[nfbcs] JAWS and Selecting Blocks of Text

[Steve Jacobson]

Joe,

I am not a JFW user but have heard that JFW intercepts the text selection keys and does its own thing.  I don't know if that is true or not.  However, there is 
a mode in Word that lets you turn on the ability to select text.  The F8 key can do this.  It rotors through other options as well including the ability to 
automatically select specific units of text.  If you press F8 once, you will hear Extended Selection on.  You can then select your text with the arrow keys 
without a shift key.  Once you have the text you want, copy or cut it to the clipboard and that will also turn extended selection mode off.  You shouldn't have 
to do this, but taking this approach might get you around whatever the difficulty is with JFW.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:41:46 -0400, Joe Orozco wrote:

>Hello,

>I am using Microsoft Word 2003.  When I try to use JAWS 10 to select text, I
>get quirky results.  First, if I begin at the beginning of a line and begin
>selecting text down line by line, the text is fragmented.  It does not
>select complete lines as I am hoping.  Second, JAWS will not continue into
>the next paragraph.  I am defining a paragraph as a section of text divided
>by a blank line.  When JAWS gets to the end of a paragraph, it will not
>select further.  This is most frustrating, and using JAWS 11 is no better.
>Any thoughts?

>Best,

>Joe

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