Cut and paste in Word produced rolling ball

If we force quit will we lose any unsaved changes or does Word automatically save as you go?

Hi Carol,
The default auto-save is every 10 minutes. However, it's possible that a force quit of the application may corrupt the auto-save. It sounds like, regrettably, that you're not in a position to try anything else other than a force quit and hope the auto-save kicks in.

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Cut and paste from Word into Mail

I have an earlier post where I thought I had solved this problem, but now it's back with a twist:
I can cut and paste from Word, but after a few cut and pastes, it seems as if I can only paste the last successful section of text: copying new text from word seems to work, but when pasting into Mail, only the previous section of cut and pasted text appears.
I have checked the preferences within Mail, and they are set for plain text... so there should be no problem, yes?
I also tried quitting and then restarting Mail, but had the same problem...
Any advice?

Thanks, aqua*star -
I just checked the "archiving" and "back-up" suggestions in the Mail "Help" window and got the following info:
Mail preferences and messages
Your Mail accounts, rules, signatures, and Smart Mailboxes preference settings can easily be backed up. Tip: All Mail-related preference files should be backed up or restored as a group.
To back up:
Note: These steps back up Mail preferences, but do not back up Mail messages (emails), although you can do that with the .Mac Backup utility. See below if you want to manually back up Mail messages (mailboxes).
Create a uniquely-named folder on your desktop (or other favorite location). For example, you might call it "Mail Prefs Backups May152005" (adding a date is a good idea).
Quit Mail if it's running.
In the Finder choose Home from the Go menu.
Open the Library folder.
Open the Preferences folder.
Copy the "com.apple.mail.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file. Don't remove the original file from its current location (this file contains your Mail accounts information).
Close the Preferences folder.
Open the Mail folder.
Copy the "MessageRules.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file (this file contains your Mail rules).
Copy the "SmartMailboxes.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file (you guessed it, this file contains Smart Mailboxes information).
Finally, copy the Signatures folder to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the folder. (Your custom signatures, if you use them, are stored here.)
To restore: Just move all of the copies of the files and folders from your uniquely-named folder to the original locations from which they came, as listed above.
It looks like I can save and restore the Mail rules separately from the plist...

How to cut and paste long Word document into text generator?

I have a very long list of attributions in a Word document.
When I cut and paste it into the "Sample Text" area, it goes in fine.
But when I try to look at it ... either as simple text or, preferred, scrolling ... I only get parts of the document.
I can correct it by adding a 'return' in the middle of every few words.
But my document is so long, it would take a long time to do that one by one.
Solutions sought: How to just import the whole document and have it scroll, zip-zip?!

Thank you DH and skalaki, I had not known of the Boris title generator. Funny, I had looked in the FCE online manual until 'titling' and editing text ... didn't see mention of that.
In any case ... I've now found it and trust I'll be able to figure it out.
Since skalaki was first with the answer, I awarded the 'solved' there. DH's comments were further helpful.

How to cut and paste in word documents

I've never owned an "apple" product and I bought a MacBook Air to
and I've got a steep learning curve. I need help w/ basic functions b/c so different than a PC
Cut and Paste in a word doc?
Attaching Doc's to an email
closing the 'bookmark' section on safari
Is there a good "Quick Reference Guide" online so I don't have to go through trial and error or be on an 'apple support' asking silly questions. My frustration after 2 hrs is making me have 'buyers remorse'.
Thanks,

Many of the windows conventions are similar, but substitute use of the Command key for Alt key in windows when using a Mac..
http://www.danrodney.com/mac/
The big differences is Apple specified to programmers early on what these conventions would be and they are consistent (with few exceptions) on all Mac Apps.
Here's another guide
http://guides.macrumors.com/Keyboard_shortcuts
If you know a lot of WIndows CUA's heres a comparison list

Cannot cut and paste in word 2004

I can no longer cut and paste from one Word document to another. Does anyone have a suggest?

Quit Word, move the Word associated preference lists out of your Preferences folder to the Desktop, relaunch Word, and see if the issue persists. If not, one or more of those moved files is corrupt. If so, then the app's corrupt and your should reinstall.

When I cut and paste a word form a pdf file into the search window I get wavy lines, why is this

I am editing a document and wish to look up words and other information. When I select and copy a word from my pdf document and paste it into firefox's search window, I do not get the word but wavy lines instead. How can I remedy this? Example: I am trying to look up Carl Jung and copied this name but when I try pasting it I get this wavy line: ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣

You’re omitting essential information here, namely how exactly do you paste into the message you’re composing in Mail when it crashes. Do you paste by ctrl-clicking (or right-clicking) and choosing Paste from the contextual menu maybe? Try doing Edit > Paste (⌘V) instead; I bet Mail won’t crash if you do that.
And I wouldn’t be surprised if you also have a plug-in or an input manager or a contextual menu item or something like that that has a bearing on this. In the Finder, go to each of the following folders (if they exist). What do you see there?
/Library/Contextual Menu Items/
/Library/InputManagers/
/Library/Mail/Bundles/
~/Library/Contextual Menu Items/
~/Library/InputManagers/
~/Library/Mail/Bundles/
To make accurately reporting this information easier, you may open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal, type the following command (you can just copy it here and paste it in Terminal), and press <Return>. You can then copy the output of that command from Terminal and paste it in your reply to this post:
ls -1 /Library/Contextual\ Menu\ Items/ /Library/InputManagers /Library/Mail/Bundles ~/Library/Contextual\ Menu\ Items/ ~/Library/InputManagers ~/Library/Mail/Bundles
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. You can easily locate any of the folders referred to in this post by copying the folder path here, doing Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, and pasting the folder path there.

If I cut and paste a word doc in gmail or aol it will not appear when sent to my aol accountt

For the last few days when I send or receive an AOL email that was pasted from Word no text appears in the email. Using Firefox 20. If I send a email pasted from Word from my Gmail to my AOL no text appears. If I send and receive using Gmail, there is no problem. If I use Firefox 5.1.9 there is no problem with an AOL email.

Let's start with the assumption that it's most likely to be a temporary glitch.
When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.
(1) Bypass Firefox's Cache
Use Ctrl+Shift+r to reload the page fresh from the server.
Alternately, you also can clear Firefox's cache completely using:
Firefox menu) > Preferences > Advanced
On the Network mini-tab > Cached Web Content : "Clear Now"
If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.
(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the AOL webmail site:
Tools menu > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
Here you can remove your individual aol cookies.
Then try reloading the page and logging in again. Any improvement?
Microsoft Word has a special way of constructing HTML that preserves attributes unique to Word documents. However, when you paste that special HTML into a webmail editor, it may not be interpreted the same by different sites, all of which want to cleanse dangerous elements from that HTML. Maybe AOL has changed something? Do you know whether the messages appear blank in other browsers?
As a temporary workaround, if the messages do not contain embedded images or other non-textual elements, you could strip the HTML formatting by first pasting into a plain text editor such as Notepad, then copying from there and pasting into your email. To restore formatting (e.g., bold, italic, underline), you would need to use your webmail program's tools.
Finally, I'm not familiar with Firefox 5.1.9. Could you double-check that version number?

Tailoring cut and paste from Word to Dreamweaver 8

Hi,
I've been converting several Word documents, written by
authors at multiple institutions, to HTML using Dreamweaver 8.
My apologies for the length of this post. If there's a full
description of the process of converting from Word to HTML using
Dreamweaver, please point it out. Otherwise, here are some
questions.
1. Is there a way to specify how graphics are named? I'm
comparing this process with the File, Get Photos process in
Photoshop Elements, which allows the user to specify a renaming
convention on the fly.
2. For some of the graphics, multiple files are created,
sometimes with different file extensions (both GIF and JPG show
up), and sometimes with additions to the file names (0001, 0002).
These multiple files seem to have smaller file sizes.
RLS correction Aug 17, 2006: This is not really what
happened. In one large file, multiple copy-n-paste operations
resulted in graphics files with similar, but different, names.
3. I'm looking for a batch rename facility. I can open the
graphics files in the Files panel and rename by pressing F2, and
request via update option (on the General tab of Edit, Preferences)
that the referencing file(s) be updated. But this is slow when you
have more than just a couple to do. The batch rename facility I
wish for would both rename the files and update files that link to
them.
4. In Microsoft Word, when I do File, Save for Web (or File,
Save for Web (filtered) -- not sure of the spelling), I can click
the Tools button in the Save dialog box and select from a bunch of
different settings, including dpi etc. for graphics. Which such
setting(s) are used by Dreamweaver? I'm using the copy-n-paste
method because the File, Import method does not complete on my
machine.
5. Are there recommended steps to clean up Word first? For
example, Microsoft says that Word documents can be saved as RTF,
then re-opened, to clear up damage (see Microsoft Knowledgebase
article 826864). I found, for example, that creating internal links
in Word is faster than creating doing the same in Dreamweaver). And
I found that I should avoid the Dreamweaver option that preserves
styles. I want very simple output -- no forms, etc.
6. Is there a way to compare outputs? Adobe mentions that
leaving off the final paragraph mark in Word can cause some
formatting to be lost. I'd like to do a paragraph-by-paragraph
comparison (I know that 's ambiguous because list items are treated
as paragraphs in Word but not in HTML.)
7. To meet the request of a client, I want to preserve
highlighting in the resulting HTML (yes, I know, i'd be using the
<font> tag, but only so that the authors can quickly find
last-minute changes for review). I'd clean those <font> tags
out before going live. Can I fine-tune the HTML conversion process?
Again, my apologies for the number of questions. Partial
answers are most welcome.
Bob Stromberg
Greenwich, NY

Basically, unless there's already an extension available to
do all you want,
well, you'll have to hire someone to write you an extension.
"Bob Stromberg" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
> I've been converting several Word documents, written by
authors at
> multiple
> institutions, to HTML using Dreamweaver 8.
>
> My apologies for the length of this post. If there's a
full description
> of
> the process of converting from Word to HTML using
Dreamweaver, please
> point it
> out. Otherwise, here are some questions.
>
> 1. Is there a way to specify how graphics are named? I'm
comparing this
> process with the File, Get Photos process in Photoshop
Elements, which
> allows
> the user to specify a renaming convention on the fly.
>
> 2. For some of the graphics, multiple files are created,
sometimes with
> different file extensions (both GIF and JPG show up),
and sometimes with
> additions to the file names (0001, 0002). These multiple
files seem to
> have
> smaller file sizes.
>
> 3. I'm looking for a batch rename facility. I can open
the graphics files
> in
> the Files panel and rename by pressing F2, and request
via update option
> (on
> the General tab of Edit, Preferences) that the
referencing file(s) be
> updated.
> But this is slow when you have more than just a couple
to do. The batch
> rename
> facility I wish for would both rename the files and
update files that link
> to
> them.
>
> 4. In Microsoft Word, when I do File, Save for Web (or
File, Save for Web
> (filtered) -- not sure of the spelling), I can click the
Tools button in
> the
> Save dialog box and select from a bunch of different
settings, including
> dpi
> etc. for graphics. Which such setting(s) are used by
Dreamweaver? I'm
> using
> the copy-n-paste method because the File, Import method
does not complete
> on my
> machine.
>
> 5. Are there recommended steps to clean up Word first?
For example,
> Microsoft
> says that Word documents can be saved as RTF, then
re-opened, to clear up
> damage (see Microsoft Knowledgebase article 826864). I
found, for
> example,
> that creating internal links in Word is faster than
creating doing the
> same in
> Dreamweaver). And I found that I should avoid the
Dreamweaver option that
> preserves styles. I want very simple output -- no forms,
etc.
>
> 6. Is there a way to compare outputs? Adobe mentions
that leaving off the
> final paragraph mark in Word can cause some formatting
to be lost. I'd
> like to
> do a paragraph-by-paragraph comparison (I know that 's
ambiguous because
> list
> items are treated as paragraphs in Word but not in
HTML.)
>
> 7. To meet the request of a client, I want to preserve
highlighting in the
> resulting HTML (yes, I know, i'd be using the
<font> tag, but only so that
> the
> authors can quickly find last-minute changes for
review). I'd clean those
> <font> tags out before going live. Can I fine-tune
the HTML conversion
> process?
>
> Again, my apologies for the number of questions. Partial
answers are most
> welcome.
>
> Bob Stromberg
> Greenwich, NY
>
>

Mac Word 2008 Cut-And-Paste broken with DW CS3

The title pretty much says it all - something is failing in
the process of cutting text from a MS Word 2008 (Mac) document into
Dreamweaver CS3. Nothing gets transferred.
I can cut text from Word and paste into other text editors
(BBEdit, TextMate, TextEdit) without any problem... and can then
cut and paste that into DW... but, of course, all formatting
information is stripped - which isn't always a bad thing: this is
Word, after all...
Cut-and-paste from Word 2004 worked OK. It's a strange thing
to have break... and it's odd to me that Word got out of beta with
this, given the fact that Dreamweaver is as popular as it
is.

Well, I can't give any dates, but it's not any time in the
next few
months.
If I figure out an easy workaround, I'll let you know
directly.
- Vic
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Nelson [mailto:joelwnelson@...]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:26 PM
To: Victor Mitnick
Subject: Re: [ Bug Report ]
Thanks. Do you have any idea how soon this might be? It's a
pretty
significant inconvenience at this point.
Joel
On Feb 14, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Victor Mitnick wrote:
Hello Joel -
Thank you for reporting this problem. We just started hearing
about
it, so our plan is to get it fixed in the next release of
Dreamweaver.
Thanks,
Vic Mitnick
Adobe Dreamweaver Team
-----Original Message-----
From: joelwnelson@...
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:28 PM
The following information was submitted on the Software
Feature
Request and Bug Report Form for Dreamweaver
Since upgrading to Office 2008, I can
no longer copy and paste text from Microsoft Word to
Dreamweaver.
When I click Edit -> Paste, or Cmd-V, nothing happens. If
I do a
Paste Special routine and choose unformatted text, then it
*usually*
works.
Dreamweaver did not have this issue with Word 2004.

Italics and boldface not preserved in cut-and-paste from InDesign CS3

This is using Mac InDesign CS3 5.0.1 and Mac Dreamweaver CS3
9.0.
When cuting-and-pasting text from InDesign CS3 to Dreamweaver
CS3, basic text formatting such as italics and boldface are not
preserved for me. When I select Edit, Paste Special in Dreamweaver,
the "Text with structure plus basic formatting (bold, italic)" is
not selectable when the clipboard holds InDesign-origin text.
If I paste the same InDesign text into Word, the formatting
is preserved and if I then cut-and-paste from Word into
Dreamweaver, boldface and italics are preserved. But I don't want
to cut-and-paste everything twice!
Do others experience this too?
-Tim Miller Dyck
Editor/Publisher
Canadian Mennonite magazine

Apparently it is an issue with Leopard (and Illustrator)
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Ian

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Can I cut and paste directions form maps into a word doc - or save it somewhere on my iPad so I can access it when I can't access the Internet?

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Cut and paste from web to Word or Excel

I have Windows 8, Word 2007. Seems with latest update I can no longer paste from web into word or excel. Cut item shows in clipboard but will not paste into the document. Can someone help?

Problems with copy and paste are usually caused by some poorly designed add-in. You should troubleshoot for add-ins; follow the steps for startup and COM add-ins in the article at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541/en-us/.
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I am suddenly unable to cut and paste from a Word document into the body of my yahoo email. I never had this problem before, but recently trying to paste my resume into the site 4entertainmentjobs.com, I ran into trouble. I followed your instructions and found my profile folder, but there was no user.js file in there. I created one in text edit and replaced mozilla.org with 4entertainmentjobs.com, but it still didn't work. Today I tried to go back and put Mozilla back in, but I still cannot get it to work. Then I downloaded your add-on "allow clipboard". That did not work either.

Hi Sara. Tanks for responding. If I cannot figure this out (I was up
until 2am last night), I want to cancel my subscription.
Here are two files you can check on/help me with. When I try again, it
comes up 'an error has occurred when trying to access the service.'
Please advise.
Pat Tomassi
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I cannot cut and paste .rtf from a MS Word document to a web page.

I am running a MAC desktop with version 10.5. I use MS Office for MAC. When I try and cut and paste from a .rtf file to an amateur writing site, I always get a timeout. Help please!

Hi Sara. Tanks for responding. If I cannot figure this out (I was up
until 2am last night), I want to cancel my subscription.
Here are two files you can check on/help me with. When I try again, it
comes up 'an error has occurred when trying to access the service.'
Please advise.
Pat Tomassi
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Cut and paste from Safari to Word doc please Help!!!!!

I am trying to take a map from the internet via either Mapquest or Rand Mcnally maps and put it in a Word document, and I cannot figure out how to do it. I have tried to highlight the map and cut and paste it in the document but this is not working, if anyone out there knows how to perform this function, please let me know as soon as possible.
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Chris Knop

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This should work. :~)
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