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RobinS - Jul 7, 2006 - 1:50 pm
So here's the phone number (like the movies!) as is most commonly displayed:
555-1234
I want to be able to click it (single/double/whatever) but not right click it or have to highlight it with the mouse since that is too time consuming. I have to do this possibly hundreds of times a day so I'm looking at some way of copying a phone number without putting all 7 or 10 digits together like this:
5551234
2225551234
since for dweebs like me, its harder to read. Also I want it to look like a phone number for the benefit of other people reading.
Having to press a keyboard button while clicking won't slow me up at all since its almost simultaneous and uses 2 hands at once, so that would be just fine.
I really don't even know how to describe this!
So far the fastest way of copying the number seems to be:
Placing the mouse on the left of the number then
Shift + Option + Right Arrow twice
What I really need is a symbol that divides the 555 from the 1234 that the app doesn't view as a space and the dialing app doesn't think is a number. Quel problem! Maybe this is not possible and I'll just have to group my numbers together if I want to have fast effortless copying.
Suggestions?
555-1234
I want to be able to click it (single/double/whatever) but not right click it or have to highlight it with the mouse since that is too time consuming. I have to do this possibly hundreds of times a day so I'm looking at some way of copying a phone number without putting all 7 or 10 digits together like this:
5551234
2225551234
since for dweebs like me, its harder to read. Also I want it to look like a phone number for the benefit of other people reading.
Having to press a keyboard button while clicking won't slow me up at all since its almost simultaneous and uses 2 hands at once, so that would be just fine.
I really don't even know how to describe this!
So far the fastest way of copying the number seems to be:
Placing the mouse on the left of the number then
Shift + Option + Right Arrow twice
What I really need is a symbol that divides the 555 from the 1234 that the app doesn't view as a space and the dialing app doesn't think is a number. Quel problem! Maybe this is not possible and I'll just have to group my numbers together if I want to have fast effortless copying.
Suggestions?
earthsaver - Jul 7, 2006 - 2:50 pm
Besides using keyboard text navigation/selection shortcuts, the only sensible solution is to use periods instead of hyphens. People will still recognize them as phone numbers, though people like me prefer hyphens. With periods, single-word selection will work.
Where do the numbers usually appear in context?, and are they on lines alone or combined with other words?
- Ben
Where do the numbers usually appear in context?, and are they on lines alone or combined with other words?
- Ben
RobinS - Jul 7, 2006 - 8:45 pm
You are a sharp one!
Works perfect in TextEdit.
Same with Pages.
Word gets the dunce hat. Doesn't work at all. Poor Word........
The numbers are always with words. Like in a webpage. Or my address book which is just a bunch of a - z files.
You have an inspired idea?
Works perfect in TextEdit.
Same with Pages.
Word gets the dunce hat. Doesn't work at all. Poor Word........
The numbers are always with words. Like in a webpage. Or my address book which is just a bunch of a - z files.
You have an inspired idea?
earthsaver - Jul 7, 2006 - 8:55 pm
The reason it doesn't work in Word: Word is not a Cocoa application, so it doesn't adhere to the standards provided to all Cocoa applications, all built-in by Apple. Therefore, Microsoft developers had to program the text navigation and selection features manually, and quite naturally chose to make them different than the standard.
RobinS - Jul 9, 2006 - 3:14 pm
Well thanks again for the clarification. Once again you're led me out of the dark.
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