[Trainer-talk] Teaching Windows 8

[CathyAnne]

Open the Quick Access Menu (Windows Key-X). You'll find the Power Options there.

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On Dec 16, 2012, at 5:28 PM, "Barbara Johnson" <teatime45 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I don't have the computer with Windows 8 in front of me, but I recall it's
> in Settings, Power Options.  
> Windows + I opens the Settings Charm.  
> You can also try Windows q to open the Search charm, and try typing Power
> Off.  
> Good luck.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Bonnie Lucas
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:05 PM
> To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Teaching Windows 8
> 
> Just curious to know if many of you have begun teaching Windows 8. If so,
> are you running it without JAWS or with JAWS. I currently have a list of
> keyboard commands and last week I played with it for a couple of hours. The
> hardest thing I had to do was to turn off the silly computer at the end. I
> never was able to quite figure it out and had to ask for sighted assistance.
> The person I asked had almost as much trouble with that simple thing.
> Because it is out and being sold, our thought here is that VR will begin
> buying them simply because it is likely to be cheaper so it is probably
> important for me to get it down soon. Any tips or tricks would be
> appreciated.
> 
> I have the keystrokes from Denise's website but that is it.
> 
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