Thanks. Have just realized that perhaps the exact thing can't happen as of now. Maybe in the future. When selecting non-contiguous text, or even items from a list view, user needs to hold down the control while navigating to the next text or item to be selected. There's no problem when selecting non-contiguous items in a list view with keyboard. However, I wonder how to do it in a document. Sounds impossible because we also use control key in text navigation, and pressing any arrow keys will immediately unselect selected text.
On 4/24/16, Adrian Spratt <[email protected]> wrote: > My sense is that JAWS operates too linearly for this to work as you > describe. However, this idea occurs to me as a workaround. With your main > document open, start a new one in which you pre-set the font attributes you > want to apply to the passages in question. Then use MS's paste special > (control-alt-v) to paste each item into this second file. If it works, the > first passage will be formatted the way you want, and then you can > substitute it in the original file, again using the paste special command. > Note that in this command, you select the format with the up and down > arrows. > > I haven't tested this idea, and it may take a little tweaking. I also > realize it wouldn't be as fast as what you'd like to do, but it would > certainly be faster than reformatting each passage every time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of abdulaziz dapilin > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 1:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How to select non-contiguous text > > What I meant is not for copying and pasting. Here's the scenario. I > would like to select non-contiguous text in a large document to apply > format and attribute changes at ones. For sighted user, they simply > accomplish the task by holding down the control while selecting text > from different parts of the document using the mouse pointer. I don't > know if it is possible to do it solely with the keyboard. > > On 4/24/16, Kimsan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Noncontiguous so each word would not be selected. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Pinky >> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 8:35 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How to select non-contiguous text >> >> Hi, >> To copy one word at a time hold down the ctrl+shift key then right arrow >> for >> all the words you want to highlight. As you arrow right Jaws will >> announce >> the words that are being highlighted. >> >> Then after you have highlighted just press the Ctrl+C to copy then go to >> where you want to put the copied text and then just press the Ctrl+V to >> paste it where you want them. >> >> If you want to select all the words on a page just do ctrl+A then Ctrl+C >> to >> copy then ctrl+V to paste. >> >> Ed >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of abdulaziz dapilin >> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 9:21 PM >> To: jaws-users-list >> Subject: [JAWS-Users] How to select non-contiguous text >> >> Hi folks. I wonder how to or if its possible to select non-contiguous >> text >> in word using keyboard. I am pretty sure that for users who could use >> mouse >> pointer it is possible. Have anybody from this group knows how to do it >> using the keys? >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> 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/
