Re: text selection with f8
- From: "Hal Pearson" <hspearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:52:13 -0400
Hi group:
I've been following this thread with interest. Just a note in passing, I opened
a message in Outlok Express, and tried control shift down arrow to select a
paragraph. I'm sorry to say it didn't work; thought it would though. But yes I
know it's a keystroke used in word, I used to think it was a Jaws script
designed specially for the purpose of selecting a paragraph.
Hal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: text selection with f8
Wow, didn't realize it was a Windows keystroke! I was led to believe at
my college in Hereford which I used to attend that those keystrokes are
only available in Word, so thanks for that. Is there any way I could
script that so that JAWS reads what paragraphs I've selected? Thanks
again.
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:09:12 -0700, "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> Chris,
> Just FYI, this isn't a proprietary Word command but, so far as I
> remember, a
> Windows one. Let me see if it works the same in NotePad, for instance...
>
> yes. Just so you've broken the paragraphs by pressing Enter at the end of
> each one. Same as in Word. No need for the special F8 trick, unless you
> feel
> like using it anyway. In which case, hey, there's a million ways to get
> things done, etc. :-)
> ith ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:40 PM
> Subject: RE: text selection with f8
>
>
> There is in fact a keystroke that will select paragraph by paragraph.
> It's a Word keystroke, and it's control+shift+up or control+shift+down.
> Hope that helps.
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:36:57 -0400, "Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS)"
> <Ted.Lisle@xxxxxx> said:
> > If you're going for a whole paragraph, there's an even easier way; just
> > triple click and copy.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Brian and Denise Albriton
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:28 AM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: text selection with f8
> >
> >
> > Once copied to the clip board it turns off as well.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Philip Hall wrote:
> >
> > > just press escape.
> > >
> > > phil
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cy Selfridge"
> > <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:08 PM
> > > Subject: RE: text selection with f8
> > >
> > >
> > >> Say folks,
> > >> When you do the F8 selection how do you turn off the "select mode"?
> > >> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > >> Of Yardbird
> > >> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:20 PM
> > >> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: Re: text selection with f8
> > >>
> > >> Gary,
> > >>
> > >> I just tried it out on a Word document. Perfect! I have to assume
> > that
> > >> when
> > >> I tried F8 a few times before this, I either didn't hear or didn't
> > >> understand when Jaws said the amount of text that was being
> > selected. Had
> > >> I
> > >> read up on it in the Help files (or read your own instruction), I
> > would
> > >> have
> > >> understood what I was hearing. But alas, I just got confused and
> > didn't
> > >> learn to use the function properly.
> > >>
> > >> Many thanks. This will be a real help in my editing of Word
> > documents. And
> > >> I
> > >> won't even have to go to law school or take a paralegal training
> > course!
> > >> :-)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:19 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: text selection with f8
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Yardbird,
> > >>
> > >> You can use F8 to select a word, sentence or a paragraph. After
> > entering
> > >> Extended Selection mode with F8, just press F8 once, twice or three
> > times,
> > >> respectively.
> > >>
> > >> Gary King
> > >> w4wkz@xxxxxxxx
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird"
> > <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:34 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: text selection with f8
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Dean,
> > >> >
> > >> > On a different context for this, here's something I've never
> > figured
> > >> > out.
> > >> > In
> > >> > Word, that is. I think I remember that you could once select a
> > sentence
> > >> > at
> > >> > a
> > >> > time in Word. Or was that a keyboard procedure in WordPerfect
> > under DOS,
> > >> > years ay before I used a screen reader? I confess I can't
> > remember. But
> > >> > I
> > >> > would dearly love to once more select just a sentence if I choose
> > to, in
> > >> > one
> > >> > or two keystrokes. But all I've ever been able to manage with that
> > F8
> > >> > trick
> > >> > is to turn it on, then use the only Windows text navigation
> > commands I
> > >> > know,
> > >> > such as a word at a time, a line at a time, or pressing the down
> > arrow
> > >> > to
> > >> > select more lines below. But no one-command way to press F8 and
> > then
> > >> > have
> > >> > it
> > >> > select only a sentence. Am I out of luck?
> > >> > Thanks.
> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martineau"
> > >> > <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 2:31 PM
> > >> > Subject: Re: text selection with f8
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > I can't replicate this problem. In Word, F8 isn't supposd in
> > itself to
> > >> > select text. F8 turns on Extend Select mode, which enabled
> > various easy
> > >> > ways to select text. In Internet Explorer, F8 selects the element
> > under
> > >> > the
> > >> > cursor. Hence, if you have table announcement on, if you put the
> > cursor
> > >> > on
> > >> > the line that says "table with x columns and y rows," then hit F8,
> > the
> > >> > entire table is selected, and you can copy its contents. I don't
> > notice
> > >> > any
> > >> > difference between functioning in JAWS 7 and 8.
> > >> >
> > >> > Dean
> > >> >
> > >> > At 12:56 PM 4/15/2007, you wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Brian:
> > >> >
> > >> > This is in response to a two-month old message; but I just dug it
> > up
> > >> > while
> > >> > clearing out my inbox. Recently, I've noticed the same
> > phenomenon
> > >> > after
> > >> > hupgrading to JFW 8, and I have a solution:
> > >> >
> > >> > When you are in the part of a Word document that you wish to cut
> > or
> > >> > copy,
> > >> > don't press F8. Instead, go to the beginning of your block of
> > text;
> > >> > then
> > >> > press and hold the SHFT key; then use arrow keys to go up or
> > down,
> > >> > highlighting each line as you go while still holding down SHFT.
> > When
> > >> > you've
> > >> > reached the end of your block, let up on SHFT, and then go through
> > the
> > >> > usual
> > >> > procedure (CTRL+C to copy or CTRL+V to paste).
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm not sure why it works differently in version 8 of JAWS vs. 7,
> > but
> > >> > it
> > >> > does work.
> > >> >
> > >> > -Kane
> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian and Denise Albriton"
> > >> > <autoharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 11:04 AM
> > >> > Subject: text selection with f8
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > > I've noticed using jaws eight that f8 does not select text. It
> > speaks
> > >> > the
> > >> > > text of the element as it did before but when one tries to copy
> > it
> > >> > > somewhere else there's no text to copy. This still works in jaws
> > 7.
> > >> > Has
> > >> > > anyone else noticed something like this.
> > >> > > Brian
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
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