Dear Gigi, Thank you so much for trying. Like you, I've discovered the copying of the entire document from Preview into a TextEdit document. The formatting is preserved although I can't say to what extent.
Anne's method will help me copy just a couple of words which is the case from time to time, like for instance a license number or a telephone number. But your method is a clever one. Best wishes Andrew On 7 Sep 2014, at 13:56, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Hi there > It may not work in Preview, but I just tested the ability to copy text using > PDf Pen Pro. I couldn't figure out how to select using shift down arrow, but > I did command A and copied to the clipboard. Then I went to TextEdit, and > pasted it into a file. It worked, although I have no idea if it kept the > formatting. It talked fine, though. > > I used a short form to test this. If you want, I can use a longer form to > test it and see what happens. > > Gigi > > On Sep 7, 2014, at 6:48 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> You can't copy text from the Preview Payne as I've tried it in the past as >> it's not accessible I don't think. >> >> Kawal. >> On 7 Sep 2014, at 10:46, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> Hello Andrew, >>> >>> The command you are using to try to select text is the command for >>> selecting non-contiguous items. The command you want is VO-Return at the >>> beginning and end of the text you wish to select. You should hear a >>> whooshing sound as you select the text. >>> >>> You could also try the usual way of selecting text, Shift plus arrow keys. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 7 Sep 2014, at 10:45, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Listers, >>>> >>>> I am trying to copy some text to clipboard in Preview. I activate the >>>> select command with vo+command+return, i hear the familiar sound, and then >>>> I use vo+arrow keys to select the text I want. I then press >>>> vo+command+return to finish selecting and press the usual command+c >>>> command to copy to clipboard. But when I go to paste it to another >>>> application, like textEdit, nothing gets copied. I hear a bong that tells >>>> me there's nothing on the clipboard. I tried copying the selected text >>>> without the final vo+command+return but got the same nul result. Has >>>> anyone been able to copy text successfully in Preview with Voiceover? >>>> >>>> Andrew >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
