Hi, Jill. As long as your computer is on, whatever has been copied and pasted still exists no matter which applications you open or leave. When your computer is turned off, whatever you copied to the clipboard is gone. You can copy and paste the same information over and over again, which is helpful in Excel. Linda Adams ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill O'Connell To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: long Dash I thought that once something had been copied and pasted, it no longer existed or if the computer was turned off this was lost; am I wrong? ----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Goldring Tajalli To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:17 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] long Dash Like many others I have long tried various solutions for substitutes for the long [wide?] dash since my keyboard does not have one. All to no avail. Well, I finally found a workable solution: look for the nearest long dash and "copy" - not cut - it and then paste it where you need it. It is so simple I am surprised I had not heard it or read it here and I am sure someone must have posted it but since I never saw it I thought I would share this method with you. Amy omsm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.6/862 - Release Date: 6/22/2007 3:04 PM