Re: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries

2015-05-26 Thread RATTRAY J.
thanks this is reallyhelpful Dr Julie Rattray Lecturer in Psychology and Education University of durham School of Education Leazes Road DURHAM DH1 1TA Tel: 0191 33 48249 Email: julie.ratt...@durham.ac.uk On 26 May 2015, at 06:52, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone,

Re: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries

2015-05-26 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
a...@anarchie.org.uk To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:52 AM Subject: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries Hello everyone, Here is the fix for this problem. Open a TextEdit document and paste in the following without

Re: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries

2015-05-26 Thread Anne Robertson
the spaces also and does one put the ; Eleanor - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:52 AM Subject: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries Hello

Re: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries

2015-05-26 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
Exceellent thank you Anne. Eleanor - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk To: mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries Hello Eleanor, I carefully left a blank line

Re: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries

2015-05-26 Thread Angela Delicata
Please, be so kind and nice to post unsubscribe options... I've looked everywhere! Nothing happened! What can I do? Help me please. Many thanks in advance. Angela from Italy Il 26/05/2015 07:52, Anne Robertson ha scritto: Hello everyone, Here is the fix for this problem. Open a TextEdit

Re: [Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries

2015-05-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I'll give this a try. This could be a temporary work around until apple fixes the pages with voice over issue. and the across page boundaries is a voice over issue only as I stated before. I tested this. In the mean time I think I'll keep contacting accessibil...@apple.com

[Mac-Access]: Pages, selecting text across page boundaries

2015-05-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, Here is the fix for this problem. Open a TextEdit document and paste in the following without the quotes: { ^y = yankAndSelect:; //control-y ^\@ = setMark:; //control-@ ^w = deleteToMark:; //control-w ^x = { //control-x control-x ^x = selectToMark:; }; ^ = setMark:;

Re: Selecting text using QuckNav in pages

2013-08-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jonathan, If you're talking about the Pages application, Quick Nav is a bad idea. Having interacted with the item on the page, such as body or header, you have to bring the mouse and do a VO-Shift-Space bar click then just use the arrow keys to navigate or edit. What does the VoiceOver

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-05 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi all, THanks for the suggested podcast - have listened to some of that series and they are very good. Good news is after resetting the VO settings it's now reading the selection properly, phew. I've fiddled with the settings to get some back how I wanted them and it's still reading properly.

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-04 Thread Catherine Turner
Subject: Re: Help selecting text on websites Hi Chris, Ok, when on a web page and with Quick Nav on I pressed h to get to a heading, then VO plus Return. But I just get a beep which indicates I'm trying to do something which can't be done. I tried then moving somewhere after the heading

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-04 Thread Judy Pryor
...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Catherine Turner Sent: 03 May 2013 09:33 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Help selecting text on websites Hi Chris, Ok, when on a web page and with Quick Nav on I pressed h to get to a heading, then VO plus

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-04 Thread Josh Gregory
May 2013 09:33 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Help selecting text on websites Hi Chris, Ok, when on a web page and with Quick Nav on I pressed h to get to a heading, then VO plus Return. But I just get a beep which indicates I'm trying to do something which can't be done. I

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-04 Thread Esther
Hi Josh, Judy, Catherine, and Others, You can find the podcast whose description Judy gave at John Panarese's Macfortheblind.com web pages, under the Demonstrations section: http://macfortheblind.com/Demonstrations You can either go to this web page and navigate by headings until you find the

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-04 Thread Josh Gregory
Very good, thanks very much. :-) Sent from my iPhone On May 4, 2013, at 5:24 PM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Josh, Judy, Catherine, and Others, You can find the podcast whose description Judy gave at John Panarese's Macfortheblind.com web pages, under the Demonstrations

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-03 Thread Catherine Turner
to figure this out, but now that I have, it usually never fails. Chris. - Original Message - From: Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 4:46 AM Subject: Re: Help selecting text

RE: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-03 Thread David Griffith
for example. Hope that you resolve this. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Catherine Turner Sent: 03 May 2013 09:33 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Help selecting text on websites Hi Chris

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-03 Thread Josh Gregory
iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Help selecting text on websites Hi Chris, Ok, when on a web page and with Quick Nav on I pressed h to get to a heading, then VO plus Return. But I just get a beep which indicates I'm trying to do something which can't be done. I tried then moving somewhere

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-03 Thread Isaac Hebert
-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Catherine Turner Sent: 03 May 2013 09:33 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Help selecting text on websites Hi Chris, Ok, when on a web page and with Quick Nav on I pressed h to get to a heading, then VO plus Return. But I just get a beep which

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-02 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi David, I've now assigned a key on the numpad to the copy last phrase to clipboard command and was hoping I could use this to copy quite a large chunk of text to the clipboard. I started VO reading with a two finger swipe down and when it got to the end of what I wanted two finger tapped to

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-02 Thread Chris Gilland
, 2013 4:46 AM Subject: Re: Help selecting text on websites Hi David, I've now assigned a key on the numpad to the copy last phrase to clipboard command and was hoping I could use this to copy quite a large chunk of text to the clipboard. I started VO reading with a two finger swipe down

RE: Help selecting text on websites

2013-05-01 Thread David Griffith
Griffith. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: 01 May 2013 11:01 To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' Subject: RE: Help selecting text on websites Ok. The reason you did not have to use option

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2013-05-01 Thread Josh Gregory
...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: 01 May 2013 11:01 To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' Subject: RE: Help selecting text on websites Ok. The reason you did not have to use option is probably I think because you have quick nav turned

Selecting text on a web page in safari

2013-05-01 Thread Margaret
Can someone tell me the best way to select a block of text on a web page using safari I've got a mac book pro using lion. Sent from my iPhone --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of

RE: Selecting text on a web page in safari

2013-05-01 Thread David Griffith
Accessibility Subject: Selecting text on a web page in safari Can someone tell me the best way to select a block of text on a web page using safari I've got a mac book pro using lion. Sent from my iPhone --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message

Help selecting text on websites

2013-04-30 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi, I'm having trouble selecting text to copy from web pages and wonder if anyone can help me. According to my understanding of what I've read in the Voiceover manualI'm supposed to (with Quick Nav on) choose an item e.g. words from the rotor by pressing up and right arrow, or up and left arrow

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-04-30 Thread Josh Gregory
I don't think it's you at all, I think the procedure is kind of a bit buggy andneeds to be addressed with Apple accessibility. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble selecting text to copy from web

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-04-30 Thread Sarah k Alawami
the procedure is kind of a bit buggy andneeds to be addressed with Apple accessibility. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I'm having trouble selecting text to copy from web pages and wonder if anyone can help me

RE: Help selecting text on websites

2013-04-30 Thread David Griffith
iOS Accessibility Subject: Help selecting text on websites Hi, I'm having trouble selecting text to copy from web pages and wonder if anyone can help me. According to my understanding of what I've read in the Voiceover manualI'm supposed to (with Quick Nav on) choose an item e.g. words from

Re: Help selecting text on websites

2013-04-30 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Subject: Help selecting text on websites Hi, I'm having trouble selecting text to copy from web pages and wonder if anyone can help me. According to my understanding of what I've read in the Voiceover manualI'm supposed to (with Quick Nav on) choose an item e.g. words from the rotor

RE: selecting text on a web page

2012-06-30 Thread David Griffith
selecting. 3. Move the cursor keys to select what you want. 4. Press VO enter to stop selecting. 5, Press command C to copy to the clipboard. This will not work in the following circumstances. 1.You are restricted to selecting text within one paragraph. Given that restriction it is I believe more

RE: selecting text on a web page

2012-06-30 Thread David Griffith
OSX iOS Accessibility' Subject: RE: selecting text on a web page There are three methods I use. the first 2 are unreliable the third I am afraid is quite unpredictable. The easiest way I find is simply to press shift VO C which will copy the last phrase spoken by Voiceover into the clipboard ready

Re: selecting text on a web page

2012-06-30 Thread Sarah Alawami
want. 4. Press VO enter to stop selecting. 5, Press command C to copy to the clipboard. This will not work in the following circumstances. 1.You are restricted to selecting text within one paragraph. Given that restriction it is I believe more logical to use Shift VO C to copy last phrase

selecting text on a web page

2012-06-29 Thread Kristeen Hughes
How do I select some test I want to copy into a file? I know I've probably seen this before, but it will not come back to me. Thanks. Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net

Re: selecting text on a web page

2012-06-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
If the text is in 1 paragraph and it lets you interact with said text and nit vo enter to start the selection then vo right arrow through the text and to stop selecting hit vo enter again the copy it to the clipboard. On Jun 29, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: How do I select some

Re: selecting text on a web page

2012-06-29 Thread Kristeen Hughes
Thank you so much. I didn't remember or maybe I never knew how to do that. I'm still amazed at the things I've never done with my Apple yet. Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com On Jun 29, 2012, at 9:50 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: If the text is in 1 paragraph and it lets you interact with said

Re: selecting text on a web page

2012-06-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. sometimes that works and sometimes it does not. but have fun when it does. I'm still learning as well so there might be a better way lol! Take care. On Jun 29, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Thank you so much. I didn't remember or maybe I never knew how to do that. I'm still

Re: selecting text

2012-06-23 Thread Laurie Mehta
Hi T.J., To select text one word at a time: Option, Shift, along with right or left arrow. HTH, Laurie --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the

selecting text

2012-06-20 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
Hello everyone, When I try to press command shift right arrow or VO shift right rrow to sellect text one word at a time, it will select a block of text, almost an entire sentence in some instances. Is there a way to ensure that when you're going word by word, it only does select one word at a

Re: selecting text

2012-06-20 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello T.J., Shift-Right Arrow selects one character; Shift-Option-Right Arrow selects one word; Shift-Command-Right Arrow selects to the end of the line; Shift-Command-Down Arrow selects to the end of the document; Command-a selects the whole document. HTH Anne On 20 Jun 2012, at 12:27,

Re: selecting text

2012-06-20 Thread Sarah Alawami
Option shift left and right arrows will do that for ya. I believe cmd shift left and right select lines. and option shift up and down select from curser to beginning and curser to end respectively. On Jun 20, 2012, at 3:27 AM, Timothy J. Meloy wrote: Hello everyone, When I try to press