods on a Web Page
5. Searching the Internet for a Topic or Website
6. Downloading Something from the Internet
7. Saving a Web Page on Your Desktop for Easy Access

Part seven, OpenBook

1. What Is OpenBook
2. Setting Up OpenBook
3. Scanning a Document
4. Saving a Scanned Document
5. Changing the Voice Adjustments