Thanks ryan. That's exactly the information I needed. I also appreciate the other responses, including the suggestion to use notepad. I'll try that out as well. Thanks again to all.
Chris Feist - The one and only! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This problem is easily corrected. With Jaws 9 or later, when you copy > something from the web, the default is that all formatting from the > original > web page is retained. Depending on what you paste the selected text into, > this may cause a problem. To change this, you need to open the Jaws > verbosity options tree view while in your web browser and change the > select > and copy option. To accomplish this, do the following: > > > > 1. Open your web browser. > > > > 2. Press the Jaws key plus V to open the new tree view for Jaws options. > > > > 3. Press the down arrow key to find the option for select and copy. This > is > found under the virtual cursor options. You should have to press the down > arrow key three or four times to find this option. > > > > 4. When you find the select and copy option, you can press the tab key to > move to the help window. Use the say all command to read the help > information for the select and copy option. > > > > > > 5. Use the shift tab key to move back to the tree view. Press the space > bar > to change the options for the select and copy option. To make the option > work the way it did in earlier versions of Jaws, select the "from virtual > cursor" option. This will copy only the text you select and not the format > of the text you select. > > > > > 6. Close the Jaws verbosity options window. > > > > This change is permanent and remains in effect even if you shutdown Jaws > or > your computer. > > > > > > The full content option is the default in Jaws 9 - this is what retains > all > formatting when copying text from a web page. > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Annette Carr > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 7:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Copying only the text to Word 2007 from the > Web > > > I do not think that it is a Word 2007 problem. I've found in the past 2 > months that sometimes when I copy stuff from the internet and paste it > into > either Word 2003 or Outlook 2003 I'm having the same problem as you. I > cannot figure out how to remove the cells, tables, etc. > > Annette > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Feist > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Copying only the text to Word 2007 from the Web > > Hi. Here's my latest issue. When I copy and paste from a Web Paige to MS > word 2007, it seems to copy more than just the text. I mean it copies all > the attributes including if it's in tables and columns which I can't > figure > out how to remove. I didn't have this happen in Word 2003 (that I could > tell, at least). > > > > I suppose that what I'm getting at is can I copy and paste from the web > into > Word 2007 and not carry over different fonts, if it's a link, cells and > tables, etc? I apologize for my lack of clarity. I really don't > understand > why Word 2007 is different in this regard compared to 2003. I just want > to > be able to copy text and then manipulate it as necessary afterwards. As > it > is now, it's almost impossible for me to edit what I copy to Word for some > reason. Using vista here. 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