Apple ME179LL/A, MC544LL/A manual VoiceOver keyboard commands, VO = Control-Option, Quick Nav

VoiceOver keyboard commands

VO = Control-Option

Read all, starting from the	VO–A
current position
Read from the top	VO–B
Move to the status bar	VO–M
Press the Home button	VO–H
Select the next or previous item	VO–Right Arrow or VO–Left Arrow
Tap an item	VO–Space bar
Double-tap with two fingers	VO–”-”
Choose the next or previous	VO–Up Arrow or VO–Down Arrow
rotor item
Choose the next or previous	VO–Command–Left Arrow or VO–Command–Right Arrow
speech rotor item
Adjust speech rotor item	VO–Command–Up Arrow or VO–Command–Down Arrow
Mute or unmute VoiceOver	VO–S
Turn the screen curtain on or off	VO–Shift-S
Turn on VoiceOver help	VO–K
Return to the previous screen,	Escape
or turn off VoiceOver help

Quick Nav

Turn on Quick Nav to control VoiceOver using the arrow keys. Quick Nav is off by default.

Turn Quick Nav on or off	Left Arrow–Right Arrow
Select the next or previous item	Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Select the next or previous item	Up Arrow or Down Arrow
specified by the rotor setting
Select the first or last item	Control–Up Arrow or Control–Down Arrow
"Tap” an item	Up Arrow–Down Arrow
Scroll up, down, left, or right	Option–Up Arrow, Option–Down Arrow, Option–Left Arrow, or
	Option–Right Arrow
Change the rotor	Up Arrow–Left Arrow or Up Arrow–Right Arrow

You can also use the number keys on an Apple Wireless Keyboard to enter numbers in Calculator.

Single-letter Quick Nav for the web

When you view a web page with Quick Nav enabled, you can use the following keys on the keyboard to navigate the page quickly. Typing the key moves to the next item of the indicated type. Hold the Shift key as you type the letter to move to the previous item.

H	Heading
L	Link
R	Text field
B	Button

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