Hello Chris,
>> That's how it more or less works :
>
> Sort of...
>
> When Word (or OpenOffice) puts something on the clipboard, it puts it
> one there is multiple formats. I know that Words puts it on in plain
> text (the clipboard default), RTF, and Word format. When another
> program goes to re
MAU @ 12/14/2005 5:48:13 AM
"Smart Bat column alignment"
> That's how it more or less works :
Sort of...
When Word (or OpenOffice) puts something on the clipboard, it puts it
one there is multiple formats. I know that Words puts it on in plain
text (the clipboard defau
Hello MAU,
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 you wrote in
M> They may, but not always. Some times formatting done apparently with
M> tabs is done by other means,
I've just replied to Feli on the same subject. At least I now have my
columns, however I had to do it :-)
In the particular Word document I attem
Hello Feli,
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 you wrote in
FW> yes, tabs are copied, but how they display depends of your text editor.
FW> Tab setting in word processors is normally defines in cm or inces, in
FW> text editors you define your tab in number of characters.
Maybe that's why, when I copied my tab
Hello Richard,
> Another little thing learnt. I thought that Tabs were carried over in
> the copying.
They may, but not always. Some times formatting done apparently with
tabs is done by other means, for example paragraph indentation may be
done by setting different margins for different paragrap
Hello Richard,
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:59:11 +0100GMT Richard Wakeford wrote:
RW> Another little thing learnt. I thought that Tabs were carried over in
RW> the copying.
yes, tabs are copied, but how they display depends of your text editor.
Tab setting in word processors is normally defines in cm
Hello MAU,
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 you wrote in
M> When you paste something in a _text_ processor, how can it know where it
M> comes from to understand its formatting, etc.? Does a text processor
M> have to understand the special coding (formatting) done by MS Word,
M> OpenOffice, etc.? So, all it p
Hello Richard,
M>> no text editor gets the formatting when you copy from Word and paste
>
> That's another useful snippet of information learnt thanks. Although why
> Word can't make formatting exportable I don't know. Maybe it's time to
> give OpenOffice a go.
It is not a Word problem, you would
Hello MAU,
On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 you wrote in
M> no text editor gets the formatting when you copy from Word and paste
That's another useful snippet of information learnt thanks. Although why
Word can't make formatting exportable I don't know. Maybe it's time to
give OpenOffice a go.
--
Regards,
Hello Richard,
M>> I can even see a 'Paste formatted' option, which I don't know what it
M>> does but the name seems to suggest something
>
> Unfortunately it doesn't paste formatted from Word but it was so easy to
> align all my lists with the Tab button that it only took a few minutes.
Glad yo
Hello MAU,
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 you wrote in
M> I don't use Smartbat at all but, have you tried right-clicking just
M> anywhere inside it to get the context menu?
Just as a follow up I'd still like some way to tell you if the three
"autoformatting, autowrap and justify on wrap" are on or off as
Hello MAU,
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 you wrote in
M> I don't use Smartbat at all but, have you tried right-clicking just
M> anywhere inside it to get the context menu? I can even see a 'Paste
M> formatted' option, which I don't know what it does but the name seems to
M> suggest something ;-
Write 100
Hello Richard,
> Nobody? :-(
I don't use Smartbat at all but, have you tried right-clicking just
anywhere inside it to get the context menu? I can even see a 'Paste
formatted' option, which I don't know what it does but the name seems to
suggest something ;-)
--
Best regards,
Please support th
Nobody? :-(
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Regards,
Richard
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Hello,
How do you get columns to align in smart bat?
I have one page which is meant to have columns in it. However Smat Bat
behaves like MicroEd in that, if you don't have line spaces, all lines
become one the moment you start to edit.
do all my editing by copying to Word, making adjustments to
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