Thanks David. It seems to be working better today but not perfect. It's very unpredictable. I will try your method. Thanks for the idea.
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:53:24 +0100, you wrote: >I have had this problem from time to time in the past. It was one of the >reasons I stopped using FireFox. A workaround that worked for me was to not >use the Control key plus C combination and instead go to the FireFox Edit >menu and select copy from the menu items there. Slightly more cumbersome >but it worked for me. If you want to replicate the plain text copy in >Office applications, just select paste special from the edit menu and then >unformatted text. > >Not guaranteeing it will work for you but worth a try. > >Regards > >David Griffith > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlene Knight >Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 03:02 >To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com >Subject: [Blind-Computing] trouble highlighting and copying > > Hi all: > >I am using Firefox a version down from 3.0 because I was having trouble with >the newest one. Now the trouble seems to be following me again. I can't >seem to copy very well. It works when it wants too, but no other time. >JAWS says the item is selected, but when I try to copy it by using control c >there is dead silence. I try to paste anyway but there is nothing there. I >don't know what could have happened, or whatmight have been changed, but I >can tell you that it's hard to save job searches when you can't get anything >to copy. Does anybody have any ideas on what I may have done, or could do >to resolve this problem? Rebooting doesn't seem to help. Any ideas would >be appreciated. >Thanks. > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com >Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following address in order to contact the management team >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following >address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com >Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ > To post to this group, send email to > blind-computing@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Use the following address in order to contact the management team >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
