that has been there for a while in snl, but it does not work on some web pages. I don't' remember where it is. On Jul 24, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Hi there, > > One useful feature in Lion is the ability to use VO to select things. I've > managed to select text in pages and Preview using the following method. I > don't to pretend to have tested it thoroughly, and I might be wrong about > some details, so don't shoot the messenger. :-) > > 1. find the block of text on the page and then interact. > 2. Now, use vo-Enter to start the selection process. > 3. Move along with vo-rightarrow until you hit the end of the text you want, > then press vo-enter again. > 4. Now hit cmd-c, and go to the textedit window you want to copy the text to. > > As I said, may be useful, may not. > > Dónal > On 24 Jul 2011, at 20:38, John Panarese wrote: > >> The service is still there. You might have to go into System Preferences >> under the Keyboard pane in the shortcuts view to activate it again. At >> least, I had to do this to get it to work again. >> >> Take Care >> John Panarese >> jpanar...@mac-access.net >> >> >> >> On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> Has anyone discovered a good way to select a block of text from a web page >>> on Lion so that the text can be pasted into another document? >>> >>> On Snow Leopard I used to press command+A to select all the text in the >>> Safari window, then use the Safari service "new textedit window containing >>> selection" which would copy the Safari text into a TextEdit window, and >>> then copy the required text from the textedit window. Alas the service >>> option "new TextEdit window containing selection" seems to have been >>> removed in Lion. On Snow Leopard I was sometimes able to simply interact >>> with the Safari page and use the arrow keys to select the desired text in >>> the normal way. That does not seem to work on Lion either. >>> >>> So I tried the attached approach (which I had never used on Snow Leopard) >>> and that does not seem to work on Lion either! >>> >>> I can manually create an empty textedit window and copy the Safari page >>> into that and then select the desired text from there but that is hard >>> work! I feel there should be an easier approach. >>> >>> Many thanks for any ideas. >>> >>> Paul Hopewell >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> >>>> Subject: Selecting a block of text from a website >>>> Date: 23 March 2011 19:49:03 GMT >>>> To: Mac iOS Accessibility OSX & <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>>> Reply-To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> Here's how to select part of a web page and copy it into a text document. >>>> >>>> • Find the start point for your selection and set a hotspot >>>> (VO-Shift-number), it must not be a link; >>>> • Find the end point for your selection and set a second hotspot, once >>>> again, not a link; >>>> • Turn cursor tracking off (VO-Shift-F3); >>>> • Bring the mouse to the hotspot (VO-Cmd-F5); >>>> • Check that the mouse is actually on the hotspot (VO-F5); >>>> • Click the physical mouse or trackpad; >>>> • Go to first hotspot (VO-number); >>>> • Bring the mouse to the hotspot; >>>> • Check that the mouse is on the hotspot; >>>> • Hold down the Shift key and click the mouse or trackpad; >>>> • Press Cmd-C to copy the text. >>>> >>>> If you've succeeded in highlighting text, you'll hear "Copy". >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>>> >>>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >>>> Mac-Access forum at: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>> >>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>>> and worm-free! >>>> >>>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>>> the list website at: >>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>> >>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >>> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > Dónal Fitzpatrick > dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Sarah Alawami If you need an edit done on a small project go to http://music.marrie.org/master.html for more info. If you need to contact me my info is below. MSN and AIM: marri...@gmail.com website: http://music.marrie.org Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
