Fixed copy paste as text into FrameMaker 9

[Michael Pearson]

Hi Brian,

If you paste as "Text" you get ASCII encoding; pasting as "Unicode Text"
gives you unicode encoding. Try pasting the following characters (from the
unicode range 2190 to 2265 -- well above 00FF, where the ASCII range ends)
←↑→↓↔↕∂∆∏∑√∞∩∫≈≠≡≤≥
as "Text" into an FM9/10 document (using Paste Special, for example). The
result will be a string of question marks, because those characters don't
exist in the ASCII range. Pasting as Unicode Text, however, gives you the
proper encoding and the appropriate characters (assuming you're using a
font like Arial that actually contains those glyphs).

For this reason, pasting as Unicode Text will almost always provide better
results than pasting as Text.

HTH,
Mike




On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Brian Emrich <BEmrich at phoenixcon.com>wrote:

> I had made this ini edit previously but placed TEXT first in the line.
> What is the difference between TEXT and UNICODE TEXT in regards to a paste
> format? How can one paste unicode text into a non-unicode font or vice
> versa? I've been using unicode fonts and it seems to work OK as TEXT,
> although occasionally, I do have an issue. It is FM and unicode so I expect
> a few issues.  :-)
>
> Any insight is appreciated.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> From:        Studio Smalbro <studio at smalbro.dk>
> Subject:        Fixed copy paste as text into FrameMaker 9
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> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Thanks to all the kind people who shared the way to fix copy paste from
> Word into Frame.
>
> Here's how:
> Open the file maker.ini, which in my case was here:
>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2\Adobe
> FrameMaker 9
>
> Edit the line:
> ClipboardFormatsPriorities=FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP, MIFW, MIF,
> RTF, UNICODE TEXT, TEXT
>
> Change the line to:
> ClipboardFormatsPriorities=UNICODE TEXT, FILE, OLE 2, EMF, META, DIB, BMP,
> MIFW, MIF, RTF,  TEXT
>
> You will need administrators right to do the editing.
>
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