The Leasey Points facility is an extremely powerful tool which will dramatically assist you while working with your documents and when navigating web pages on the Internet. Leasey Points allow you to locate passages of text upon demand.
You might think of Leasey Points as bookmarks. Think of it like setting a bookmark either in a Microsoft Word or Leasey Word document or on a web page. For example, if you wanted to set a bookmark in a Microsoft Word or Leasey Word document, the expectation is that you would want to return to that position at a later time. That is what Leasey Points can do for you.
Leasey Points can be created within Microsoft Word or Leasey Word, Microsoft Edge, Brave or Google Chrome. Up to 10 Leasey Points can be set for each file, website or webpage. There is also the facility to set a global set of Leasey Points which can be used within any document or web page.
Leasey Points can be used while reading Microsoft Word or Leasey Word documents (such as books, journals or reports) where the text is unlikely to be changed, and also when you are constantly interacting with a document you are working on. After all, Microsoft Word or Leasey Word is a word processor isn't it? Of course you are going to change the text in a document! Leasey Points have great value in either circumstance. Leasey Points can be used within Microsoft Word or Leasey Word even if the JAWS 'Quick Navigation Keys' have been enabled by pressing the JAWS Key and Z. There is no need to exit this mode prior to setting or retrieving a Leasey Point.
You can set Leasey Points by first pressing the Leasey Key followed by Control+1 through to Control+0 to represent the 10 Leasey Points which can potentially be set. So pressing the Leasey Key followed by Control+1 will set Leasey Point 1 and pressing the Leasey Key followed by Control+0 will set Leasey Point 10.
Step 1. Please open a blank Microsoft Word or Leasey Word document and type two short paragraphs. For example, you might start the first paragraph with the words "I am very much enjoying using Leasey!"
Step 2. Press Control+Home To make sure you are at the top of your document.
Step 3. Press Control+Right Arrow until the word, "Much", is spoken.
Step 4. Set a Leasey Point by pressing the Leasey Key and then Control+1. You will hear a low musical tone to indicate the Leasey Point has been set. The greater the Leasey Point number, the higher the tone. Leasey Points are designed to be quick and easy to use. There is no need to delete an existing Leasey Point before setting a new one of the same number in an alternative location. So, if you've already set Leasey Point 1 elsewhere in this document, it will be overwritten automatically.
Step 5. Ensure that you are still located on the first word of your first paragraph and type the following: 'I'll add a new paragraph to my document. As a result, the line of text that I set to a Leasey Point will be in a different location.'
Step 6. Now press the Enter Key twice to place a blank line between this new paragraph and the existing ones.
Step 7. Press the Leasey Key and then press the number 1 by itself. Again, you will hear the sound indicating Leasey Point 1 and although the line of text you originally set the Leasey Point to is not in the same location as before, focus will move to the Leasey Point and speak the line. Not only that, but observe that the cursor is placed at the start of the word, "Much", which was the original location of the cursor prior to setting the Leasey Point.
If you do not wish Leasey to speak the line when a Leasey Point is found, press the Leasey Key followed by dash (to the immediate right of zero on the desktop keyboard). Pressing this key combination repeatedly rotates between character, word, line, sentence, paragraph and SayAll. So, if you select line, the line of text will be announced. If you selected SayAll, JAWS will begin reading from the cursor position of the Leasey Point, either until the end of the document is reached or until you press the Control key. This setting is retained even if the computer is restarted.
When you return to this document in the future, JAWS will announce that Leasey Points are available.
To bring into view a list of Leasey Points for the document, press the Leasey Key then Alt+Control+P. The list shows the text pertaining to each Leasey Point, with each one being preceded by a number. The number denotes the Leasey Point assigned to the text in the list item and is designed so you can get to learn which Leasey Point is associated with each part of text. Use the Down Arrow key to move to the part of the text you wish to locate and then press Enter.
Now we will look at using Leasey Points on the Internet.
Please note: while examples of Leasey Point creation and usage are given in relation to individual web sites, it is more than possible that the content of the web sites concerned will have changed following publication of this User Guide. The examples given therefore are just that: mere examples of hypothetical situations which will need to be adapted according to the individual web sites being used.
If you do not wish Leasey to speak the line when a Leasey Point is found, press the Leasey Key followed by dash (to the immediate right of zero on the desktop keyboard). Pressing this key combination repeatedly rotates between character, word, line, sentence, paragraph, SayAll and Activate Link. So, if you select line, the line of text will be announced. If you selected SayAll, JAWS will begin reading from the cursor position of the Leasey Point, either until the end of the document is reached or until you press the Control key. This setting is retained even if the computer is restarted.
If the Activate Link option is selected, and if a Leasey Point is attached to a link, the link will be automatically activated. This saves you time if you wish to associate a Leasey Point to a link pointing to a web page. Activating the Leasey Point in the future will cause JAWS to move to that link and activate it, thus taking you to the selected page the link points to. A powerful feature!
In the event that the Activate Link option has been set, and you associate a Leasey Point to text which does not form part of a link, the current line is announced instead.
Step 1. Please launch your web browser and browse to www.google.com or www.google.co.uk if you prefer.
Step 2. Carry out a search for 'Strawberry Picking'. Press Enter to begin the search.
Step 3. On the new page which is loaded, please press the letter 'H' repeatedly until JAWS says, 'Web Results'. Our intention is to set a Leasey Point on this page so we can always locate the term 'Web Results', since in the future, this will take us quite near to where the results begin.
Step 4. Press Alt+Windows+Control+Dash repeatedly until JAWS says "Domain Mode". There are three types of Leasey Points you can create on web pages, those specific to a domain (which relates to the entire web site), for an individual page) or what we call default. We will come to Default Mode in a later section. In this example, we do need the Leasey Point set to a specific domain. If we do not put this in place, Leasey will not be able to locate the chosen phrase when you carry out a subsequent search on Google, as the address of the page is different each time. This setting remains in place even when you restart the computer and is in most cases the one you require.
Step 5. Press the Leasey Key then Control+1. An Edit Field will appear displaying the text captured by the Leasey Point. This can be changed if necessary so as to become more generic or if the text captured from the web page is slightly inaccurate. If you are satisfied with the text which has been captured, press Enter.
Step 6. A sound will play and JAWS will announce that Leasey Point 1 has been set.
Step 7. Now carry out another Google search, but this time, please search for 'Delicious fruits'. Press Enter to begin the search.
Step 8. When the new page has been loaded containing the search results, you will notice that, in addition to announcing the number of Headings and Links on the page, JAWS also speaks the term 'Leasey Points', indicating that at least one Leasey Point is available. Press the Leasey Key followed by figure 1. Focus is moved to the position of the Leasey Point and the sound plays to indicate that Leasey Point 1 has been located.
To bring into view a list of Leasey Points for the page, press the Leasey Key then Alt+Control+P. The list shows the text pertaining to each Leasey Point, with each one being preceded by a number. The number denotes the Leasey Point assigned to the text in the list item and is designed so you can get to learn which Leasey Point is associated with each part of text. Use the Down Arrow key to move to the part of the text you wish to locate and then press Enter.
There is an important note. If you have created Leasey Points using earlier releases of this product, we suggest that you use Domain Mode. If this is not done, the previous positions will not be located. Unless there is a specific reason not to do so, you should always try to use Domain Mode.
This feature works in exactly the same way in which you have previously learned to set and locate Leasey Points, with one important difference. The default Leasey Points will always look for specific text in any document or web page.
Let us assume that you always want to look for the phrase, "Chapter 3", whichever document you happen to be within. This is a good case for using default Leasey Points. So lets learn how to use them with that term, "Chapter 3", in mind.
Step 1. First, we need to switch to default Leasey Point mode. We do this by pressing the Leasey Key then Control+Dash.
Step 2. Now open the first document containing the term, "Chapter 3", and set a Leasey Point by pressing the Leasey Key followed by Control+1.
Step 3. Now open the second document containing the phrase, "Chapter 3".
Step 4. Press the Leasey Key followed by 1. You should find the cursor is placed on the line containing the term, "Chapter 3".
By far the easiest method for removing a Leasey Point is to simply overwrite it. For example, if you had set a Leasey Point on Google to look for the word, "Results", and you now decide that you want it to locate the word, "Search", instead, just overwrite the Leasey Point with the new term by recreating it. There is no need to delete it first, and indeed for Default Leasey Points, this is exactly what you should do.
Because you can set up to 10 Leasey Points per document or web page, we must take care to ensure that you are deleting the correct one.
Step 1. Focus upon the document or web page on which the Leasey Point you wish to remove has been stored.
Step 2. Press the Leasey Key then Alt+Control+D.
Step 3. A list of all the Leasey Points you have set for the document or web page appears. Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to move to the Leasey Point you wish to delete, then press Enter to remove it. It should be easy to find which one you wish to delete because Leasey will always display the text associated with the Leasey Point.
Step 4. You will also notice that at the bottom of the list is an option to delete all the Leasey Points for the focused document or web page. Press Enter to do this.
Set Leasey Point 1 Through to 10, Leasey Key then Control+1 Through to Control+0.
Move to Leasey Point 1 Through to 10, Leasey Key Then 1 Through to 0.
List of Leasey Points, Leasey Key then Alt+Control+P. Please focus on the appropriate webpage or document first.
Delete Leasey Points, Leasey Key then Alt+Control+D. Please focus on the appropriate webpage or document first.
Change between Default Leasey Points and those for specific documents or web sites, Leasey Key then Control+Dash.
Change between Domain Mode and Page Mode, Alt+Windows+Control+Dash.