No, the PDF file is not secured. Further, you will see from my example that JAWS8 did allow copying and pasting of the text, as it should, and that previous iterations of 9 did. I will try the proposed JAWS cursor solution and see how that goes.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Negoslav Sabev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:54 PM 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: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> 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/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > 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/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com 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]
