Interesting, it's never worked for me in Preview to use just shift and arrow keys to select text. I am really curious how it can be that you can do so. It's never been the case for all the 7 years I've been using a Mac computer. I will try again,.
Andrew On 7 Sep 2014, at 19:23, BobH. <[email protected]> wrote: > In text-Edit, just hold shift while navigating around to select all you > pass; and VO does say so. I did that yesterday, in fact, Shift is one thing > Windows and even DOS borrowed off Mac for selection. > So for once, it came naturally. > > Rh. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Believer" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 6:02 PM > Subject: Re: Copying text to clipboard in Preview > > > I had to learn to do a copy this weekend. I was in TextEdit. Once I > had the cursor in the right location, I did VO return then used the > arrow keys to select the desired text. Not VO arrow keys, just the arrow > keys alone. When I selected all the text I did VO return again and then > command c then command v where I wanted to paste the text. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > [email protected] > > On 9/7/2014 8:30 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: >> Dear Gigi, >> >> Thank you so much for trying. Like you, I've discovered the copying of >> the entire document from Preview into a TextEdit document. The formatting >> is preserved although I can't say to what extent. >> >> Anne's method will help me copy just a couple of words which is the case >> from time to time, like for instance a license number or a telephone >> number. But your method is a clever one. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Andrew >> On 7 Sep 2014, at 13:56, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi there >>> It may not work in Preview, but I just tested the ability to copy text >>> using PDf Pen Pro. I couldn't figure out how to select using shift down >>> arrow, but I did command A and copied to the clipboard. Then I went to >>> TextEdit, and pasted it into a file. It worked, although I have no idea >>> if it kept the formatting. It talked fine, though. >>> >>> I used a short form to test this. If you want, I can use a longer form to >>> test it and see what happens. >>> >>> Gigi >>> >>> On Sep 7, 2014, at 6:48 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> You can't copy text from the Preview Payne as I've tried it in the past >>>> as it's not accessible I don't think. >>>> >>>> Kawal. >>>> On 7 Sep 2014, at 10:46, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Andrew, >>>>> >>>>> The command you are using to try to select text is the command for >>>>> selecting non-contiguous items. The command you want is VO-Return at >>>>> the beginning and end of the text you wish to select. You should hear a >>>>> whooshing sound as you select the text. >>>>> >>>>> You could also try the usual way of selecting text, Shift plus arrow >>>>> keys. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 7 Sep 2014, at 10:45, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Listers, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to copy some text to clipboard in Preview. I activate the >>>>>> select command with vo+command+return, i hear the familiar sound, and >>>>>> then I use vo+arrow keys to select the text I want. I then press >>>>>> vo+command+return to finish selecting and press the usual command+c >>>>>> command to copy to clipboard. But when I go to paste it to another >>>>>> application, like textEdit, nothing gets copied. I hear a bong that >>>>>> tells me there's nothing on the clipboard. I tried copying the >>>>>> selected text without the final vo+command+return but got the same nul >>>>>> result. 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