Re: Selecting text from a PDF

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Re: Selecting text in Voice Dream Reader?

Hello Kerry, Marvellous - thanks for your help, this works great. And in fact I now noticed the hint from VO which gave instructions to this effect, was a bit tired when I last tried... I have another Voice Dream Reader question but will put it in a separate thread... Thanks, Catherine On

Re: Selecting text in Voice Dream Reader?

Hi Kathren, Its a bit finicky, but it does work. Flick the button that says to select text startat … Double-tap there, then flick down with 1 finger to select by word or 3 fingers and it will select in chunks until you want to stop. Then double tap and a menu will come up and choose copy and

Selecting text in Voice Dream Reader?

Hi, I believe in Voice Dream Reader we're meant to be able to select text and then copy it but I can't work out how to do this. I've tried two ways: 1. In the text, using the rotor setting to select some text. VO says the text is selected but I don't seem to be able to do anything with it

Re: Selecting text in emails and documents

Sorry, please ignore my last email as I did a search with google and found the answer. Thanks, > On 26/03/2020, at 12:01, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Hi all, > I know this question has been asked before and I’ll try and keep the answer > this time. I know how to select all by command A and

Selecting text in emails and documents

Hi all, I know this question has been asked before and I’ll try and keep the answer this time. I know how to select all by command A and copy with cmd C and so on, but I’ve just copied the body of an email into another email and I want to delete all of the footers and header, short of deleting

Re: Selecting text from a web page

Using Safari, turn quick navigation off, and use Shift with the Arrow keys to select. > On Feb 21, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Quick question. If I am on a webpage and I am using VoiceOver, how do I > select text from the webpage? For example I might

Selecting text from a web page

Hello everyone, Quick question. If I am on a webpage and I am using VoiceOver, how do I select text from the webpage? For example I might have a list of ingredients or a list of hotkeys that I would like to save to a file. I am using Google Chrome but can easily use Safari. Thank you for any

Re: selecting text on a Mac

MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2019 5:31 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac But Simon, until you have tried it for yourself... I have not been able to play my mp3 files from a text document. All I have managed to do was paste file names into my

RE: selecting text on a Mac

Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac Hi Simon, That's great that they're moving towards Jamf. From my prospective, it's the best choice for MDM in the Mac education environment. You're welcome to contact me off-list if you need any quick help with any of this sort of thing. Later... Tim Kilburn

RE: selecting text on a Mac

LOL, Who's going to be first to try this one?! -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 22 January 2019 5:31 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac But Simon, until you have tried it for yourself... I have not been

Re: selecting text on a Mac

;> you can access myfiles.txt in any of the usual ways, not just the >>>> terminal. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> >>>> Janina >>>> >>>> Lorie McCloud writes: >>>>> my problem with that is that I don't know beans about using the termi

Re: selecting text on a Mac

; -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Lorie McCloud > Sent: Friday, 18 January 2019 9:13 PM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac > > my problem with that is that I don't know beans ab

Re: selecting text on a Mac

them from there also! Yep ok, don't answer! -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2019 11:36 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac That is exactly what Tim is saying and that is exactly what I have expla

Re: selecting text on a Mac

@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac Hi Jonathan and Simon, I used to do this sort of thing with AD and OS X Server with what's known as the Golden Triangle. Network Home storage was handled by AD and between MacOS's built-in Directory Utility along with the management

Re: selecting text on a Mac

with what I think it was Jonathan said, > >>> > >>> Use the terminal. > >>> But in a slightly different way, > >>> Use LS to list all the files but if you can pipe that into a file then > >>> you could copy the contents of that file out

Re: selecting text on a Mac

my problem with that is that I don't know beans about using the terminal. > >>> My Youtube Channel: > >>> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud > >>> > >>>> On Jan 18, 2019, at 1:40 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > >>>

RE: selecting text on a Mac

for the windows platform. We’re so far behind the technology 8 ball it’s always pre 19th century From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2019 11:54 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac Hi Jonathan and Simon, I used to do this sort

RE: selecting text on a Mac

on the mac. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2019 6:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac Have you listened to the Mac Admin podcast? They were discussing Apple Business manager which sounded like it would

RE: selecting text on a Mac

ROTFLMAO! -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2019 1:22 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac Sighs. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited

RE: selecting text on a Mac

From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2019 11:36 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac That is exactly what Tim is saying and that is exactly what I have explained will work if you just go do it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient

RE: selecting text on a Mac

Well that's an easy one, you don't use beans in the terminal, it's all command line stuff. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Friday, 18 January 2019 9:13 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac my

Re: selecting text on a Mac

at 1:40 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>> >>>> If your wanting the names of files etc in a document, >>>> Then I go with what I think it was Jonathan said, >>>> >>>> Use the terminal. >>>> But in a slightly different way, >&g

Re: selecting text on a Mac

n said, >>> >>> Use the terminal. >>> But in a slightly different way, >>> Use LS to list all the files but if you can pipe that into a file then you >>> could copy the contents of that file out to your email >>> >>> -Original Message-

Re: selecting text on a Mac

ile then you >>> could copy the contents of that file out to your email >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: selecting text on a Mac

> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >> Behalf Of Lorie McCloud >> Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM >> To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >> Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac >> >> no. it sounded like more work th

Re: selecting text on a Mac

cCloud > > Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM > > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > > Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac > > > > no. it sounded like more work than copying the individual titles primarily > > because I would ha

Re: selecting text on a Mac

> To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac > > you're right about that. I'm learning all the time too. I'm about to tackle > garage band. sometimes I'm up to the challenge and other times I just want &g

Re: selecting text on a Mac

> Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 4:45 PM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac > > you're right about that. I'm learning all the time too. I'm about to tackle > garage band. sometimes I'm up to the chal

Re: selecting text on a Mac

ailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac no. it sounded like more work than copying t

Re: selecting text on a Mac

;>>>> On Jan 18, 2019, at 1:40 AM, Simon Fogarty >>>> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If your wanting the names of files etc in a document, >>>>> Then I go with what I think it was Jonathan said, >>>>>

Re: selecting text on a Mac

I go with what I think it was Jonathan said, >>>> >>>> Use the terminal. >>>> But in a slightly different way, >>>> Use LS to list all the files but if you can pipe that into a file then you >>>> could copy the contents of that file ou

Re: selecting text on a Mac

gt; <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac no. it sounded like more work than copying the individual

Re: selecting text on a Mac

o a file then you >> could copy the contents of that file out to your email >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of L

Re: selecting text on a Mac

aries Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac no. it sounded like more work than copying the individual titles primarily because I would have to open another program. I suspect this is just personal preference. My Youtube Channel: "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud On Ja

Re: selecting text on a Mac

ipe that into a file then you > could copy the contents of that file out to your email > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Lorie McCloud > Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Subject:

Re: selecting text on a Mac

isionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Lorie McCloud > Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac > > no. it sounded like more work than copying the individual titles primarily > because I would

RE: selecting text on a Mac

in to a machine. And map a home drive on the server that they save their documents to. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 4:45 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac you're right

RE: selecting text on a Mac

-Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 2:26 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: selecting text on a Mac no. it sounded like more work than copying the individual titles primarily because I would have to open

Re: selecting text on a Mac

If you want to do all the files in a folder, you will use cmd-a to select all then cmd-c to copy. Open an email or TextEdit and do a cmd-v to paste. If you want to select certain files, interact with the folder, select the first file and press VO-cmd-enter. Using VO and up or down

Re: selecting text on a Mac

well, I really think that depends on who you ask. so tell me again, how do I select the text to paste into text edit? if I just select all it'll select those mp3 files unless it knows better than to paste those into a text edit file. My Youtube Channel: "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud

Re: selecting text on a Mac

What you are doing is not the easiest way. Just try it, Lorie. (smiles) From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 1/15/2019 7:45 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: you're right about that. I'm learning all the

Re: selecting text on a Mac

you're right about that. I'm learning all the time too. I'm about to tackle garage band. sometimes I'm up to the challenge and other times I just want the easiest way or what to me would be the easiest way. My Youtube Channel: "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud > On Jan

Re: selecting text on a Mac

I got my MBP in 2012 and I am still learning. If you don't try things you cannot learn. This method is simple. And if you can paste text into email, well, try it. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were

Re: selecting text on a Mac

well, you're probably right but I don't do it all that often so it might take me longer. what I'm saying is that it's less familiar than some of the other things I do. not that I can't learn new patterns or anything. I just didn't feel like it with this. I'd also have to attach the txt file to

Re: selecting text on a Mac

Good grief! It would take you all of 20 seconds maybe 30. (smiles) From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 1/15/2019 5:25 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: no. it sounded like more work than copying the

Re: selecting text on a Mac

no. it sounded like more work than copying the individual titles primarily because I would have to open another program. I suspect this is just personal preference. My Youtube Channel: "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud > On Jan 15, 2019, at 7:22 PM, 'E.T.' via

Re: selecting text on a Mac

Did you try my suggestion? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 1/15/2019 4:32 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: I know next to nothing about terminal so I didn't understand those instructions at all. I'm

Re: selecting text on a Mac

I know next to nothing about terminal so I didn't understand those instructions at all. I'm glad to know there are several ways to do it. maybe one of these days I'll learn about the terminal. I used to use a unix shell back in the old days. meanwhile the one I tried was pressing enter and

Re: selecting text on a Mac

Well, assuming you have open shell at current location service then you could right click on the directory and find open terminal window at current location. Then you could use the "ls" command or possibly ls -l if you need the details. Then you can copy the output from terminal. ISn't it

Re: selecting text on a Mac

Select all the titles you want, do a copy, then paste into TextEdit and save as a .txt file. Don't know if this wi work to paste into an email but you can attach the file. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it

Re: selecting text on a Mac

If you hit enter on the file name you will go into edit mode for that item. You can then use the typical editing commands to select text. Be careful not to change the text while selecting it or it will change the filename. When you have selected all your text and copied it to the clipboard,

selecting text on a Mac

I have a list of mp3 files in a folder. I want to copy the titles and paste them into an email. how do I do this? I have some instructions that say shift-option-right arrow selects by word but I don't hear anything when I do that. thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for

Re: Selecting text from a web page.

There might be one other thing in play here. Some websites grab the arrow keys for their own purposes. This will disable the shift-arrow functionality. You can override this in VoiceOver Utility:Web Check the Always allow keyboard commands to navigate websites This will enable the arrow key

Re: Selecting text from a web page.

Hello Jessica, There are several ways of selecting text in Safari. 1) VO-Return to start selecting, then VO-Right Arrow through the text to be selected, and VO-Return to end the selection. 2) Make sure you have Lines available in the Web Rotor, then use Quick Nav and select Lines. Hold down

Selecting text from a web page.

I didn’t think I’d ever need to do this until about a week ago when I needed to find the lyrics to a song I needed to learn for choir practice. Everything was going fine at first, sense everything we sing is well-known, with the exception of the musicals we do at Christmas, and I can find them

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

Thanks all, cmd : does work. so that’s something at least. I preferred cmd ;, but spell checking is spell checking at the end of the day. So I’m just happy I can spell check in any way. Jürgen your way didn’t work, all it did was to start reading the document, which to my understanding is what

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

it, > even when I’ve deliberately spelt something wrong. > Thanks for any thoughts. > Kari, > > > On 10/5/17, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> Hello Kary, >> >> I reported the selecting text problem to Apple and they say it will be >> a

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

t; Hello Kary, > > I reported the selecting text problem to Apple and they say it will be > addressed quickly. As for the spell check with Cmd-colon, it’s working > normally for me. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 5 Oct 2017, at 02:22, kary johns <johns.k.

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

ertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > Hello Kary, > > I reported the selecting text problem to Apple and they say it will be > addressed quickly. As for the spell check with Cmd-colon, it’s working > normally for me. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

> When ever I try it it just says check document now, and that’s it, > even when I’ve deliberately spelt something wrong. > Thanks for any thoughts. > Kari, > > > On 10/5/17, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> Hello Kary, >> >&

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

wrote: > Hello Kary, > > I reported the selecting text problem to Apple and they say it will be > addressed quickly. As for the spell check with Cmd-colon, it’s working > normally for me. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 5 Oct 2017, at 02:22, kary johns

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

Hello Kary, I reported the selecting text problem to Apple and they say it will be addressed quickly. As for the spell check with Cmd-colon, it’s working normally for me. Cheers, Anne > On 5 Oct 2017, at 02:22, kary johns <johns.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi all, >

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

Hi, I'm not so sure it has to do with the OS update as with a Pages update. I updated pages a couple of weeks ago and now can't select text for editing. Gabe > On Oct 4, 2017, at 5:49 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, the selecting in Pages as been mentioned here

Re: Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

Hi, Yes, the selecting in Pages as been mentioned here since the update. Send it in to Apple Accessibility anyway to add your voice to the need for it to be addressed as soon as possible. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 4, 2017, at 18:22, kary johns

Problem spell checking and selecting text in pages after update.

hi all, I updated to high Sierra, and now I can’t seam to spell check in pages using command :. It just says checking document and nothing else. It also won’t read what text I’m selecting, Has anyone else seen this since updating? I use both things constantly for work and study, so it’s a bit of

Re: Selecting text from web pages in Safari

se various strategies for selecting text in Safari because different pages > behave differently. > 1. Using Quick Nav, set the rotor to Lines and hold down the Shift key and > press the Down Arrow. > 2. Without Quick Nav, press VO-Return to start selecting text, navigate right > with th

Re: Selecting text from web pages in Safari

Hello Larry, I use various strategies for selecting text in Safari because different pages behave differently. 1. Using Quick Nav, set the rotor to Lines and hold down the Shift key and press the Down Arrow. 2. Without Quick Nav, press VO-Return to start selecting text, navigate right

Selecting text from web pages in Safari

Before the latest update to Safari in El Capitan, I was able to use shift and arrow keys to select text on a web page and copy it to the clipboard. This could be done on any text, not just that inside of edit boxes. After the upgrade, this almost never works. pressing the arrow keys doesn’t

Re: Selecting text in Terminal

Usually if I need to get output from Terminal I just clear the buffer (Command-K), execute the command, then Command-A Command-C and edit once I paste it. However, the VoiceOver selection command (VO-Enter) also works to start and stop selection, prior to Command-C for copy. Interesting there

Re: Selecting text in Terminal

I haven't tried this extensively yet but the few things I did paste worked out rather well. If you press command return instead of just return when you execute the command it marks the output. Then you can do command shift a and that will select marked output. and then command c to copy and

Selecting text in Terminal

Hey gang. Is this even possible? There are times when I want to copy and paste various terminal outputs into either email or Slack chats (my company lives in Slack and spends most of its life in the Unix shell), and I can’t seem to find a way to bend VoiceOver to my will on this one. So far

Re: Searching and selecting text in PDF documents

area and you’ll find a table of search results. Once you have selected the search result you want from the table, interact with the PDF content area and you’ll be on the page and possibly even the line of the search result. 2. Selecting text has become trickier since OS X Yosemite. Not sure

Searching and selecting text in PDF documents

What’s the most effective way to 1. Search a PDF document for specified text, and 2. Select some text for copying to the clipboard from within a PDF document? So far as I have been able to find out, tagged PDF (recognition of headings, paragraphs, lists, tables and other structures preserved in

Re: selecting text from one particular point to end

. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:11 PM Subject: selecting text from one particular point to end Greetings, How do I select from one row of messages in mail all the way to the last row? In mail, I have a folder/label called bacon and that is where all my mail from

selecting text from one particular point to end

Greetings, How do I select from one row of messages in mail all the way to the last row? In mail, I have a folder/label called bacon and that is where all my mail from retailers go. I periodically go clean out that folder. I pick a date a few weeks from today and then start deleting from

Re: selecting text from one particular point to end

Try shift plus option plus down arrow, then delete. JS - Original Message - From: Christina C. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:11 PM Subject: selecting text from one particular point to end Greetings, How do I select from one

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

right that selecting text in Preview no longer works, or no longer works as well, in Yosemite? I was just getting used to doing it in Mavericks with VO-return, and now it seems to be broken. Open a text-based PDF in Preview; Press VO-return to start selection; Use VO keys to navigate by word

Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Hi list, This bug has been discussed before in relation to Pages, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it in TextEdit. Just tried to select a paragraph in TextEdit which wrapped over a page. It didn’t work. I was left selecting only the portion of the text on the second page. IN fact, when

Re: Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Hello Nick, Have you tried switching the view using Cmd-Shift-w? Cheers, Anne On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:02, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, This bug has been discussed before in relation to Pages, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it in TextEdit.

Re: Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Okay, thanks, switching to wrap to window worked. I remember some people having issue with this in Mavericks. Was it wrap to window that gave issues or wrap to page? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Hello Nick, Wrap to window makes editing work properly, but if you want to skip through a document page-by-page, you need to switch to wrap to page. At least there's a short cut for this. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Strange indeed. The issue I was getting with not being able to copy at all I think was related to having just performed a search. I’m guessing some kind of search dialog pops up which blocks the view or for some reason stops one from being able to copy text. I couldn’t work out how to make the

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Hello Nick, I haven’t got a lot of PDFs on my computer and none of them are long. I haven’t tried the Search facility either. As for copying text, it’s a nuisance that PDFs have new lines everywhere, preventing us from making use of the VO commands for reading by sentence or paragraph. I

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Not only does copying and pasting not work in Preview any more, but it doesn’t work either in PDF Pen Pro. Gigi On Oct 23, 2014, at 10:50 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, Am I right that selecting text in Preview no longer works, or no longer works

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

This is what I usually do too. And this morning when I opened something in Preview and it said static text I could still select all and copy it into text edit. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me

Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Hi list, Am I right that selecting text in Preview no longer works, or no longer works as well, in Yosemite? I was just getting used to doing it in Mavericks with VO-return, and now it seems to be broken. Open a text-based PDF in Preview; Press VO-return to start selection; Use VO keys

selecting text on web pages

Hello everyone. Could someone please tell me the commands for selecting text by character, word and line? Thanks much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send

Re: selecting text on web pages

wrote: Hello everyone. Could someone please tell me the commands for selecting text by character, word and line? Thanks much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: selecting text on web pages

to the clipboard. Cheers, Anne On 17 Feb 2014, at 14:36, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone. Could someone please tell me the commands for selecting text by character, word and line? Thanks much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Follow-up On selecting Text With a braille Display

Just fixing a typo in the subject. Apologies. Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Nov 26, 2013, at 6:47 PM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, all, A few weeks ago, some of us had a discussion about selecting text with a Braille display. well, I have created

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