Hi all, I have trouble with the delete part of editing. I never can seem to get the cursor in the right place to delete the right character. I would really appreciate some help on this. Thank you so much for everything to all of you on the list. God bless, Wren
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 17, 2012, at 6:39 PM, hunter <weeksca...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Should I do a recording of me editing text on my I touch and or iPad? > Editing on any iOS device works the same. If so, I will in a few days > when I get back to the place where I left my recorder. This is > assuming that nothing comes up, and y'all want a recording. Oh yes, > I'm typing this on the screen of my iPad. LOL. > > David Chittenden wrote: >> Yep, anything is a royal pain until you practice and get good at it. I do >> most of my writing on my iPhone, even the initial drafts of my research >> papers. >> >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 17/06/2012, at 11:36, "Rose Combs" <rosecom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, I don't do a lot of it because I don't write long messages on the >>> phone, but I do know that control C and control V still work as they do in >>> Windows. Sorry, I just do not use the phone for a writing tool and one >>> reason is because editing is a royal pain, if I ever get Siri things might >>> change but then maybe not. >>> >>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Tom Lange >>> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 10:10 AM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Editing text in iPhone >>> >>> Hi, >>> How do you do text selecttion with a bluetooth keyboard, and by what units >>> of text can you select? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Tom >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Rose Combs >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 9:26 AM >>> Subject: RE: Editing text in iPhone >>> >>> The edit function and cut and paste on the phone itself is junk, said from >>> someone who much prefers using a keyboard when needing to edit where ctrl v >>> and c work and where deleting works with separate keys so you know exactly >>> if you are going the right direction. I very much hate editing on the >>> phone itself, if Vokul makes a mistake, in fact, I just leave it there, and >>> if I make a horrible on typing I just delete the whole thing and try again. >>> I don't do lengthy messages or e-mail on the phone, only mail I get is to >>> send phone numbers to the address connected to the phone because reading >>> e-mail on the phone is not for me at least a pleasant experience. I have >>> lots of uses for the phone but editing, cutting and pasting are not among >>> them unless I am bored and feel I have nothing else to do. >>> >>> I like the phone and it goes everywhere with me but those functions and the >>> rotors are my least favorite. Practice in those cases does not make >>> perfect, just frustration. >>> >>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Chuck Dean >>> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 2:01 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Editing text in iPhone >>> >>> Yes, as above, make sure you are going in the right direction. >>> >>> When I first got my iPhone I thought the edit function was junk until I >>> realized my mistake. >>> Chuck >>> >>> On Friday, June 15, 2012 1:49:54 PM UTC-7, Rahul Bajaj wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I often get really confused when I try to edit the text that I've typed. >>> For example, when I want to edit a text message, I swipe down with one >>> finger and VO reads the text character by character. >>> Now, if I want to delete a character, I double tap the delete button. >>> So, sometimes the character that VO last spoke gets deleted and at >>> other times the character which was immediately before the character >>> that VO last spoke gets deleted. >>> So, how exactly does this work? >>> Let's say I've made a spelling mistake and have written my name as R A >>> H O U L instead of R A H U L. >>> So, where should I press the delete button to delete the O? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for your assistance. >>> >>> Best, >>> Rahul >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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