Try switching to the JAWS cursor instead of the virtual pc cursor before selecting the text to copy. This is an issue in html documents and forms as well.
mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Negoslav Sabev Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Weird issue with latest JAWS9 update copyingtoclipboard from PDF not working Is the pdf file secured? Some files don't allow to copy text from them. Negoslav ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Weird issue with latest JAWS9 update copying toclipboard from PDF not working > Hi, > > This worked fine using previous iterations of JAWS9. Using > JAWS9.0.2169, while reading a PDF, I saw information that I thought > would be of interest to someone, which I decided to copy and paste > into an email to them. I selected the text and verified that it was > selected; but it would not copy to the clipboard. (Instead, when i > pasted the information from the clipboard - I'm referring to the > ordinary Windows clipboard - the previous selection I had copied was > pasted, not the present one that should have been. I repeated this > whole exercise three or four times, with the same negative result in > each case. I then restarted the computer, with the hope that the > clipboard would be cleared and that the desired content - a piece of > text - would be copied, and using JAWS9 latest. Alas, that did not > work > either.) I then decided to unload JAWS, and loaded JAWS8 instead. At > first, the copy to clipboard would not take. The second time, it did, > and i was then able to paste the desired text in. > > I would like users of JAWS9.0.2169 to try copying text from a pdf to > the clipboard, and then paste into another editable document. > (Windows XP, Adobe Reader 8.x.) > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
