Hi Chris,
OK, perhaps they have changed things in this version? I just did
some testing myself with random documents and the only time I'm seeing
a problem is if tables are included in the document, such as the
invoice template I use from MS Word. With everything else, it now
seems as if you can highlight large chunks of text.
Take Care
John Panarese
On May 11, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Hmm, I tried the same shift+arrow selection on some random Word docs
> I had laying around and with a few public ones and couldn't
> reproduce the issue. Here's one public one I played with:
>
> http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Forms/EvacuationGuide.doc
>
> Are you able to select multiple paragraphs in this document?
>
> CB
>
> John Panarese wrote:
>>
>> I think the problem occurs when one opens existing documents
>> that
>> were not created in Open Office. At least, this has been my
>> experience.
>>
>>
>> Take Care
>>
>> John Panarese
>>
>> On May 11, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hmm. So I created a new Writer document and typed four sets of
>>> sentences (paragraphs) with a blank line inbetween. I then cursored
>>> up and left until I was at the beginning of the first sentence. I
>>> then did a shift down arrow a bunch of times and was able to select
>>> (and copy) all four paragraphs. The use of shift and arrows is not
>>> really a VO thing. It's a pretty common idiom for a lot of
>>> applications and also works for Windows text editors. Is this not
>>> what you were looking for?
>>>
>>> CB
>>>
>>> John Panarese wrote:
>>>
>>>> As far as I can see, the word processor still handles text in
>>>> the same way. I don't know why this is the case, but you cannot
>>>> select multiple paragraphs, unless I am missing something.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Take Care
>>>>
>>>> John Panarese
>>>>
>>>> On May 9, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> One question that became a showstopper for me with openoffice is
>>>>> that
>>>>> i can't select more than a couple of lines and when you come to a
>>>>> new
>>>>> paragraph, you unselect the previously selected piece of text.
>>>>> That is
>>>>> with VO commands, no other command works for me. That plus the
>>>>> fact
>>>>> that you can't continously read a whole document made me stop
>>>>> using
>>>>> Openoffice alltogether. If anyone has found a way to get around
>>>>> these
>>>>> problems, please let me know how by giving step-by-step
>>>>> instructions.
>>>>> /Krister
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 8 maj 2009 kl. 21.27 skrev John Panarese:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not Chris, but Open Office is pretty accessible. The
>>>>>> world
>>>>>> processor is a bit different to use than others, but they have
>>>>>> come a
>>>>>> long way. I'm not sure what the problem with spreadsheets is. I
>>>>>> am
>>>>>> seeing the cells being read. With tables in word processor
>>>>>> documents,
>>>>>> however, I am not finding any success.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>> Managing Director
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>>>>>> On May 8, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Eliza Cooper wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris,
>>>>>>> How's the accessibility of the word processor in Open
>>>>>>> Office? Is
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> any better than Writer?
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Eliza
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On May 8, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To answer my own question, I didn't notice much difference.
>>>>>>>> Navigation
>>>>>>>> of a table I created in writer still didn't announce what
>>>>>>>> cell I
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> as I tabbed around.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> CB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Chris Blouch wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anyone try it yet? Any improvements with VO support? Mine is
>>>>>>>>> downloading
>>>>>>>>> right now. I couldn't find any mentions one way or the other
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>> included docs or on the web.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> CB
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
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