Category: JAWS Power Tip

In Google Docs, tabs can help you organize your document. Use them as sections for easier navigation. Each section can contain specific content that you can easily navigate to using the keyboard.

Focus sessions help you stay on task by minimizing distractions for a set period of time. While Focus is enabled, you will not receive notifications and reminders.

The OneDrive desktop app is used to store files both in the cloud and on your device, making them easy to access when you need them. When you save, then later modify a file, OneDrive creates a version history so you can access each version of that file. This is especially useful if you accidentally delete content from the file or save over it altogether and need to restore it.

The new Outlook desktop app has a new design that differs from that of Outlook Classic, and can be navigated with JAWS using keyboard commands. While some commands have changed, others, like moving a message, have not.

For those who primarily read using Braille, it can be difficult to determine when text includes specific font attributes like bold, italics, or underline. Unified English Braille (UEB) and other Braille codes define dot patterns which are used as Braille indicators that may precede and follow text to identify the specific attribute being used. For example, in UEB, Dots 4-6 represents italicized text, while Dots 4-5-6 represents underlined text. In the March update of JAWS 2025, you can now configure JAWS to show font attribute marks when reading or editing documents using Braille.

You can now ask questions in FSCompanion using your voice. Here’s how.

You can create a shortcut to an app on your desktop, which makes it easy to locate and access quickly.

When focused on an image file attachment in Outlook Classic, you can use Picture Smart AI to describe the image without first opening or saving the attachment.

For users who read documents or web pages in various languages, there are times when authors do not use the correct language tags, which JAWS relies on by default in order to switch to the appropriate voice for a specific language. JAWS can now automatically detect the language in use and adjust its voice based on the written language. This feature runs entirely on your computer and does not access the Internet.

With so many features and keystrokes available between JAWS, Windows, and the various Office apps, it can be challenging to locate the information you need to perform a specific task or look up a keystroke. The new AI assistant, FSCompanion, lets you ask questions about JAWS and other applications and quickly provides the answers.