RE: Jaws and Microsoft Word.
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:31:42 -0400
The issue is that jaws 9 now copies formatting information, along with
the text, to the clipboard, unlike earlier versions of jaws. This is
how all others windows apps behave, and sometimes you actually do want
the formatting to remain when you copy text.
Larry's answer of using the "paste special" option of word is the best
imo since this is how all other word users deal with this problem.
The answer from FS also looks like it would work (also supplied by other
users here), but it makes you check the setting before every copy
operation to be sure it's set how you need it to be set for this
particular copy.
One other work around is to paste the text into something that doesn't
support formatting, but only supports plain text (such as notepad). You
can then copy it from there into the clipboard, and you've essentially
stripped off the formatting info before you copy it into word or
whatever.
hth,
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
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(850) 413-6314
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Mark Alexander
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:12 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws and Microsoft Word.
I'm using the latest version of JAWS 9. When I used to use JAWS
8 and early 9 I would just do a copy & paste from either an e.mail or
web page and then paste it into a word document and be able to format
the copy in the word document, now with the latest version of JAWS 9
when I copy/cut text from some e.mails and all web pages then paste it
into a word document I cannot reformat the text that I copied, the
pasted text appears to have cells and sometimes only word on a line and
it cannot be changed or formatted. Many times I want to cut/copy a
financial newsletter from a website and transfer it to a word document
and strip out useless content and cannot modify the document. Someone
said a HTML document cannot be edited inside a word document and any
help from FS has been useless since I get the following from them:
1. Activate the verbosity dialog "JAWS key+v"
2. Press the letter s until you get to:
Select and copy from
3. Press the spacebar until this says virtual cursor and hit
enter
Now, see if you can copy as you desire to.
#2: There is no off/on option for that setting, it is switch to
a different setting and the virtual cursor option is the option that was
used in previous versions.
Of course I tried it with no luck, possibly doing something
wrong but their instructions to use the space key does nothing.
Frustrated to say the least
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan MacIsaac <mailto:jrmacisaac@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:56 AM
Subject: RE: Jaws and Microsoft Word.
What version of Jaws are you using and exactly what is
the problem you are having?
Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Alexander
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:55 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Jaws and Microsoft Word.
I too having been pissed off that I cannot copy & paste
a web page or e.mail into a word document and edit it as I used to be
able to do. Apparently, FS doesn't want to listen since I've sent them
several e.mails and to no avail since they think we all should do as
they want us to do. So far any assistance I've received from them does
not solve the problem, why don't they just work with users? This program
is an expensive plus they suck us in for a $120- S/M fee each year, what
do we get from that?
I'm about to bite the bullet and can JAWS and purchase
EYEs and see if that works any better.
If you find out how we can copy & paste e.mails or web
pages into a Word document with the cells and links and edit it, let me
know, otherwise I'm done with donating to FS each year for their S/M !
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas E. Williamson
<mailto:twilliamson2007@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws and Microsoft Word.
First, I use ctrl, plus shift, and end to select
the text that I want.
Then, I use ctrl plus c to copy to the cliff
board.
Then, I use ctrl plus v to paste in to microsoft
Word.
However, when I try to read the text, Jaws reads
it as a table with some sort of uni-code.
I just was not sure if there is something in the
setting of Word that I might need to change. (That is, the menus).
The purpose of prayer is not to get what we
want,
but to become what God wants.
Regards, Thomas.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Judith Bron
<mailto:jbron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws and Microsoft Word.
How are you copying the text? Are you
copying it by the page, by the line or a few words at a time?
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas E. Williamson
<mailto:twilliamson2007@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:26 PM
Subject: Jaws and Microsoft Word.
Hello,
When I copy text from the internet and
try to paste it in to Word, the text comes up in a table, how can I fix
that?
The purpose of prayer is not to get what
we want,
but to become what God wants.
Regards, Thomas.
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