Hi Don, Thank you very much for this great information! I have never heard of this before but, now I have & it is a definite keeper! Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: Don Marang To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS Have you tried Quick Keys mode in Word? It works much like Quick Navigation in Internet Explorer. Quick Keys is enabled and disabled by using JAWS + z as a toggle. When in Quick Keys mode, you will not be able to edit the document. It merely lets you navigate the document with single keys. Like in IE, h will move to the next heading, p will move to the next paragraph, and so on. If the chapters start with a heading, such as heading level 2, just pressing 2 will move to the next chapter. For example, this could be used with the F8 selection as follows: 1. Move to the beginning of the text to be selected. Then press F8. 2. Turn on Quick Keys with JAWS (Insert) + z. 3. Press the 2 key to move to the next chapter. It will read the entire amount selected, which annoys me, so I rarely use F8 for selection. If I am confident about the selection, I just continue on the next step. 4. Copy the selection using Control + c. 5. Return to normal by pressing Escape to exit the selection mode and then JAWS + z to exit Quick Keys mode. I hope this is more like what you are looking for. *Don Marang* Vinux Software Development Coordinator - vinuxproject.org <http://www.vinuxproject.org/> There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter. -- Dean Kamen On 7/24/2011 8:47 PM, Kelby Carlson wrote: > I know how all the basic select commands work. I am asking for > something different, which I think has been provided. I want to know > quite specifically how to highlight a PORTION OF TEXT in a document > that is not a line, word, or paragraph so that cannot; select with the > normal commands. (Let's assume the section is in the middle of the > document, so select-to-end and select-to-beginning are not efficient > ways of ding this.) Does that make things clearer? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janie Degenshein" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Date sent: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:42:55 -0400 > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS > > Can you use the control a to select all? > > > > Keep Smiling, > Janie Degenshein > "Happiness isn't having what you want, but wanting what you already have" > Access Tech Consultant > Facilitator of ECHO > (Eyes Closed Hearts Open) > Co-host of OTBS On The Bright Side > www.thruoureyes.org/brightside.html > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelby Carlson > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS > > This actually was not what I am asking. Let us say I need to > copy a chapter from a textbook that is several pages long. How > can I do this, other than going paragraph by paragraph and > appending? I know sighted people can do this, and I can do it > quite easily with a notetaker. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Date sent: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:48:49 -0700 > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS > > Hi Kelby, > > Try the information below to see if this will do what you are > wanting to > accomplish. > > The F8 key in Word is a Toggle. You press the F8 key a different > number of > times to select different amounts of text. > Pressing the F8 key 1 time turns extended selection mode on. In > this mode > you can arrow up or down to select text line by line. > Pressing the F8 key 2 times will copy the highlighted word. > Pressing the F8 key 3 times will copy the sentence the cursor is > in. > Pressing the F8 key 4 times will copy the paragraph the cursor is > in. > Pressing the F8 key 5 times will copy the document. > > Hope this has helped. Take care. > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kelby Carlson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:45 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Blocking Text with JAWS > > > Brief question from a first-timer. Is there a way to block > text--as in multiple paragraphs--for selection in a document > with > JAWS? Like highlighting a certain section of thedocument that > is > not just a line, word or paragraph for copying and/or cutting? > > > 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/ > > 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/
