Hi there! OK my bad! It would help if I had put the right command in the first place! Sorry about that :] Thanks Teresa for making the correction! Colin
On 11 Jun 2011, at 05:46, Teresa Cochran wrote: > > Oops, my brain went away during my last post. The command you really want is > control-option-return, more commonly known as VO-return. > > Teresa > On Jun 10, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> Hi, John, >> >> The command you want to use at the beginning and end of text is >> command-option-return. It is indeed method of marking text at start and end. >> >> HTH >> Teresa >> On Jun 10, 2011, at 9:15 PM, John Sanfilippo wrote: >> >>> Hi Colin, >>> >>> I'm joining this thread late, so I may be missing something very important. >>> >>> But am I to understand that this is something like "sticky select", where >>> you drop a virtual anchor at point A, move to point B without holding a >>> shift key, then dropping a virtual end marker at point B? >>> >>> Because I just tried this on your message and here's what I got: >>> >>> 1, When I got to your message from Mail's inbox, I pressed enter to read >>> the message. >>> 2, I moved just before "You can also use", and pressed command plus return. >>> I got a sound, as if this is not allowed. >>> 3, As I moved around, using only arrows, I could hear nothing at all. >>> >>> I've tried interacting with the text to no avail. >>> >>> I'm stumped. >>> >>> Might you clarify how this works. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> John S >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 8, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Colin M wrote: >>> >>> Hi there! >>> You can also use command+return/enter this is useful for picking text from >>> within a lot of text! >>> Just go to the first word you wish to copy and press that command then >>> scroll down to the last word of the text [there should be a sound] then >>> press that command again! >>> All the text between will be selected for you to copy or delete! >>> hth Colin >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
