Fw: RE: paste special ...text option

[Peter Rule]

-----Original message-----
From: "Peter Rule" lists at indite.com.au
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:40:06 +1000
To: "Fred Ridder" docudoc at hotmail.com
Subject: RE: paste special ...text option

Yes, thankyou Fred (and everyone else).  

You are correct, I am cut/copy and pasting within a Frame doc and the, otherwise useful suggestion to edit the maker.ini file has no effect on the paste special order in this context.

Thanks anyway, looks like I'll just have to suffer that extra click.

Cheers,

Pete


-----Original message-----
From: "Fred Ridder" docudoc at hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:40:04 +1000
To: kethier at travelthepath.com
Subject: RE: paste special ...text option

> Sorry, Kay, but this useful trick (which was also suggested by Mark Southee,
> Rick Quatro, and Winifred Reng) is not going to do what Peter needs.
> 
> Peter complains that Text is the *third* option in his Paste Special dialog,
> and that fact indicates that he is cutting (or copying) and pasting
> content from *within*FrameMaker*. If he were pasting content from
> an external application (e.g. MS Word) via the Windows clipboard,
> the Text option would be the more like the fifth or sixth item in the list.
> 
> The problem is that the ClipboardFormatsPriorities item in maker.ini only
> affects pasting from the Windows clipboard.  It does *not* affect the
> paste operation for content that is coming from a FrameMaker file.
> The only way to paste FrameMaker content as unformatted text is to
> use Paste Special.  And that's why Peter wants to change the order
> of items in that dialog's list.  Unfortunately, I don't believe that there
> is any way to alter that list, particularly since it is a context-sensitive 
> list.
> The ClipboardFormatsPriorities parameter does not affect the order of
> items in the Paste Special dialog's list; it only affects the behavior of
> the standard paste command (e.g. Ctrl+P) so that you don't have
> to use Paste Special as often.
> 
> It's also important to remember that maker.ini does not exist in the Mac
> version of FrameMaker, so that this ClipboardFormatsPriorities trick is
> useless on that platform.
> 
> My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
> Fred Ridder
> Intel
> Parsippany, NJ
> 
> >From: "Sales at Bright Path" <sales at travelthepath.com>
> >Reply-To: kethier at travelthepath.com
> >To: "'Peter Rule'" <lists at indite.com.au>,<framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> >Subject: RE: paste special ...text option
> >Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:08:41 -0400
> >
> >Hi Pete:
> >
> >This may be adjusted in the "maker.ini" file within your FrameMaker install
> >folder.  The maker.ini is a text file so you can easily open it in a tool
> >like Notepad and edit it.
> >
> >By moving TEXT to the start of the line:
> >
> >ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIF, RTF, TEXT
> >
> >you are able to change Frame's behavior so that a regular Paste will paste
> >as text and you don't have to do Paste Special.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >
> >Kay
> >
> >PS - backup your maker.ini file before making changes.
> >
> >.K.
> >
> >--------------------------------------------
> >Kay Ethier
> >Senior Trainer & Consultant
> >Bright Path Solutions
> >FRAMEMAKER 2006 CHAUTAUQUA (conference): http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/
> >--------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Peter Rule
> >
> >Hello framers,
> >
> >Does anyone know of a way to default "text" as the first option on the
> >"paste-special" option box.  "text" is currently third in the list and I
> >would love for it to be first (saving me having to select it).
> >
> >Any help appreciated.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Pete
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