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Navigation: Moving the Mouse
Note: I use the mouse differently by voice then the way I did using my hands. The main thing to keep in mind is it is harder doing things one command by one command with voice, but easier once you learn voice commands that combine many commands you used to do singly with the mouse. There are many things I used to do with a mouse that I no longer use a mouse to do. For example, it is always faster to select a menu command by using a voice command that doesn't involve mouse movements. There are at least two ways the mouse can be used efficiently in speech commands, however: 1. Placing the mouse on the screen i.e. the Internet. For this I use the Direct Grid commands -- for example "25 by 50" or "Mouse 25 by 30". These commands can also be used in combination with many others. Here are some examples: "25 by 50 Paste", "40 by 25 Delete Paragraph". 2. You can also drag and size windows directly without first placing the mouse with the "Go (Mouse)/Drag/Window..." sets of commands that appear immediately following the Direct Grid commands. A combination of the Direct Grid and the Drag commands are also useful for things like dragging text in Photoshop. Touch
(Touch 1) (Mouse Click) Touch Top/Bottom/Tab/Paste/Copy/Select (Select All)/Copy All/Find/Down (Page Down)/Up (Page Up)/Open File/Close(Close Window)/Minimize/Bigger (Maximize)/Restore/Enter/From Home/From End/From Top/From Bottom/Delete Home (Delete Top of Line)/Delete End (Delete End of Line)/Bold Line (Line Bold)/Find (Please Find)/Replace (Please Replace) [This macro simply combines the listed commands. For example, "Touch Select" clicks the mouse, then selects all.] Touch
1-20 Times [This clicks the left
mouse button multiple times.] What makes these commands very accurate is a paper ruler around your screen marking off 50 and 100 pixel increments. For example, if your screen is set to 600 by 800 pixels the top ruler would go from 0 to 80 and the bottom ruler would go from 0 to 60 by fives and tens. With the rulers taped around my screen, I'm close to 100 percent accurate in placing the mouse; this makes it possible to use the more efficient "50 by 50" (or "50 50") commands (see green macros below) to combine positioning the mouse and clicking it, especially in programs like Netscape. These commands are also useful in conjunction with the "Go(Mouse)/Drag" macros that follow, which allow you to move or drag the mouse a relative number of pixels.] <Direct
Grid Command> 1-128 (by)
1-160 Dot (Point) 1-9
[This and the next two macros allow you to move the mouse by one pixel
increments. The whole numbers, like the macro above, represent 10-pixel
increments. The decimals are single pixel increments. For instance, "50
by 30 Point five" will move the mouse to the y, x coordinates 500 x 305.
The following two macros simply give you the ability to mix and match whole
and decimal numbers.]
1-128
(by) 1-160 [This
at the next three commands are shorter ways to say the Direct Grid command
that both places the mouse and clicks the left button. Once you get used
to placing the mouse you'll find yourself using this shortcut often.] 1-128
(by) 1-160 Drag
Up/Down/Left/Right 1-100 [In
addition to dragging things, you can also use this command to select text
in programs where the shift, arrow key selection does not work, like Web
browsers and original incoming messages in Eudora. If you begin with the
"Text" command, the mouse remains in its initial position and you can
use the following "Again" command to redo the drag command.]
Again (Drag Again) Up/Down/Left/Right 1-100 Drag to 1-128
(by) 1-160 1-128
(by) 1-160 To
(Drag to) 1-128
(by) 1-160 [These
allow you to select and drag an object all in one command. They
can also be used to select blocks of text. Note: this and the following
macro are located in KimMOUSE3.dvc. They are sequestered from the other
mouse macros so you can install and uninstall them separately because
they contain a lot of variables, and so may slow down a slow computer.] 1-128 Through
(To) 1-128
(by) 1-160 1-128
(by) 1-160 Home/Delete
Home (Delete Top of Line)/From
Home (Select Home) (Top of Line)/End/Delete
End(Delete End of Line)/From End (Select End) (End of Line)/Top/From
Top (Select Top)/Bottom/From Bottom (Select Bottom)/Letter/Character/Word/Line/Paragraph/Enter
(New Line)/New Paragraph/Insert(Insert Paragraph)/Oops/Play(Oops
Play)/Touch/Touch Right/Touch 2/Copy/Copy
All/Select/Select All/Paste/Next/Last/Delete
(Delete Next)/Delete Last/Close(Close Window)/Close
Document (Close Page)/Bigger (Maximize)(Maximize Window)/Minimize(Minimize
Window)/Restore(Restore Window)/Erase Line/Add Caps/Add All Caps/Add No
Caps/Next (Next Window)/Last (Last Window)/Open (Open File)/Open Bigger
(Open File Bigger)/Find (Please Find)/Replace (Please Replace)/Down (Page
Down)/Up (Page Up)
[This and the next twelvecommands are especially useful in Word and WordPad.
They allow you to place the cursor and do other commands like correct
text, ("30 by 30 Oops") insert line breaks ("25 by 10 Enter") or format
text ("40 by 25 Blue 7" below) in one command. This and the next four
commands place the cursor, then put the cursor at the beginning of the
nearest word before proceeding. The four remaining commands, which use
only vertical numbers, work with whole lines.] 1-128
(by) 1-160 Delete/Cut/Copy/Select
Letter (Character)/Word/Line/Paragraph 1-128
(by) 1-160 Delete/Cut/Copy/Select
1-40 Letters (Characters)/Words/Lines/Paragraphs 1-128
(by) 1-160 Bold/Italicize
(Italic)/Underline/Regular/<Colors>
1-40 Letters (Characters)/Words/Lines/Paragraphs
They're especially when you are working with files.] 1-128 (by) 1-160 Touch/Touch 2/Right (Touch Right)/Word a-z (alpha-zulu),'s, s' [This is especially useful for accessing and choosing a right click menu item in one command. The "Word" command puts the cursor at the end of the nearest word.] 1-128
by 1-160 0-99, [This
combines placing the cursor with saying a number. Note that in addition
to the numbers you can also say "comma". This is a useful spreadsheet
command. Note that you cannot use this command without the "by"] 1-128
(by) 1-160
Enter 1-9 1-128
(by) 1-160 <Font Styles>
[All of these work in Word, fewer work in WordPad and other
programs.] 1-128
Home/End/Mid/Mid Home/Mid End/Bold/Line/Paragraph/Insert(New
Paragraph)/Enter/Paste(Paste That)/Paste Line (Line Paste)/End Paste/Home
Paste/Bold Enter/Enter Bold/Sentence/Join/Break/Break 2/Insert
Paragraph/From Top/From Bottom/Erase Line/Next
(Next Window)/Last (Last Window)/Open (Open File)/Open Bigger (Open File
Bigger)/Find (Please Find)/Replace (Please Replace)/Down (Page Down)/Up
(Page Up) [You
only need to specify the vertical coordinate for this and the next 6 combined
mouse placing and formatting commands because the commands are for whole
lines. For example, "45 Bold" bolds the line closest to the
vertical coordinate 45, "45 Enter Bold" bolds the line and puts
a line of space before it, and "45 Insert" Inserts spaces for
a paragraph at that coordinate."Sentence" puts the cursor after
the next period. "Join" joins the line you specify with the
next line. "Break" does a line break at the next period, and
"Break 2" does two line breaks at the next period. "Insert"
inserts a paragraph at the beginning of the line. "Insert Paragraph"
inserts space for a paragraph after the next period."From Top"
selects from the top of the document. "From Bottom" selects
from the bottom of the document.] 1-128
Delete/Cut/Copy/Select
Letter (Character)/Word/Line/Paragraph 1-128
Delete/Cut/Copy/Select
1-40 Letters (Characters)/Words/Lines/Paragraphs 1-128
Enter 1-9 1-128 Drag Down/Up 1-100 1-128
(by) 1-160 Double (Two)/Triple (Three)/Quadruple
(Quad) (Four) Stars/Bracket/Braces/Paren (Parentheses)
[This and the next two commands allow you to place the cursor before
specifying a number and/or color of brackets etc. NOTE: these only work
in WORD]
Font Styles: 1-128
(by) 1-160
All/This/Line/Cut Line/Paragraph/Cut Paragraph/Rest/Top
to <Notepad replace,
Notepad add, WordPad files> [This
and the next five macros combine placing the mouse and copying and pasting
to a notepad or wordpad file. Example: "4 by 30 Line to 1" copies
the contents of the line located at 4 by 30 to the notepad file "1".
The following "Stay" macro does the same, but leaves open the
file you are pasting to.] 1-128
(by) 1-160
All/This/Line/Cut
Line/Paragraph/Cut Paragraph/Rest/Top
to <Notepad replace,
Notepad add, WordPad files> Stay 1-128
All/This/Line/Cut
Line/Paragraph/Cut Paragraph/Rest/Top
to <Notepad replace,
Notepad add, WordPad files> Stay
1-128
(by) 1-160 Up/Down/Left/Right
1-100
[This combines positioning the mouse
with selecting text.] <Direct Grid Command> 1-128 (by) 1-160 1-40 Letter(s) (Character(s))/Word(s)/Line(s)/Paragraph(s) 1-128
(by) 1-160 Top/Bottom/Tab
[This
combines the direct grid commands with "Go To Top," "Go To Bottom," or
"Tab." These are particularly useful in Windows Explorer.]
Direct Grid
Command: Go
(Mouse)/Drag/Window Up/Down/Left/Right
1-100 [This
and and the next 9 sets of macros allow you to move the mouse or drag
a highlighted object by pixel. Whole numbers are 10-pixel increments.
Decimals are one-pixel increments. For example, saying "Go Up 10" moves
the mouse up 100 pixels, while "Go Up 5 Point 4" moves the mouse up 54
pixels. Here are more examples: "Window Up 40" moves the current window
Up 400 pixels and "Drag down 3.3" drags anything that is highlighted down
33 pixels. (Note that in this set of macros, the "Window" command allows
you to move the current window, while in the previous set, it indicated
that the mouse position would be relative to the current window.)]
Go (Mouse)/Drag/Window
<Top Bottom...> Right/Left 1-100
[This and the following five commands allow you to move the mouse at
a diagonal; they also give you alternate ways to say "Up" and "Down."Four
example, saying "Go Top Left 10" will move the mouse 100 pixels toward
the top left-hand corner of the screen. "Drag Down Right 4" will drag the
mouse 40 pixels toward the bottom right hand corner of the screen. "Drag
Lower Right 4" will do the same.]
Go (Mouse)/Drag/Window
<Top Bottom...> 1-100 Right/Left
1-100
(Go (Mouse)
Up/Down/Left/Right 1-100 <Mouse
Action> [This and the next five sets of macros combine
moving and clicking the mouse. For instance "Go Down Right 20 Touch" will
move the mouse down 200 pixels, right 200 pixels then click left.]
Top Bottom...:
Top/Bottom Left/Right/Middle/Scroll/Scroll Arrow [This and the next six sets of commands are quick ways to position a mouse around the left, right, bottom, or top edges of the screen. These are useful for positioning the mouse on a scrollbar. Most of the "Scroll" and "Scroll Arrow" commands assume you're going to the left of the screen.] Top/Bottom
Left/Right/Scroll/Scroll Arrow Left/Right/Down/Up
1-100, 105-200
Top/Bottom
Left/Right/Scroll/Scroll Arrow Touch (Click)
Left/Right Middle [This is a quick way to put the mouse in the middle of a scrollbar on the left.] Horizontal Left/Right/Middle/Left Scroll/Right Scroll/Left Scroll Arrow/Right Scroll Arrow [Use these commands to position the mouse on a horizontal scroll bar near the bottom of the screen.] Next Section: Global Navigation: Moving and Sizing Windows Previous Section: Global Navigation: Spaces and Punctuation
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