Ah, my apologies for the mistake. Even as I wrote it I felt like I had something wrong, but wasn't sure what. On Oct 20, 2013, at 7:28 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
> Hi Alex, > > It is actually "pinch out" for selecting text and "pinch in" for deselecting > text. > Think of pinch out as moving your 2 fingers away from each other on the > screen like your are expanding > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Alex Hall > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 4:12 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: "Cut & Paste" On an iDevice > > Here's how you do it, so you can have text to follow as well. Be warned, > though, that the select/de-select gestures can be very challenging. In fact, > I've used iOS for almost three years, and I still can't do it right most of > the time. > > 1. In a text field, or anywhere you can highlight text, move to the start of > the text you want to select, by any means (double tap an editing text field > to jump to the start, move with the rotor, whatever you want). > 2. Move the rotor to the text item by which you want to select. That is, if > you rotor to words, you will select by word. > 3. Pinch in with two fingers. Every successful pinch will select one rotor > item. So, if you are still set to words, each pinch will highlight one word. > 4. If you select too much, just pinch out to de-select by the current rotor > item. You may change rotor items in the midst of a selection, so you could > start by line and then choose words to select part of a line. > 5. Once you have selected the text you want, rotor to "edit", then flick up > or down until you find the item you want (copy or cut) and double tap. You > can also hit delete on the keyboard, or just start typing to replace the > selected text. > On Oct 20, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Bill, >> >> Check out the website www.IBlindTech.com. Garth has a series of >> Podcasts and one of them is on selecting, copying and pasting text. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Bill Gallik >> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 1:29 AM >> To: List, viPhone >> Subject: "Cut & Paste" On an iDevice >> >> How can "Cut & Paste" (or "Copy & Paste") be done on an iPhone, etc? >> >> Or, better yet, where is there documentation one can read to learn to >> do these sorts of things? >> >> I know I'll get a valuable answer here so, thank you in advance! >> ---------------- >> Holland's Boy, Bill >> - "Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes." >> - Napoleon Hill, American author in the area of the new thought >> movement, >> 1883-1970 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. 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