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From: Wes Groleau on 7 Jul 2010 22:51 On 07-07-2010 22:32, Michelle Steiner wrote: > Wes Groleau<Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: >> I haven't used it in a long time, but I may be switching back unless >> someone can show me how to make Preview select text in word order, i.e., >> not limit it to a rectangle, AND copy it as _text_ instead of image for >> pasting elsewhere. > > Text tool: Command 2 It's also the default and has an icon on the GUI. Thanks for mentioning it, though. My post was prompted by my irritation at it not working. I just grabbed a document and tried it and it worked. Had you not posted, I might have continued to assume it was an inadequacy of Preview, when apparently the document I last tried it on had somehow disabled it. -- Wes Groleau Unusual ways of learning? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=96
From: John McWilliams on 8 Jul 2010 12:06 Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article <i13eeq$ri4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > >>>> I haven't used it in a long time, but I may be switching back unless >>>> someone can show me how to make Preview select text in word order, >>>> i.e., not limit it to a rectangle, AND copy it as _text_ instead of >>>> image for pasting elsewhere. >>> Text tool: Command 2 >> Itâs also the default and has an icon on the GUI. > > Yes, it does have an icon in the toolbar, but if your toolbar is configured > not to show it, it's easier to tell you about the command key. > >> Had you not posted, I might have continued to assume it was an >> inadequacy of Preview, when apparently the document I last tried it on >> had somehow disabled it. > > It may be that the last document you tried it on was a graphics document > without any true text in it. Or it could be text with copy protection built in....... -- john mcwilliams
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