Ok, in a non-editing area, it would take special VO commands to do it. But someone mentioned using the VO commands when in Quick Edit, and in that case, use the generic ones.
RobH, even does it in ordinary text fields for anything. Good way to clear the field and start over. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Lamanche" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 9:40 PM Subject: Re: Copying text to clipboard in Preview 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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