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IMO -> Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 8:27:57)

This may not be an Expression problem, and maybe WIN XP, etc.

When I try to high-light and CNTRL-C and then CNTRL-V to paste, I get a small orange square symbol which is totally un-usable to me. If I go back and repeat the cut & paste operation 2 or 3 times, I will finally get the actual text, photos, etc., that I wanted in the first part.

If this is an Expression "feature" can I turn it off ???

Thanks

Jim West



coreybryant -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 12:28:18)

Where are you trying to copy from?

If it is Word - don't do it. Don't copy from another Office product. Expression Web focuses on compliant HTML and this would not be compliant



IMO -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 12:39:37)

I copy from anything and everything. Once in a while WORD, but mostly news articles on the Internet. I also get the same little image when copying from my web site index software, not an Office product, "SoThink".

After seeing it, I can go back and re-copy and finally get the actual text. It may take three times to do this.

I have the largest private web site in Indiana, and work on it at least 4 hours a day, and it gets very annoying to have to do it all 2 and 3 times. I never saw it in FrontPage.

Thaks for replying



Donkey -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 13:56:32)

Try pasting it into notepad first (to remove formatting) then copying it from there and pasting it.



IMO -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 14:32:12)

Sounds like a very good idea, as I usually need to remove formatting anyway. I will give it a try.

Thanks very much !!

Jim West



coreybryant -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 15:02:12)

If you are copying it into Notepad - then you are just copying text. You might try the Frontpage Cleaner and clear your temporary Internet cache.

But if it is just text - try to copy it into the HTML source code so Expression Web is not trying to copy the format as well.



IMO -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 15:05:59)

Thanks again.

I also need to remove all the styles from the copied text. I just began to see these being copied about last week sometime. Never a problem before. I wonder if there is a place to tell Expression not to copy the styles. I am not fluent at all with styles, so I have to delete each one in turn.



caz -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 15:52:19)

Fp has Edit>Paste Special which does that, maybe Expressions does as well?



coreybryant -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/12/2007 17:02:58)

If you copy the text into the source code, it should just copy the text.

Also, if you go to Edit - Paste Text, you will get some options as well - one being Paste as plain text



batya7 -> RE: Copy & paste problem (10/14/2007 13:09:48)

This comment is appropos copy & paste in general.

My favorite Firefox add-on (extension) is AutoCopy. All you do to copy is highlight the text.



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