Not really, that would select everything, not only a certain part. Is this actually in JAWS at all? I must have missed it or haven't come across it when I used it; now I'm with NVDA for the second year and so far great. Martina
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Trish" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:57 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very useful trick to select and copy textwithNVDA do you mean, control A? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara Arcadia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very useful trick to select and copy textwithNVDA > Hi Rodrigo; > > Thank you very much for this helpful hint. It should come in very handy. > Would you or anyone else, happen to know what the keystrokes are for doing > this same task using Jaws? All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks > much. Take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rodrigo Bedoya" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:43 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] A very useful trick to select and copy text > withNVDA > > > Hi. > > Selecting a large body of text to then place it in the clipboard, may > sometimes be tricky. It has happened to me that, while selecting text, I > delete the selection by accidentally pressing any arrow key and have to > start the selection over. > > Well. The NVDA brings a very useful feature that some of you may not know > so > far and that helps a lot when selecting text. > > 1. Place the cursor at the beginning of the text you want to copy to > the clipboard. > > 2. Mark the starting position by striking insert plus f9. > > 3. Take the cursor to the end of the text you want to copy. No need > to > make any selection here, just go to the end of the text you want to copy > and > stay there. > > 4. Mark the end position with the keystroke insert plus f10. > > Once you press insert plus f10, the text between the starting position and > the end position will be placed automatically in the clipboard for you to > paste somewhere else. > > I know there are ways to do this with jaws, but my idea here is not to > compare the two programs, but rather to highlight the features of a free > synthesizer that is becoming very powerful and useful. > > > > I hope this is useful for someone . > > Best regards. > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
