Please disregard my last email. Eric did a much better describing it. I had it backwards evidently.
Jenn -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jennie Facer Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 3:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Editing text in iPhone You put your fingers on the phone and pinch them together to select, and pull them apart to deselect. It takes a lot of practice, but it can be done. Jenn -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tara Prakash Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 12:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Editing text in iPhone Okay thanks. Can you explain pinch gesture. I wrote some thing which I want to paste to other edit fields. What exactly do I need to do? Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennie Facer" <pup...@me.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 1:29 PM Subject: RE: Editing text in iPhone > You have to use the pinch gesture to select text first of all. Than > you use your roter and go to edit. Here, you flick down to choose what > you want to do. > > Hope this helps, > > Jenn > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Tara Prakash > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 10:37 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Editing text in iPhone > > I remember it is possible to cut copy and paste text from edit field. > Can you please let me know how? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:01 AM > Subject: Re: Editing text in iPhone > > > Hi, first set your rotor to characters. Now, in short, if you swipe > down, you are moving forward. If you swipe up, you are moving backward. > Your cursor is landing between the letters. So, if you have the first > 7 letters of the alphabet, abcdefg, and you swipe down until you hear > c, that means your cursor is between c and d. If you double-tap > delete, you will delete the letter c because you are moving forward > and c is the last letter you heard. Now, again, taking abcdefg and > let's say you are swiping up and the last letter you heard was b, that > means your cursor is between a and b. This is because you are moving > backwards and the last letter you heard was b, so this time if you > press delete, the letter a will be deleted. > > Also, check the archives of this list as this topic was discussed > recently. Maybe they will help with a better explanation. > > Good luck. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > America: a country where half the money is spent buying food, and the > other half is spent trying to lose weight. > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 > > > On 6/18/2012 8:25 AM, Lea Langley wrote: >> 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. > 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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