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Cutting the two paragraphs following the cursor in any program

Keyboard Mouse Keyboard + Mouse NatSpeak NS + UC
Shift-Control-Down
Control-x
 
3 keystrokes
Select Text
Right-Click
Click Cut
 
3 clicks
Select Text
Control-x
 
 
2 steps
Select Next 2 Paragraphs
Cut That
 
 
2 NatSpeak commands
2 Graphs Cut
 
 
 
1 UC command

Bolding the four words following the cursor in any program

Keyboard Mouse Keyboard + Mouse NatSpeak NS + UC
Shift-Control-Right
Shift-Control-Right
Shift-Control-Right
Shift-Control-Right
Control-b
 
5 keystrokes
Select Text
Right-Click
Click Bold button
 
 
 
3 clicks
Select Text
Control-b
 
 
 
 
2 steps
Select Next 4 Words
Press Control b
 
 
 
 
2 NatSpeak commands
4 Afters Bold
 
 
 
 
 
1 UC command

Deleting one word before and two words following the cursor in any program

Keyboard Mouse Keyboard + Mouse NatSpeak NS + UC
Control-Left
Shift-Control-Right
Shift-Control-Right
Shift-Control-Right
Delete
 
5 keystrokes
Select Text
Right-Click
Click Delete
 
 
 
3 clicks
Select Text
Delete
 
 
 
 
2 steps
Select Last Word
Press Delete
Select Next 2 Words
Press Delete
 
 
4 NatSpeak commands
1 2 Words Delete
 
 
 
 
 
1 UC command

Command examples

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