Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Brad Snyder
The correct VO command to copy last spoken text to the clipboard is: VO + Shift + C. The command VO + CMD + C, will find the next text with different attributes. - Brad - On Dec 11, 2020, at 10:18, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Hello, I meant any of the keys in the navigation area, VO-arrow keys.

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I meant any of the keys in the navigation area, VO-arrow keys. Also, moving by paragraph and line sometimes work depending on if it is a contiguous chunk read by VoiceOver. So the summary is if VO-left right reads what you want use VO-command-C to copy the last phrase to the clipboard.

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Brett Lewis
this is great i did not know about that key > On Dec 11, 2020, at 2:25 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Another way to do this would be to use VO + Shift + c to copy the last > spoken phrase to the clipboard. > All the best > Jürgen > > >> Am 11.12.2020 um 03:10 schrieb Zoe Fiogkos : >> >> Hi

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread FIOGKOS
Hi Jonathan thank you for trying, what is the move cursor key? You say VO enter VO curser key? What exactly should I be pressing? God the father chose her God the sun dwelt in her God the spirit overshadowed her Most holy mother of God save us through your intercessions Twitter @FiogkosZoe

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-11 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Another way to do this would be to use VO + Shift + c to copy the last spoken phrase to the clipboard. All the best Jürgen > Am 11.12.2020 um 03:10 schrieb Zoe Fiogkos : > > Hi Brad, I will give it a try. I was hoping not to have to take this extra > step but if there is no other way, at

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I understand that Chrome and Word can both work with PDF files now… I wonder if either of these has better selection tools. Oh, I believe there is a select VoiceOver cursor text command, though this would not be much different from the copy last spoken phrase except for the avoidance of

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-10 Thread Zoe Fiogkos
Hi Brad, I will give it a try. I was hoping not to have to take this extra step but if there is no other way, at least it can still be done. > On Dec 10, 2020, at 8:55 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I would suggest opening the PDF document in Preview, as you have done, then > highlighting the

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-10 Thread Brad Snyder
I would suggest opening the PDF document in Preview, as you have done, then highlighting the entire document using CMD + A, and copying the selected text to the clipboard. Then open TextEdit, and paste the clipboard contents to a blank TextEdit document, and hopefully you will now have an

Re: Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-10 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I can get simple phrases to be copied using the VO-enter move cursor and VO-enter a second time. This will only work for me on chunks of text that are part of the same phrase with no changes in text size or fonts. On web sites, usually if you can get one or two words selected, the rest can be

Selecting text from a PDF

2020-12-10 Thread FIOGKOS
Hi everybody I hope somebody can help. I’m not going to lie I have asked on another list and didn’t find an answer I’m hoping somebody here will know the answer to my question. I received a PDF file via email. I saved the attachment to my documents. I opened the PDF with preview. I interact