Jackie - Manchester Cityy made my day. I am an exiled blue; happy to be in Devon. I was there with my father 34 years ago, the last time we won at OT. Talking of OT, this message is, so I'd best stop <smile> - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:12 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Infuriating JAWS problem with BBC website! | Hi Peter | | Ian has just tried pasting into Notepad direct from the BBC site, and the | same thing occurs with JAWS 9.0.whatever. | | I am aware though that you can get lots of unwanted codes, so what I tend to | do is use the Paste As Special facility, and then select Unformatted Text | when I am taking large chunks of info to muck about with. | | Well it is true that you learn something new every day, contrary to what | some people believe (smile). Thanks so much for your suggestions. | | The good thing is that I can't be angry for long because there's always | something to make me laugh, and Manchester City are doing that right at this | moment (sorry United fans). | | Jackie | | Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx | Skype Name: Cairnsplace | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Peter Logue" <plsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 3:00 PM | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Infuriating JAWS problem with BBC website! | | | > You know what I also used to do when I copied from the internet to a word | > document. I'd paste it into a notepad document first, then I'd re copy | > that | > into my word doc. | > Sometimes if I went right to my word document, I'd get all kinds of | > superscripts and other asski characters in my document. I think you also | > transfer over some hidden codes when you cut and paste from webpage to MS | > Word. Doing it in notepad sort of cancels it out. | > This is why I loved the virtual window when it came about. | > Peter Logue | > | > | > -----Original Message----- | > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf | > Of | > Jackie Cairns | > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 2:34 PM | > To: Access UK Mailing List | > Subject: [access-uk] Infuriating JAWS problem with BBC website! | > | > Hi All | > | > I'm fizzing, and I mean really hopping mad with frustration, so please | > could | > someone tell me if the following problem is me going balmy, or is it | > really | > JAWS 9.0.whatever? | > | > When I go onto a portion of the BBC website and copy something to the | > clipboard to paste into a Microsoft Word document, JAWS is behaving really | > strangely. It either hangs, or doesn't paste the information from the | > clipboard at all into the document. It does it now and then, but more | > often | > than not just won't paste. | > | > Ian came across this with the text relating to Dale Winton's Pick of the | > Pops show on the Radio 2 portion of the BBC site. He told me about it, | > but | > it's only now that I'm trying to do it myself on the tennis section of the | > same site that I'm able to replicate it. | > | > I'm actually trying to compile a report of a tennis match for an | > assignment | > for my Sports Journalism course, and because I can't spell a lot of these | > players' names by heart, I was copying their correct spelling from the | > site | > into my document. But oh no! I can't do it, and have to keep swapping | > between the site and the report I have open to type them in by hand. | > | > I'm doing this using Vista Home Premium, JAWS 9.0.whatever, and Microsoft | > Word Professional 2003. Ian has already come across this problem using | > the | > same version of JAWS with XP Home and Microsoft Word Professional 2003. | > | > Frankly it is driving me mad, and if something is wrong with JAWS that it | > doesn't allow you to copy and paste from the BBC site using version 9.0, | > and | > you have to revert to a previous version, then that's bloody ridiculous. | > | > Ian says he had the same problem in Amazon the other night, when he tried | > to | > paste some information about an album into a file to save. He says he has | > to keep going back to JAWS 8.whatever to do what he needs to. God I am so | > angry now in frustration because this is slowing me up no end. | > | > Any confirmation would be useful please as this is a really serious issue | > if | > it is down to JAWS. | > | > Many thanks. | > | > Jackie | > | > | > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | > ** and in the Subject line type | > ** unsubscribe | > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | > ** immediately-following link:- | > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | > ** or send a message, to | > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | > | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | ** and in the Subject line type | ** unsubscribe | ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | ** immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | ** or send a message, to | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | | | -- | This email has been verified as Virus free. | Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq