Alison, I'm running Word 2010 on a Windows 7 computer and I use JAWS key plus PageDown key which reads the status line which reports Page number, line number, and word count. I don't know if this

I don't think the keystrokes for this have changed in quite a while. I don't remember now if it was the same in word 2003, which is the one I started with, but I know there were keystrokes to get it

FYI, this also works in Word 2010.

Yes, I have just discovered this. Alison

With the current version of Microsoft 365, once focused on the Status bar with F6, you can indeed use the context menu (application) key to get access to the Status Bar options.

Hi, As an alternative key combination to obtain word count, you can press ALT R then W. This works in word 2016, not sure about other versions. Paul Lemm

This is really useful. Will try it out right now! Alison

To show number of lines, line number, or many other options in the status bar in Word try the following: 1. Press F6 until Status bar is highlighted. Or, until you hear Jaws report, Status Toolbar.

Until recently, pressing Jaws key 3 has told me the number of words in my MS Word document. It now tells me the number of characters and which line I am on but I am having to press function key 6 in

Hi All I’ve recently heard of Open Broadcaster Software. Does anyone know how accessible it is with JAWS? Thanks Debbie

I found a keystroke jaws+alt+s where I can change the scheme to read the colors -- I don't know why it did not work when I tried to do it from the settings center, but it seems to work fairly well,

I’ll be surprised if the ReadSelectedText hotkey, JAWSKey+Shift+down arrow identifies text that has been highlighted by a web developer or document author. The only keystroke that might work is

Try this keystroke: Shift+JAWSKey+DownArrow Says selected or highlighted text that appears on the screen. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. *My body has absorbed so much soap and

Jaws +f gives the font, but its the same, the colors are what is different, and although the person says isomething was hilighted, that is what was meant. Adrian Spratt wrote: -- Your life is like a

It would be great to figure out where in a document is any highlighted text.

John, Fortunately, Glenn posted what seems like the definitive answer, a keystroke that's new to me. However, for the record, I was suggesting JAWS key+f, not +F2. I can see how JAWS caused the

If one just wants to read what is highlighted, the Jaws hotkey insert + Shift + numpad 2 will read the highlighted text. Glenn

hmmm, jaws +f2 just says custom hilight and you can set the foreground and background, but seems no way to read them. Adrian Spratt wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it.

OK, I will check that out. Adrian Spratt wrote: -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una

One thought is to place focus on each of the options and, in each case, press JAWS key+f to compare fonts, etc. This may be all you need. Otherwise, it may tell you how the highlighted text differs