Am very familiar with the copy format and paste format of word. But applying or pasting format to each text could be tedious, especially when working on a very large document. Imagine if we can just select text from different parts of the documents without the worry of unselecting the rest of the text previously selected, all we have to do is to paste the format at ones.
On 4/24/16, abdulaziz dapilin <abdulaziz.dapi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. Have just realized that perhaps the exact thing can't happen > as of now. Maybe in the future. When selecting non-contiguous text, or > even items from a list view, user needs to hold down the control while > navigating to the next text or item to be selected. There's no problem > when selecting non-contiguous items in a list view with keyboard. > However, I wonder how to do it in a document. Sounds impossible > because we also use control key in text navigation, and pressing any > arrow keys will immediately unselect selected text. > > On 4/24/16, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: >> My sense is that JAWS operates too linearly for this to work as you >> describe. However, this idea occurs to me as a workaround. With your main >> document open, start a new one in which you pre-set the font attributes >> you >> want to apply to the passages in question. Then use MS's paste special >> (control-alt-v) to paste each item into this second file. If it works, >> the >> first passage will be formatted the way you want, and then you can >> substitute it in the original file, again using the paste special >> command. >> Note that in this command, you select the format with the up and down >> arrows. >> >> I haven't tested this idea, and it may take a little tweaking. I also >> realize it wouldn't be as fast as what you'd like to do, but it would >> certainly be faster than reformatting each passage every time. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On >> Behalf Of abdulaziz dapilin >> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 1:35 AM >> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How to select non-contiguous text >> >> What I meant is not for copying and pasting. Here's the scenario. I >> would like to select non-contiguous text in a large document to apply >> format and attribute changes at ones. For sighted user, they simply >> accomplish the task by holding down the control while selecting text >> from different parts of the document using the mouse pointer. I don't >> know if it is possible to do it solely with the keyboard. >> >> On 4/24/16, Kimsan <kimsans...@outlook.com> wrote: >>> Noncontiguous so each word would not be selected. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On >>> Behalf Of Pinky >>> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 8:35 PM >>> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How to select non-contiguous text >>> >>> Hi, >>> To copy one word at a time hold down the ctrl+shift key then right arrow >>> for >>> all the words you want to highlight. As you arrow right Jaws will >>> announce >>> the words that are being highlighted. >>> >>> Then after you have highlighted just press the Ctrl+C to copy then go to >>> where you want to put the copied text and then just press the Ctrl+V to >>> paste it where you want them. >>> >>> If you want to select all the words on a page just do ctrl+A then Ctrl+C >>> to >>> copy then ctrl+V to paste. >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On >>> Behalf Of abdulaziz dapilin >>> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 9:21 PM >>> To: jaws-users-list >>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] How to select non-contiguous text >>> >>> Hi folks. I wonder how to or if its possible to select non-contiguous >>> text >>> in word using keyboard. I am pretty sure that for users who could use >>> mouse >>> pointer it is possible. Have anybody from this group knows how to do it >>> using the keys? >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
