iPhone Quick Tip #9
— ♣Would you like to select and copy text from web pages or emails in iOS 4, but can’t fine the edit option in the rotor? -Here’s how!
Locate the text you’d like to start selecting, using Voiceover navigation, on the web page or in the email and then double tap and hold, anywhere on the screen. You’ll find, now, when you rotate the rotor, there is an edit option, and you can use the familiar pinch gestures and edit controls to select text. Once you have the text selected, the copy option will be available to you.
NOTE: if you try to select text which is positioned in or near a group of links, this may be difficult, or may not work at all, as the links themselves might be instead, activated by the double tap and hold gesture.
Another thing to note is that while selecting, if you switch the rotor to characters, words or lines, you can add or remove that type of text block from your selection. I.E. choosing lines in the rotor, adds or removes a line at a time from your current selection.
From here you can work with your copied text as you normally would.
Enjoy!