Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Annette Carr
. Annette -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adam Ferguson Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 8:28 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hello. Thank you to everyone who

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Dave
orge.martinez...@gmcpa.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 05:35 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hi Adam, If I understand what you are saying, what you want to do is use Absolute references in your formula. For instance c1 * G10 will become

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Dave
aws-users.com> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 05:27 Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hello. Thank you to everyone who has shared information relating to my question about copying columns in Excel. I now have a different question which I can't find an answer for online. Is it poss

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Gene Warner
essage- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adam Ferguson Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 6:28 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hello. Thank you to everyone who has shared information relating

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Adam Ferguson
>>> paste. >>> >>> When you are googling, try to think of the most basic things you want to >>> do. >>> Here, you have to start by selecting your data to copy. So, search for >>> example "excel 2016 selecting data". >>> >>>

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Adam Ferguson
-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Adam Ferguson > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 6:28 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question > > Hello. > > Thank you to everyone who has shared information rel

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Gene Warner
n Sent: December 15, 2016 7:52 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Unfortunatley that doesn't work either; it still picks up the merged cell. In the end I have gone for going to the start of the cell and pressing shift+down arrow until I

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread George Martinez
. HTH George -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adam Ferguson Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 6:28 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hello. Thank you to everyone who

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-16 Thread Adam Ferguson
nal Message- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Adam Ferguson > Sent: December 15, 2016 7:52 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question > > Unfortunatley that doesn't work either;

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Reed
m Ferguson Sent: December 15, 2016 7:52 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Unfortunatley that doesn't work either; it still picks up the merged cell. In the end I have gone for going to the start of the cell and pressing shift+down arrow until I h

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Gene Warner
-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adam Ferguson Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 8:30 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question I think that I have an answer to my own questions, although it doesn't really help with the problem. I think

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread George Martinez
, sorry. George -Original Message- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adam Ferguson Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 8:30 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question I think that I have an answer to my

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Adam Ferguson
Unfortunatley that doesn't work either; it still picks up the merged cell. In the end I have gone for going to the start of the cell and pressing shift+down arrow until I have what I need and then doing the usual copy and paste process. Thanks again for all of your help. Adam. On 15/12/2016,

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Gene Warner
Hi Adam! Try to find a cell that isn't merged with another cell and try selecting the column from that cell. Cheers! On 12/15/2016 10:29 AM, Adam Ferguson wrote: I think that I have an answer to my own questions, although it doesn't really help with the problem. I think that multiple

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Gene Warner
Hi Adam! I just tried both the column and row selector here on one of my spreadsheets and they do work for me. To see if your problem has something to do with the way the spreadsheet was created. Try the row and column selectors on an empty spreadsheet. Also what versions of Excel and JAWS

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Adam Ferguson
I think that I have an answer to my own questions, although it doesn't really help with the problem. I think that multiple columns are being selected as columns are merged together for titles/headings etc. Adam. On 15/12/2016, Adam Ferguson wrote: > Thank you for

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Adam Ferguson
Thank you for clearing that up Gene. Unfortunatley it is still really confusing me as pressing control+space appears to be highlighting columns A through U rather than just the one I need. This problem is really beginning to bug me! Cheers, Adam. On 15/12/2016, Gene Warner

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Gene Warner
I do wish people would check their facts before posting. One person say control + space selects columns, another person says it's shift + space. So here it is, copied directly from JAWS help on Excel: Select the entire column, use control plus space bar Select the entire row, use shift plus

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Adam Ferguson
Hi. sorry to be such a nuisance but neither control+space nor control+shift works. Is it possibly something to do with the way the spreadsheet has been created? Adam. On 15/12/2016, patti wrote: > Hi > 1, be at the top of the column you want to copy > 2, press shift+space

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread patti
Hi 1, be at the top of the column you want to copy 2, press shift+space bar That selects the whole column Ctrl+space bar selects the whole roll Then you can copy to the clipboard Hi Adam! The brute force method would be to make a copy of the entire sheet, then delete the columns you don't want.

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Gene Warner
> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hi again everyone. I have another question regarding Excel which I can't find a solution for. I have to copy certain columns from a spreadsheet onto another, smaller spreadsheet. How would I go about doing this? If it makes the question easier

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Gene Warner
- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adam Ferguson Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:10 AM To: jaws-users-list <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hi again everyone. I have another question regarding

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Adam Ferguson
use in Special. > George > > > -Original Message- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Adam Ferguson > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:10 AM > To: jaws-users-list <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Subject: [JAWS-U

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread George Martinez
- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Adam Ferguson Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:10 AM To: jaws-users-list <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Subject: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question Hi again everyone. I have another question regarding

Re: [JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Gene Warner
Hi Adam! The brute force method would be to make a copy of the entire sheet, then delete the columns you don't want. A more elegant approach, would be to select each column you want to copy, then use copy and paste to copy it to the new sheet. Unfortunately I don't think there's a keyboard

[JAWS-Users] Another Excel question

2016-12-15 Thread Adam Ferguson
Hi again everyone. I have another question regarding Excel which I can't find a solution for. I have to copy certain columns from a spreadsheet onto another, smaller spreadsheet. How would I go about doing this? If it makes the question easier to answer I require columns A, I, J, K and L.