[softwarelist] Re: problem with holding format during copy/paste

On 20/07/09 22:06:05, David Pilling wrote:
> In message <1248117157.5495.0@PC-Ubuntu>, Martin Devon 
> <martin.devon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >as intended? My wife, who uses OPro mostly, says she doesn't think
> this
> >happened several revisions back.
> 
> Is this on Windows or RISC OS - which version are you using?

RISC OS version 2.77 28 Jan 2009
> 
> >3. Make another empty text frame.
> >This time select all the text and copy to the clipboard, then paste
> >into the empty frame. The indent setup seems to be lost.
> 
> Step 3 is a different operation to the others - are the other steps 
> necessary or will it go wrong if you start with step 3, 

Step 3 is all that is needed to show the problem (2 was by way of 
contrast, but if it's a different process, forget it).

> I would suggest looking at the clipboard and seeing if the text is 
> formatted there.

All effects are still in place on the clipboard. 

> I presume the indents are done as text effects rather than as styles, 
> anyway that's how I did them and things worked as one would want, 
> formatting in step 3 was the same as in the other steps.

Yes, text effects is the method.. It's actually worse than I had said - 
ALL text effects are being lost on paste.

Martin

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Martin R Devon MSc
Consulting Engineer, Box, Wiltshire, UK
RISC OS in the timber-frame housing industry

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