Thanks.  As mentioned, I figured problem was between keyboard and chair.  I
thought I had the tracking set right.  Let me try later today and see if I
can duplicate.


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Selecting text in Safari

I was able to do this on your test page just fine. Main thing was to be 
sure cursor tracking was turned on with control-option-shift-F3. I then 
went to your page:

http://winit.womansworldmag.com/enter/drawing/4a606b5463a666f91cfc0aa8a80e30
5f0828351b

and found the text starting with "Pandora's Charm...". From there I then 
just did a dhift-down arrow until I selected the whole paragraph, 
including the link. Then I hit command-c to copy and was able to go to 
another app and paste it all. Until I turned on cursor tracking I wasn't 
able to make it go. Used this Apple help page which described the 
process and different ways to select the text:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=VoiceOver/1.0/en/mh2089.html

CB

On 1/17/12 8:34 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
> The bits are larger than one phrase or bit.  Unles there's a command to
add
> to clipboard instead of replacing it?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:14 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Selecting text in Safari
>
> Hi,
>
> If all your doing is copying bits and pieces like that, why not do VO
shift
> C which is copy last phrase to clipboard.
>
> Ricardo Walker
> [email protected]
> Twitter:@apple2thecore
> www.appletothecore.info
>
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Bill Holton wrote:
>
>> Looks like this makes the Mac almost a no go for my work.  I spend a lot
> of time grabbing addresses and other contact info online and copying it
into
> documents.
>> I am in DOM mode.  If I interact with the text the VO Enter works, but
all
> it will copy is the current element, word, link, etc.  If I try to press
VO
> Enter anywhere else I get a beep and nothing.
>> Copying the entire page and editing would be about 5 times more work than
> I can accomplish the same tasks with Windows.  There really should be a
way
> to grab a few lines, elements, etc. from a web page and copy just them.
>> I actually thought that's what VO enter was for, but apparently it won't
> help me at all.
>> Maybe there is something else I am missing?
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:04 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Selecting text in Safari
>>
>> Hello Bill,
>>
>> This all seems to depend on the website. Selecting would appear to work
> better in DOM mode than in Groups.
>>
>> If Shift-Cmd-Right arrow doesn't highlight a chunk of text for you,
> remember that VO-Shift-c will copy the last spoken phrase to the
clipboard.
>>
>> Also, you may find you need to interact with the text to be able to
> highlight it.
>>
>> Failing that, Cmd-a will highlight the whole page, which you can then
copy
> into a TextEdit document and edit from there.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
>> On 16 Jan 2012, at 20:17, Bill Holton wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi.
>> As I understand it, there are a few ways to select text in Safari.  To
get
> a letter, word or line you hold down the shift key and then press arrow
for
> character, option arrow for word and command arrow for the rest of the
line.
>> To select a larger selection, you press VO enter and then move to the end
> of your selection and press VO Enter again.
>>
>> My problem is, neither of these seem to be working.  I have cursor
> tracking turned on and I have tried both with quick Nav turned on and off.
> I'm sure the problem is between my chair and keyboard, but not sure what
to
> do different.  Any suggestions appreciated.
>> Bill
>>
>>
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