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

  • From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 22:15:40 -0700

evona,

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Devona" <djasister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 16:58
Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick


I need no mail please.

Devona

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From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 6:50 PM
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick

> Cy,
>
> Yes, in applications like Word and Excel, there is an undo cache that
> allows for several past undo. However I don't know if that holds when a
> file has been saved, or if it only clears when a file is saved and then
> reloaded.
>
> However for Notepad, there is just one layer, and it works like a toggle.
>
> Dave
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Cy Selfridge
>  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 15:41
>  Subject: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick
>
>
>  Bill,
>
>  About all I can say is that you are a lucky man. (LOL)
>
>  I can only postulate that whatever you were trying to undo was probably
> not critical with potentially cataclysmic results. (LOL)
>
>  I think the undo command operates on the Murphy Principal?
>
>  Cy, The Anasazi
>
>
>
>  From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Bill White
>  Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 4:30 PM
>  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: JAWS latest trick
>
>
>
>  Undo doesn't work only for the last command.  I've used undo to go back
> several commands, as many as 6 or 7.
>
>  Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>    From: Cy Selfridge
>
>    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>    Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 3:14 PM
>
>    Subject: 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!
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>        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.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>        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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