| In the Mac world, we have a whole cluster of hotkeys for moving the cursor. VoiceOver reading doesn’t move the cursor. This is a large departure from other screen readers. So, to navigate a document or select text, we’ll need to use another set of hotkeys. |
| Move the insertion point to the beginning of document |
Command + Up Arrow |
| Move the insertion point to the end of document |
Command + Down Arrow |
| Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line |
Command + Left Arrow |
| Move the insertion point to the end of the current line |
Command + Right Arrow |
| Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word |
Option + Left Arrow |
| Move the insertion point to the end of the next word |
Option + Right Arrow |
| Scroll up one page |
Function + Up Arrow |
| Scroll down one page |
Function + Down Arrow |
| Using these navigation commands, we can add the modifier Shift and select text (just like in Windows!). Unlike Windows, VoiceOver also has a selection mode we can use to select text. |
| Extend text selection one character to the left |
Shift + Left Arrow |
| Extend text selection one character to the right |
Shift + Right Arrow |
| Extend Text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above |
Shift + Up Arrow |
| Extend Text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below |
Shift + Down Arrow |
| Select all the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document |
Shift + Command + Up Arrow |
| Select all the text between the insertion point and the end of the document |
Shift + Command + Down Arrow |
| Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line |
Shift + Command + Left Arrow |
| Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line |
Shift + Command + Right Arrow |
| Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again |
Shift + Option + Left Arrow |
| Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again |
Shift + Option + Right Arrow |
| Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again |
Shift + Option + Up Arrow |
| Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again |
Shift + Option + Down Arrow |
| Select all objects and text |
Command + A |
| Enter VO selection mode |
VO + Enter |
| Read what is selected by the VO cursor |
VO + F6 |
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