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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Use JAWS Smart Glance Highlights to Quickly Locate Important Text on a Web Page

Smart Glance highlights in JAWS are visually distinctive pieces of text on a web page, such as bold, colored, or ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Use JAWS Page Explorer To Provide Tips On Navigating Busy or Complex Web Pages

Page Explorer is a JAWS feature that provides a quick summary of any web page. It tells you about the ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Read Formulas in Excel with JAWS

Formulas determine how values are calculated in Excel. When navigating to a cell containing a calculation, JAWS will speak the ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To List Form Fields on a Web Page Using JAWS

Form fields are used in online forms, such as sign-up pages, contact forms, and surveys, to collect information from you ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Navigate Comments in Word with JAWS

Comments are used to make suggestions in a document without changing the text. Visually, they appear in balloons inside the ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Review Revisions in Microsoft Word Using JAWS

In Microsoft Word, revisions refer to edits made to a document that are tracked and displayed using the Track Changes ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Use Context-Specific Help to Get Information About a Window or Control

Context-specific Help provides information about the current window, control, or option, including what it is used for and any relevant ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Quickly Restart JAWS

There are times when JAWS becomes unresponsive or you need to refresh its operation without rebooting your computer. When this ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Use The Say All Command To Read Continuously In A Document Or Web Page

You can use the Say All command to have JAWS read continuously from your current position in a document or ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Speak Text and Background Colors At The Cursor Location

When in an app such as Microsoft Word or Outlook, JAWS will announce the text (foreground) and background colors at ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Enable Automatic Reading on Web Pages

Prior to the December 2026 update, JAWS automatically read information such as the number of regions, headings, and links on ...
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An image showing the JAWS screen reader logo on a computer monitor, featuring a stylized blue shark with sound waves next to the word JAWS. A software box labeled JAWS Screen Reader is positioned beside the monitor. To the right, a bright yellow speech bubble with black text reads 'Power Tips', surrounded by decorative lines and shapes on a white background.

JAWS Power Tip: How To Verbalize Column and Row Titles in Google Sheets

You can verbalize column and row titles to hear them spoken as you navigate. For example, in a personal budget ...
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