Re: Announcing Highlighted text
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:03:59 -0800
Hi,
I know this perfectly well; in fact, for all my visual disability, I can
even still simply see the color change. And years ago, I , too, called
selected screen elements highlighted.
I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but "selected" really did become the
operative term in documentation some years ago already, now. honestly, it
did. I can barely remember a time when any official discussion of this sort
of thing talked about "highlighting" anything. It's as if that was just a
descriptive, conversational way for most of us to say what visibly happened,
when we selected something. But "select" was what we were actually doing,
procedurally and functionally. The highlighting is just the visual way to
*show* what's been selected. Eventually, I just began to refer to this the
same way all documentation did, and I'm none the worse for it, I don't
think.
but enough. I don't want to get points off for going off topic into a
discussion about the evolution of computer terminology...
----- Original Message -----
From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Announcing Highlighted text
I'm glad you recognized that we cathode ray-stained wretches call it
highlighted. I haven't any idea when selected came into being.
Let's say you're on a web page and you want to get its address. You hit
alt d. It is now highlighted and you can hit control C to copy. You
didn't nor did you need to select anything. It was highlighted with
either reverse type or a rectangular colored screen.
I use insert shift down arrow to ensure that I've highlighted what I
want to. For example, on MSNBC.com I might copy something. Or I have a
folder full of songs and I want to make sure what I've selected to play
is highlighted.
The key combo has been around since I've known Jaws.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Announcing Highlighted text
Hi Steve and Shannon,
I keep trying to find out exactly what the purpose of this command is,
and I
hope you can confirm what I think I've figured out. First of all, just
to
be clear: Although from personal experience I'm aware that most sighted
computer users habitually refer to selected text as "highlighted" text,
because they see whatever they've selected thrown into relief by being a
different color then unselected text around it, the formal word is
actually
"selected." Unless, that is, you guys haven't meant this at all, and
are
referring to some other factor that would result in the text being shown
in
a different color, or just brighter or darker. But I opened a Word doc
I'm
working in, and I bolded a word then applied this key combination, and
it
simply said "no text selected." So I conclude that "highlight" is being
used to mean "selected." Yes? That's not quibbling. It's a meaningful
distinction.
Now, if that's what is of concern, here, selected text, do you use this
after, let's say, you've selected a few words, or a paragraph, or
whatever
in a document or in some other environment (maybe on a Web page or
something?) and you want to confirm that you included in your selection
exactly what you want selected, before applying some formatting feature,
or
cutting or copying it?
Thanks. I know this question must seem dense, because no one's answered
it
specifically. But if this is the purpose of Shift Insert down arrow,
it's a
nice new editing tool to know about. Thanks.
expereince lthogh you
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve & Shannon" <shaste1011@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:11 AM
Subject: RE: Announcing Highlighted text
shift insert down arrow will read high lighted text
Steve & Shannon
Today I will marry by best friend, the one that I laugh with,
live for, love.-October 11, 2003
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of James Dean
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:55 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Announcing Highlighted text
Um...insert 8? Or you could also try hitting insert F and seeing if the
font you are on is highlighted or bold or whatever.
James
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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael G. <mailto:commodore128@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 7:53 PM
Subject: Announcing Highlighted text
Hi All,
Could someone tell me how you have Jaws announce which block of text is
highlighted in a Word document? I've looked through the Help file and I
can't seem to find it. I also looked on the Freedom Scientific site and
I couldn't find it there either. Thanks!
Michael
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