Hi, Your idea is a great one. It is so frustrating when you are trying to format a document and somehow you fail to apply the same attributes to each desired set of text.
I did a little bit of research and have not found a solution to accomplish the selection of non-continuous text in a Word document. I was hoping that one of the F8 Extended Selection Mode commands were going to work in word as they do in a drop down list, or something like that. The only thing that I could find in the JAWS help about using F8 is the following: Selection Mode: F8 is used to turn Extended Selection mode on. Subsequent presses of F8 select the current word, sentence, paragraph and document. JAWS announces the unit being selected and the text of that unit. Other navigational keys can also be used to extend the selection. Use ESC to exit Extended Selection Mode. I thought there were other commands such as Shift+F8, Control+F8 and/or Shift+Control+F8, but I could not find any references to this in any of the JAWS17 help options. My next thought is to see if it is possible to use some combination of the mouse keyboard commands to simulate what sighted users do with the mouse. I'll add it to my list of things to try out when I have some time. Annette -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of abdulaziz dapilin Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 10:28 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How to select non-contiguous text 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 <adr...@adrianspratt.com> 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:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > On Behalf Of abdulaziz dapilin > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 1:35 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > 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 <kimsans...@outlook.com> wrote: >> Noncontiguous so each word would not be selected. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] >> On Behalf Of Pinky >> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 8:35 PM >> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> 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:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] >> 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
