[mso] Re: copy/paste in Word 2000... SUE and DIAN
- From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:04:41 -0600
Sorry, I guess I can appreciate your frustration, but as a developer of
forms, I can also appreciate the frustration when folks try to trash a
form and I have to fix their mess.
I can only suggest you READ the form first and then pay attention to it
so you can fill it in properly without having to move answers from field
to field.<shrug>
Dian Chapman
Technical Consultant, Instructor,
Microsoft MVP & TechTrax Editor
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Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:47 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: copy/paste in Word 2000... SUE and DIAN
Dian,
So, the only way to be able to copy/cut/paste text is to not use tables?
Or, can I simply leave it unprotected, and explain to her why it is that
way? This evening, I have talked to several other of our volunteers who
are as frustrated as I am with this situation--to the point where they
simply don't report in on the form. The form is simple enough that we
could easily do without being able to tab around a table. Only one
"incident" is allowed in a file...one date, one code descriptor and the
notes regarding the incident.
All I want is to be able to highlight a sentence or block of text and
copy it, or delete it, or move it to another place in the document. You
know--the kind of thing any old word processor will do? Even email
programs let you do this. I would probably never want to type the same
sentence more than one time in the same document.
Unless our coordinator can figure out a way to make it easier for us to
report, it may be the end of my volunteering with this group. That's
about how frustrating this has become for me. Retyping and playing with
forms is not what I signed up to do!
Sue
At 05:46 PM 01/17/2003 -0600, Dian Chapman wrote
>
>Yes, it's the tables that causes the difference. If the fields are just
>in a document without a table structure, then you CAN select text
>within. And yes, I DO recommend tables, cos' they provide better
>structure and help you create more professional looking forms cos' they
>give you more design options.
>
>And as I said, if the forms were designed better, you probably wouldn't
>have to deal with copying.
>
>Also know that the F4 key is Word's repeat key. So if you type
>something and realize you have to type it again, if you don't do
>anything else yet, you can just hit F4 and the whole sentence will
>retype FOR YOU.
>
>Good luck!
>
>
>Dian Chapman
>Technical Consultant, Instructor,
>Microsoft MVP & TechTrax Editor
>
>Word AutoForm/VBA eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
>Tutorial web site: http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html
>TechTrax Ezine: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax/
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Behalf Of scubic
>Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 3:13 PM
>To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [mso] Re: copy/paste in Word 2000... SUE and DIAN
>
>
>
>At 01:52 PM 01/17/2003 -0600, Dian Chapman wrote
>>
>>Very sorry for making you nuts<g>...but you are right and I was wrong.
>>This option is NOT in 2000. I just double checked and I must have
>>reopened XP thinking I was in 2000 when I quickly checked the other
>>day. It gets confusing with 4 version of Word on one system!
>
>I can imagine!! You have no idea how relieved I am that I was just not
>too dumb to find it!
>
>
>>Just curious...WHAT is it that you have to copy/paste over and
>>over????
>
>It's not a matter of having to copy/paste a lot of material. It's just
>that if I want to reposition a paragraph or sentence, I have to
>backspace or delete the whole text out and then retype it where it
>belongs. As you could see, it is a fact-reporting form, and sometimes
>I forget to add things in the correct sequence.
>
>I know I'm ouchy about it, as I'm too used to the "reveal codes" in
>Word Perfect, and have no intention of spending months learning to use
>Word in my daily life. I had to learn WP in order to type legal briefs
>(part of my daily life). But, our volunteer office refuses to learn to
>convert from WP. I've been struggling all afternoon, trying to figure
>out if there was some other way to gather this information using Word.
>
>Is the problem the use of tables? I've printed off your instructions
>on creating simple forms. In that, you suggest using tables.
>
>I really do appreciate all your effort.
>
>Sue
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