Thanks so much tim, very helpful really but may I know what is cmd-shift-t, ?
On 3/21/17, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > There are multiple methods for copying from a web page. > > 1. VO-shift-c as mentioned by Andrew. Whereby you have VO read a block of > text, press VO-shift-c to copy the last phrase uttered by VO to the > clipboard. You can then paste it wherever you wish. > > 2. Hold down the shift key then arrow through what you wish selected, then > press cmd-c to copy. > > 3. Navigate to the beginning of the section you wish selected, mark it with > VO-return, navigate right through to the end of what you wish to select, > press VO-return again to mark the end of the section, then press cmd-c to > copy. > > 4. Press cmd-a to select everything on the web page, open a TextEdit > document and put it into Plain Text by pressing cmd-shift-t, then press > cmd-v to paste the text into the document. You can then copy out what you > need from this text. > > Note that in most cases, you need to Interact with the web content area, and > QuickNav needs to be turned off. Different web pages and/or web content > areas work better with different methods listed above. Just try one, if it > doesn't work, try one of the other methods. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Mar 21, 2017, at 07:22, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Andrew, thanks so much for that. > it's really so frustrating, specially if the page contains a block of > text that I need to get. > but so so sorry for asking, are you sure that this is the only way of > doing this? I mean copying a block of text? > > On 3/21/17, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com> wrote: >> Hi Ramy, >> >> Selecting text on a webpage has always been a bit of a problem, >> especially >> if you need to select and copy just a small portion of the text. The way >> I >> do it is as follows: once you find and hear the text you are interested >> in, >> you can invoke Voiceover command vo+shift+c which copies the last phrase >> or >> portion of text that voiceover has just spoken. Once you press the key >> combination you can then paste it into another application. Bear in mind >> that you may have to edit the pasted text since what's copied to the >> clipboard is the last spoken piece of text which may be longer than the >> bit >> you require. You can then go back to Safari and copy another chunk of >> the >> text, using the same key combination. This is not ideal but at least >> it's >> doable. Just remember that Voiceover will copy absolutely everything >> that >> it has said. So for instance, if the portion of the text includes a link >> or >> image or clickable text, and Voiceover says this, the word "link", >> "image', >> "clickable" will also be copied as part of the text. that's why you need >> to >> check and edit what has been pasted. If you need to copy the entire >> content, there are other methods but I won't describe them now as they >> are >> more complex. You might find more information on the subject of copying >> text from a webpage in macvisionaries group archive as this topic >> regularly >> comes up and others have tried different solutions. >> >> Hope this will help a little. >> >> Andrew >>> On 21 Mar 2017, at 00:36, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello all: >>> Sorry if my question is a starting question, but i came to a web site >>> on >>> safari that i need to select some text from it, and copy them to another >>> file. how can i do this/ >>> thanks in advance >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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