From:

 martin webster <webstermartin@yahoo.com>

Subject:

 Re: How to copy a column from an HTML table

Date:

 Mon, Nov 19, 2012 8:53:05 am

Hi all,
Sorry I misunderstood the brief. I thought that the requirement was to copy a single column, not an entire range of columns from a table, which my method does do. Aaron is right if you want to copy an entire range of columns from a table then you will have to iether reconstruct that entire range of columns using copy and paste commands, or use I.E. enhance to copy the entire table and then edit it. No doubt I could script this but no time at the moment. In fact I think that table mode should have this ability as I see very little point in engaging table mode just to have tables read correctly, more functionality should be added to make it worth while remembering the extra key strokes smile..
Warm regards.
Martin Webster.
I.T. director for Kirklees Visual Impairment Network.


--- On Fri, 11/16/12, Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com> wrote:

> From: Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com>
> Subject: Re: How to copy a column from an HTML table
> To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
> Date: Friday, November 16, 2012, 1:32 PM
> Hi, Rod.
>
> You can still use the steps I provided to copy the entire
> table, and then remove the columns that you don't want using
> Word. Browsers typically don't let you select single columns
> in tables, which is why I was surprised when Martin had come
> up with a solution.
>
> The app simply creates a textrange between two nodes (the
> start point and end point), but, using the DOM, there's no
> way to get a start node of a column and end node of a column
> without getting all of the other table cells in between.
>
> I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but I don't believe you can
> do exactly what you want without a little editing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron
>
> On 11/15/2012 9:35 PM, Rod Hutton wrote:
> > Dear Martin,
> >
> > Your method only copies the contents of the cell you
> are in to the clipboard, not the entire column.
> >
> > Take a look at this web page:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_(TV_series)
> >
> > Navigate to the second column, entitle Local "title,"
> which, all the way down to the bottom of the column,
> actually contains the titles of all the seasons of
> Survivor.
> >
> > Now, say I want to copy and paste all these season
> titles into Notepad all at once, that is, in one copy and
> paste operation. Your method does not do this.  It
> would require me to repeat the selection and copy/paste
> operation one cell at a time, starting at the top of the
> column, and going down down row by row.
> >
> > Nice try, but no cigar.  Smile.
> >
> > Let's all keep on trying,
> >
> > Rod Hutton
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: martin webster
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:32 AM
> > To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
> > Subject: RE: How to copy a column from an HTML table
> >
> > Hi Louis,
> > I am able to copy a single column of a table by doing
> the following: Navigate to a table, enable table mode,
> control and equals. navigate to the required column by using
> insert and appropriate cursor keys. select all, control a,
> selects everything in that column or table cell. copy to
> clipboard control c, and dump it to notepad. I have tried
> this on three different kinds of tables thus far, and every
> time this work for me. If this is not the case for you
> please give us the web link and I'll give it a go. Hope this
> helps.
> > Warm regards.
> > Martin Webster.
> > I.T. director for Kirklees Visual Impairment Network.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 11/14/12, Louis <gosselin_louis@myfairpoint.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Louis <gosselin_louis@myfairpoint.net>
> >> Subject: RE: How to copy a column from an HTML
> table
> >> To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
> >> Cc: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 2:16 PM
> >> I hate to say this, but I sure can't
> >> make heads nor tails of this answer below. And I,
> too, would
> >> like to know how to copy a column from a table.
> >>
> >> Louis Gosselin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Aaron Smith [mailto:aaron@gwmicro.com]
> >>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:30 AM
> >> To: gw-apps@gwmicro.com
> >> Cc: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com
> >> Subject: Re: How to copy a column from an HTML
> table
> >>
> >> Using the beta of Window-Eyes 8 and the latest IE
> Enhance
> >> app, you can use the Copy with Formatting feature
> do to
> >> this.
> >>
> >> Aaron
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/13/2012 8:56 PM, Rod Hutton wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>     Hi,
> >>
> >>     A big “you are welcome”
> to Elliot
> >> regarding auto-speaking the top/bottom indexes.
> >>
> >>     Now, for my problem. 
> Does anyone
> >> know how to select a column of text from an HTML
> table, so
> >> that I can copy and paste the text into Notepad.
> >> I’ve googled a bit, and apparently you can hold
> down
> >> control and left-click a column or something like
> that, but
> >> it doesn’t work for me.
> >>
> >>     Can anybody help?
> >>
> >>     Much thanks,
> >>
> >>     Rod Hutton
> >>
> >>
> >> -- Aaron Smith
> >> Web Development * App Development * Product
> Support
> >> Specialist GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North
> Office Park,
> >> Fort Wayne, IN 46825
> >> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com
> >>
> >> To insure that you receive proper support, please
> include
> >> all past correspondence (where applicable), and any
> relevant
> >> information pertinent to your situation when
> submitting a
> >> problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support
> Team.
> >>
> >>
>
> -- Aaron Smith
> Web Development * App Development * Product Support
> Specialist
> GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne,
> IN 46825
> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com
>
> To insure that you receive proper support, please include
> all past
> correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant
> information
> pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report
> to the GW
> Micro Technical Support Team.
>
>