Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick

Robert:

Yes they do and they have always had it.

The only difference is, that it is a Windows-wide problem.  so, no matter what 
program you are using that has a selecting/editing capability, when you select 
text, audio, video, no matter what, if you accidentally press a key, other than 
the arrow keys, page up and page down keys, home and end keys, whatever you 
have selected/highlighted, will go up in a puff of smoke.  Oh!  of course, 
Windows will not tell you that the selected/highlighted information has gone up 
in a puff of smoke, no warning!  You will not even hear the match being struck, 
the touch paper being lit, the explosion is silent, your information just 
disappears just like a conjurer using their magic trick in pulling a rabbit out 
of a hat.

So, if you accidentally do this, immediately press CTRL+Z to undo the action 
and restore the selected/highlighted information.

Please accept my apologies for repeating myself.

  sincerely:

  Dave Durber

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Logue 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:57 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick


  What a completely stupid bug.  And do all Microsoft editors have this fault?

  Bob

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Dave Carlson 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 4:25 PM
    Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick


    Cy,

    Oh, yes, I've done that also and further cursed myself by saving the work. 
Then it's totally lost unless backed up somehow. In Notepad, it's usually a 
lost cause then. I can commiserate.

    Dave

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Cy Selfridge 
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 15:14
      Subject: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick


      Hi,

      Only problem with this solution is that I have done some other Word type 
command *before* I discovered what the problem probably was. Undo only works on 
the *LAST* command. (frownie face)

      Cy, The Anasazi

       

      From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Dave Carlson
      Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 4:00 PM
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick

       

      Dave:

       

      You wrote: "Warning!  If you have selected/highlighted any text, Pressing 
a key that inserts a character, including a space character, will result in the 
text that is selected/highlighted, being deleted.  If you accidentally do this, 
press CTRL+Z to undo your last action and restore the highlighted text."

       

      Oh, boy can't tell you how many time's I've accidentally done that, and 
wondered where all the text went. Sure is nice to have undo.

       

      Dave

       

        ----- Original Message ----- 

        From: Dave Durber 

        To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 09:23

        Subject: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick

         

        Adrian:

         

        sorry for the late reply.  I was in the UK from 15th June to 4th July, 
so I am Catching up.  Although I took my laptop, I could not get it fixed until 
a few days before my return.  Too late to worry about email and the like, until 
I got back.

         

        The CTRL+A command is the Windows command for highlighting all text in 
a document, email message, etc, regardless as to where the cursor is in the 
text.

         

        The CTRL+A command, cannot be used to unhighlight text.

         

        Using any of the arrow keys, page up and page down keys and the home 
and end keys will unhighlight any text that is highlighted.

         

        Warning!  If you have selected/highlighted any text, Pressing a key 
that inserts a character, including a space character, will result in the text 
that is selected/highlighted, being deleted.  If you accidentally do this, 
press CTRL+Z to undo your last action and restore the highlighted text.

         

        HTH

         

        Sincerely:

         

        Dave Durber

         

        ----- Original Message ----- 

          From: Adrian Spratt 

          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

          Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:28 AM

          Subject: RE: JAWS latest trick

           

          When I tried Laura's suggestion, the first press of control-a 
resulted in JAWS saying, "Selected." When I pressed control-a a second time, 
JAWS said, "Unselected." this was in an email message.

           

          Perhaps it works in XP, which I have, but not Windows 7, which I know 
you've advanced to. The only other explanation must be that I'm not an Anasazi! 


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          From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Cy Selfridge
          Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:09 AM
          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Subject: RE: JAWS latest trick

          Hi Adrian,

          Yes, I gave it a try but nothing changed.

          Now, even more interesting is the fact that when I am in an email and 
press ctrl+A I do hear "selected" but when in a folder such as "deleted items" 
or whatever I hear (nothing selected? In both cases the keystroke actually 
works properly although JAWS does not think so. (LOLLOLLOL)

          Oh well, maybe JAWS V12?

          Cy, The Anasazi

           

          From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
          Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:14 AM
          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Subject: RE: JAWS latest trick

           

          Did you test Laura's suggestion? I just did, and she's right. It's 
useful information.

           


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          From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Bill White
          Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:28 PM
          To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Subject: Re: JAWS latest trick

          I don't think ctrl+a ever unselects anything.  I think CTRL+A always 
selects everything.

          Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

            ----- Original Message ----- 

            From: Laura Shumate 

            To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

            Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 8:20 PM

            Subject: Re: JAWS latest trick

             

            Hit control a twice that way you can make sure that everything is 
selected and unselected that's just my advice.  Take it or leave it.

                 Laura

              ----- Original Message ----- 

              From: Cy Selfridge 

              To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

              Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 9:13 AM

              Subject: JAWS latest trick

               

              Hi,

              Again, W7 64 bit, Outlook 2007 and an HP Pavilion.

              In Outlook when I press ctl+a to select all messages in the 
folder JAWS dutifully reports that "Nothing selected" - but - when I do the 
shift+delete and then confirm guess what, everything *WAS* selected and all is 
gone.

              Just thought I would mention the misinformation so someone is not 
lulled into thinking that nothing war really selected and makes an unfortunate 
discovery. (LOL)

              Cy, The Anasazi  jus 



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