Somehow garbage is often tacked on to the contents of the clipboard when
you do a paste operation in DBTW. I think the problem was partially
resolved somewhere around version 10;3, but it's still a problem.
Steve
On Friday 1/24/03 16:14 Foxworth, Ann wrote:
Yes, I agree Steve. The problem with cutting and pasting from Word to DBT is that sometimes you bring weird Word codes along with your text. From what George said, better days are ahead for word processing and DBT.
Ann Foxworth, Computer Braille Specialist Texas Commission for the Blind 4800 N. Lamar BLVD Suite # 130 Austin, TX 78756 PH: (512) 377-0654
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Dresser [mailto:s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 3:12 PM To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] Re: Another item for the wish list
Ann,
Back then, I wasn't using word processors, but that feature is such a common one in just about any text editor that I'm astounded it isn't part of DBTW's editor.
Steve
On Friday 1/24/03 12:26 Foxworth, Ann wrote: >Here here Steve. Do you all remember good old Word Perfect for DOS when >you were expected by the creators of that wonderful old program to know >what you wanted to do with your data and you could pull one file after >another into the same open document? Ah those were the days. DUXWP was a >good old program too. I miss them both like old friends gone away. > >Ann Foxworth, Computer Braille Specialist >Texas Commission for the Blind >4800 N. Lamar BLVD Suite # 130 >Austin, TX 78756 >PH: (512) 377-0654 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Dresser [mailto:s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:45 AM >To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [duxuser] Another item for the wish list > > >Hi everyone, > >I'd like to see an option in the File Menu that would allow a file to be >inserted into an already existing document. To understand why, consider >the following scenario: > >I am assembling a newsletter consisting of several articles, each of which >comes to me in a separate file. Since I want the final result to be a DBT >file, I start by importing the first article into DBT. For each subsequent >article, I have to open the file, select all of it, copy it to the >clipboard, close it, go back to my original file, and paste in the contents >of the clipboard. While this is certainly doable, the process would be >much simpler if there was an option that allowed me to insert each new >article into my original file at the location of the cursor. > >Steve > >* * * >* This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. >* To unsubscribe, send a blank message with >* unsubscribe >* as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also >* subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription >* options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive >* is also located there. >* Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com >* * * >* * * >* This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. >* To unsubscribe, send a blank message with >* unsubscribe >* as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also >* subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription >* options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive >* is also located there. >* Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com >* * *
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