[Trainer-Talk] Selecting text that is not contiguous in word with JAWS

Dr. Denise M Robinson deniserob at gmail.com
Mon Oct 2 14:55:11 UTC 2017


Great article David.
Thanks


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On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 2:35 PM, David Goldfield via Trainer-Talk <
trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> This is a very good suggestion for copying and pasting noncontiguous
> blocks of text. NVDA has a similar capability but it requires an addon
> known as Clip Contents Designer.
>
> https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/clipContentsDesigner.en.html
>
> I also wrote a blog post discussing these capabilities, focusing on JAWS at
> https://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/
> using-your-screen-reader-to-extend-the-functionality-of-
> the-windows-clipboard/
>
> David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist WWW.David-Goldfield.Com<
> http://WWW.David-Goldfield.Com>
> On 10/1/2017 12:47 AM, Nathaniel Kile via Trainer-Talk wrote:
>
> Hello,
> JAWS has its own clipboard function that allows one to copy noncontiguous
> text.
> The keystroke is, Windows/Insert/C.
> You select the text that you want, with the above keystroke, go to the next
> section that you want to copy and do the same keystroke and now both items
> will be on the clip board. You can do this as many times as you like. Once
> you have all of the text on your clip board pasted and would like to clear
> it, just copy a section of text as normal with Control/C and You will be
> asked if you want to override the data on the clipboard, just press yes and
> you can start making more selections with the JAWS copy feature.
> HTH
> One way to clear the clipboard is to select something and then use the
> normal copy function, Control/C and you will be asked if you
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-Talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Nancy Coffman via Trainer-Talk
> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2017 7:07 PM
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> Cc: Nancy Coffman
> Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Selecting text that is not contiguous in word with
> JAWS
>
> Has anyone been able to successfully select text that is not contiguous
> using the mouse functions in JAWS? Can you tell me how you did it?
>
> Thank you.
>
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