Re: JAWS latest trick
- From: "Dave Durber" <d.durber@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:23:31 -0400
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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