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9 Advanced Navigation Skills
This chapter explains how to navigate using the VoiceOver
cursor, keyboard cursor, and mouse pointer—separately and
together.
Using the keyboard, mouse pointer, and VoiceOver cursor independently can give you
more flexibility as you work. You’ve already been introduced to cursor tracking, but this
chapter provides detailed information. This chapter also provides information about
making the mouse more accessible.
Full Keyboard Navigation and VoiceOver
Mac OS X has built-in keyboard navigation separate from VoiceOver. Users who don’t
use VoiceOver can still use their keyboards to navigate menus, select checkboxes and
radio buttons, press buttons, and enter text in text fields. Full keyboard access and
VoiceOver work together seamlessly, so you can take advantage of all the built-in
keyboard shortcuts along with the powerful commands in VoiceOver.
Try the exercise at the end of this chapter to practice using full keyboard navigation to
switch between applications.
You can find more information about using full keyboard access in Mac Help and in the
Keyboard & Mouse preferences pane in System Preferences.
Advanced Cursor Tracking
When you use the keyboard to move to a control, the keyboard is “focused” there. The
item is highlighted, or a blinking i-beam cursor appears in a text document to show
where the next keyboard action will occur. The mouse pointer and the keyboard focus
are closely linked; for example, when you use the mouse to select a file, the keyboard
focus also moves to the file.
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