Re: Clipboard formats priorities
Then you need to move the TEXT so that it is the first option. I would move FILE to last. Bodvar On 3/22/07, David Shaked (Wernick) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to change the default Edit Paste format to Text. Per the instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini file. I changed ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT to ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Clipboard formats priorities
Then you need to move the TEXT so that it is the first option. I would move FILE to last. Bodvar On 3/22/07, David Shaked (Wernick) wrote: > I want to change the default Edit > Paste format to Text. Per the > instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini > file. I changed > > ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT > > to > > ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF > > and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising > both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? >
RE: Clipboard formats priorities
But there *are* a couple of free Windows utilities you can use to strip formatting from copied content under any circumstance, including intra-FrameMaker copy and paste. At the moment I'm using a tool called PureText by Steve P. Miller, but there are several other choices, too. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Shaked (Wernick) Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:25 PM To: Framers Subject: RE: Clipboard formats priorities Never mind - I searched the archives some more and found that Fred Ridder answered the question on March 2. Notice that the maker.ini item starts with the word clipboard, which refers to the Windows clipboard. FrameMaker only uses the Windows clipboard when pasting content that was copied in another application. FrameMaker-to-FrameMaker copy/pasting uses an internal mechanism that does not go through the Windows clipboard. Internal copy/pasting always comes with the formatting intact, which I actually find annoying about half the time (for examle, when I'm making a new heading from a phrase I copied from the text). My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder Intel Parsipany, NJ David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants -Original Message- From: David Shaked (Wernick) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 20:17 To: Framers (framers@lists.frameusers.com) Subject: Clipboard formats priorities I want to change the default Edit Paste format to Text. Per the instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini file. I changed ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT to ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? Failing this, is there another way to change the default paste behavior, so when I paste text from one part of a document to another, the text will adopt the formatting of the target location? Edit Paste Special Text works fine, but it is inconvenient when performing multiple pastes. I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows XP. David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Clipboard formats priorities
Thanks for the information, Fred. I would like to revise my original question. My primary need is not to paste text. It is to paste variables, as follows: 1. Insert a variable in a particular location. The variable contains the product name or other branding information. 2. Copy the variable. 3. Use find/change by pasting to insert the variable in hundreds of other locations. In all cases, the variable should assume the formatting of the target location. Is there a way to do it? (Currently, we plan to use FrameScript. We can save effort if there is a out-of-the-box approach.) David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants -Original Message- From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 14:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Framers Subject: RE: Clipboard formats priorities But there *are* a couple of free Windows utilities you can use to strip formatting from copied content under any circumstance, including intra-FrameMaker copy and paste. At the moment I'm using a tool called PureText by Steve P. Miller, but there are several other choices, too. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Clipboard formats priorities
David Shaked (Wernick) wrote: I would like to revise my original question. My primary need is not to paste text. It is to paste variables, as follows: 1. Insert a variable in a particular location. The variable contains the product name or other branding information. 2. Copy the variable. 3. Use find/change by pasting to insert the variable in hundreds of other locations. In all cases, the variable should assume the formatting of the target location. As you've discovered, when you copy a variable, you're copying _that_specific_instance_ of the variable, including the formatting it acquired from its context. You need the EZVars plugin from Electropubs (http://www.electropubs.com/). It solves your specific problem by letting you search for a text string and replace it with a variable -- not a copied instance, but a newly created variable, which assumes the correct font, etc., for that location. EZVars make working with variables much easier in general. It's only $15. I highly recommend it. HTH! Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Clipboard formats priorities
Never mind - I searched the archives some more and found that Fred Ridder answered the question on March 2. > Notice that the maker.ini item starts with the word "clipboard", > which refers to the Windows clipboard. FrameMaker only uses > the Windows clipboard when pasting content that was copied > in another application. FrameMaker-to-FrameMaker copy/pasting > uses an internal mechanism that does not go through the > Windows clipboard. Internal copy/pasting always comes with > the formatting intact, which I actually find annoying about > half the time (for examle, when I'm making a new heading > from a phrase I copied from the text). > My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. > Fred Ridder > Intel > Parsipany, NJ David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants -Original Message- From: David Shaked (Wernick) [mailto:da...@almondweb.com] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 20:17 To: Framers (framers at lists.frameusers.com) Subject: Clipboard formats priorities I want to change the default Edit > Paste format to Text. Per the instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini file. I changed ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT to ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? Failing this, is there another way to change the default paste behavior, so when I paste text from one part of a document to another, the text will adopt the formatting of the target location? Edit > Paste Special > Text works fine, but it is inconvenient when performing multiple pastes. I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows XP. David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants
Clipboard formats priorities
But there *are* a couple of free Windows utilities you can use to strip formatting from copied content under any circumstance, including intra-FrameMaker copy and paste. At the moment I'm using a tool called PureText by Steve P. Miller, but there are several other choices, too. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Shaked (Wernick) Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:25 PM To: Framers Subject: RE: Clipboard formats priorities Never mind - I searched the archives some more and found that Fred Ridder answered the question on March 2. > Notice that the maker.ini item starts with the word "clipboard", > which refers to the Windows clipboard. FrameMaker only uses > the Windows clipboard when pasting content that was copied > in another application. FrameMaker-to-FrameMaker copy/pasting > uses an internal mechanism that does not go through the > Windows clipboard. Internal copy/pasting always comes with > the formatting intact, which I actually find annoying about > half the time (for examle, when I'm making a new heading > from a phrase I copied from the text). > My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. > Fred Ridder > Intel > Parsipany, NJ David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants -Original Message- From: David Shaked (Wernick) [mailto:da...@almondweb.com] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 20:17 To: Framers (framers at lists.frameusers.com) Subject: Clipboard formats priorities I want to change the default Edit > Paste format to Text. Per the instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini file. I changed ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT to ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? Failing this, is there another way to change the default paste behavior, so when I paste text from one part of a document to another, the text will adopt the formatting of the target location? Edit > Paste Special > Text works fine, but it is inconvenient when performing multiple pastes. I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows XP. David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants
Clipboard formats priorities
Thanks for the information, Fred. I would like to revise my original question. My primary need is not to paste text. It is to paste variables, as follows: 1. Insert a variable in a particular location. The variable contains the product name or other branding information. 2. Copy the variable. 3. Use find/change by pasting to insert the variable in hundreds of other locations. In all cases, the variable should assume the formatting of the target location. Is there a way to do it? (Currently, we plan to use FrameScript. We can save effort if there is a out-of-the-box approach.) David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants -Original Message- From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:fred.rid...@intel.com] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 14:43 To: david at almondweb.com; Framers Subject: RE: Clipboard formats priorities But there *are* a couple of free Windows utilities you can use to strip formatting from copied content under any circumstance, including intra-FrameMaker copy and paste. At the moment I'm using a tool called PureText by Steve P. Miller, but there are several other choices, too. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ
Clipboard formats priorities
David Shaked (Wernick) wrote: > I would like to revise my original question. My primary need > is not to paste text. It is to paste variables, as follows: > > 1. Insert a variable in a particular location. The variable > contains the product name or other branding information. > > 2. Copy the variable. > > 3. Use find/change by pasting to insert the variable in > hundreds of other locations. In all cases, the variable > should assume the formatting of the target location. As you've discovered, when you copy a variable, you're copying _that_specific_instance_ of the variable, including the formatting it acquired from its context. You need the EZVars plugin from Electropubs (http://www.electropubs.com/). It solves your specific problem by letting you search for a text string and replace it with a variable -- not a copied instance, but a newly created variable, which assumes the correct font, etc., for that location. EZVars make working with variables much easier in general. It's only $15. I highly recommend it. HTH! Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
Clipboard formats priorities
I want to change the default Edit Paste format to Text. Per the instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini file. I changed ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT to ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? Failing this, is there another way to change the default paste behavior, so when I paste text from one part of a document to another, the text will adopt the formatting of the target location? Edit Paste Special Text works fine, but it is inconvenient when performing multiple pastes. I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows XP. David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Clipboard formats priorities
Never mind - I searched the archives some more and found that Fred Ridder answered the question on March 2. Notice that the maker.ini item starts with the word clipboard, which refers to the Windows clipboard. FrameMaker only uses the Windows clipboard when pasting content that was copied in another application. FrameMaker-to-FrameMaker copy/pasting uses an internal mechanism that does not go through the Windows clipboard. Internal copy/pasting always comes with the formatting intact, which I actually find annoying about half the time (for examle, when I'm making a new heading from a phrase I copied from the text). My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder Intel Parsipany, NJ David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants -Original Message- From: David Shaked (Wernick) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 20:17 To: Framers (framers@lists.frameusers.com) Subject: Clipboard formats priorities I want to change the default Edit Paste format to Text. Per the instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini file. I changed ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT to ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? Failing this, is there another way to change the default paste behavior, so when I paste text from one part of a document to another, the text will adopt the formatting of the target location? Edit Paste Special Text works fine, but it is inconvenient when performing multiple pastes. I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows XP. David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Clipboard formats priorities
I want to change the default Edit > Paste format to Text. Per the instructions that appeared on the list recently, I edited the maker.ini file. I changed ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT to ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, TEXT, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF and restarted FM. The revision seems to have no effect. I tried revising both the user maker.ini and the master maker.ini. What am I doing wrong? Failing this, is there another way to change the default paste behavior, so when I paste text from one part of a document to another, the text will adopt the formatting of the target location? Edit > Paste Special > Text works fine, but it is inconvenient when performing multiple pastes. I'm using FM 7.2 on Windows XP. David Shaked (Wernick) AlmondWeb Ltd. http://www.almondweb.com Technical Documentation * Web Development * Word and WebWorks Consultants
