VoiceOver User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in VoiceOver
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- Use VoiceOver in the login window
- Change function key behavior
- Make VoiceOver ignore the next key press
- Learn or mute VoiceOver sound effects
- Hear hints and information
- Use positional audio
- Interact with areas and groups
- Hear progress or status changes
- Select and deselect items
- Drag and drop items
- Use cursor tracking
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- Use VoiceOver Utility
- Change voice settings
- Customize verbosity
- Customize punctuation
- Change how VoiceOver pronounces text and symbols
- Change what the VoiceOver rotor shows
- Create custom labels for UI elements
- Export, import, and reset VoiceOver preferences
- Use VoiceOver portable preferences
- Use VoiceOver activities
- Copyright
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Use VoiceOver to select and deselect items on Mac
Select or deselect a single item or multiple items.
Note: VO represents the VoiceOver modifier. See Use the VoiceOver modifier.
Select an item: Press VO-Return.
Deselect an item: Press VO-Command-Return, or double-tap on the trackpad.
Select multiple items: Start interacting with a list or table, navigate to the first item, then press VO-Command-Return (this action temporarily turns cursor tracking off). For each additional item, navigate to it, then press VO-Command-Return. To stop selecting items, press the Escape key or Fn-Tab, or stop interacting with the list or table (this action turns cursor tracking on).
Deselect items: Navigate to an item, then press VO-Command-F4. VoiceOver deselects all items except the one in the VoiceOver cursor. To deselect that item, press VO-Command-Return.