Hi, This is not exactly the problem, the problem is that if you wish to cut, copy and paste you can't use the shift key to select text. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Priti Rohra Sent: 22 May 2004 06:34 To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Jaws not allowing selecting words or characters in word, wordpad or notepad. Hi David, Try this out: Turn the Num Lock on and then press: Down arrow: to select the current line. Up arrow: to select the prior line For the Next line: Turn the Num Lock off, come to the start of the line which you want to select. Turn the Num Lock on again and press Down arrow to select the current line. Control+Left arrow & Control+Right arrow for selecting the prior and the Next word. Right and Left arrow for selecting the prior and the next character. Control+Up arrow and Control+Down arrow for selecting the prior and the Control+next paragraph. Please do not use the Shift key. Turn the Num Lock off, once you have finished selecting. I am using Windows Xp Home and Jaws 5.0 and it works for me in Microsoft Word, however I have not tried for Notepad and Wordpad. Its not a fix, but atleast a workarround. Try it, might work for you as well. Chao, Priti, Accessibility Tester, Net System Solutions, India. ----- Original Message ----- From: "david poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 8:40 AM Subject: Re: Jaws not allowing selecting words or characters in word, wordpad or notepad. > yes, but I've seen no fix for it. Reinstalling and repairing jaws > does not > fix it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul J. Traynor" <pjtraynor@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 10:40 AM > Subject: Jaws not allowing selecting words or characters in word, > wordpad or > notepad. > > > Hi All, > > Recently I was asked why words using shift keys and arrow keys as > well as home and end keys would not select text in a document. I > thought maybe it was a word problem but when I unloaded jaws both > 4.5.0 and 5.0 the problem was fixed. Has anyone come across this > situation?. > > We are talking here win xp home, microsoft word, wordpad and notepad. > System has 256 memory and everything else seems okay. > > Many thanks in advance. > > Paul. > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To > unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject > line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, > or the > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To > unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, > or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx