Hmm, I tried the same shift+arrow selection on some random Word docs I had laying around and with a few public ones and couldn't reproduce the issue. Here's one public one I played with:
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Forms/EvacuationGuide.doc Are you able to select multiple paragraphs in this document? CB John Panarese wrote: > I think the problem occurs when one opens existing documents that > were not created in Open Office. At least, this has been my experience. > > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On May 11, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > >> Hmm. So I created a new Writer document and typed four sets of >> sentences (paragraphs) with a blank line inbetween. I then cursored >> up and left until I was at the beginning of the first sentence. I >> then did a shift down arrow a bunch of times and was able to select >> (and copy) all four paragraphs. The use of shift and arrows is not >> really a VO thing. It's a pretty common idiom for a lot of >> applications and also works for Windows text editors. Is this not >> what you were looking for? >> >> CB >> >> John Panarese wrote: >> >>> As far as I can see, the word processor still handles text in >>> the same way. I don't know why this is the case, but you cannot >>> select multiple paragraphs, unless I am missing something. >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John Panarese >>> >>> On May 9, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> One question that became a showstopper for me with openoffice is >>>> that >>>> i can't select more than a couple of lines and when you come to a >>>> new >>>> paragraph, you unselect the previously selected piece of text. >>>> That is >>>> with VO commands, no other command works for me. That plus the fact >>>> that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop using >>>> Openoffice alltogether. If anyone has found a way to get around >>>> these >>>> problems, please let me know how by giving step-by-step >>>> instructions. >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>> >>>> 8 maj 2009 kl. 21.27 skrev John Panarese: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I'm not Chris, but Open Office is pretty accessible. The world >>>>> processor is a bit different to use than others, but they have >>>>> come a >>>>> long way. I'm not sure what the problem with spreadsheets is. I >>>>> am >>>>> seeing the cells being read. With tables in word processor >>>>> documents, >>>>> however, I am not finding any success. >>>>> >>>>> Take Care >>>>> >>>>> John D. Panarese >>>>> Managing Director >>>>> Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. >>>>> 9 Nolan Court >>>>> Hauppauge, NY 11788 >>>>> Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 >>>>> Email, [email protected] >>>>> Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com >>>>> >>>>> AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, >>>>> PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, >>>>> DUXBURY, SEROTEK AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY >>>>> IMPAIRED >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>>> MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>>> >>>>> On May 8, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Eliza Cooper wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Chris, >>>>>> How's the accessibility of the word processor in Open >>>>>> Office? Is >>>>>> it >>>>>> any better than Writer? >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Eliza >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 8, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> To answer my own question, I didn't notice much difference. >>>>>>> Navigation >>>>>>> of a table I created in writer still didn't announce what cell I >>>>>>> was >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> as I tabbed around. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> CB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Chris Blouch wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyone try it yet? Any improvements with VO support? Mine is >>>>>>>> downloading >>>>>>>> right now. I couldn't find any mentions one way or the other in >>>>>>>> their >>>>>>>> included docs or on the web. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> CB >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
