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
>> 
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