[Papyrus-L] cant paste

[Okeeffe Scott]

John-
 
Well, I gave it a try, but I'm having trouble with it.  Would you be
able to forward the word macros?
 
Thanks very much,
 
Scott O'Keeffe


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	Sent: Thursday, 11 August 2005 12:19 PM
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	Subject: Re: [Papyrus-L] cant paste
	
	
	Dear Scott,
	    This is my work-around for XP.  It works for WordPerfect and
for Word.  
	    Basically, you can't use the clipboar, you have to use a
diskfile.  But you can't open the diskfile directly from your document,
because once it has been accessed Papyrus can't access it again.  For
some reason, the diskfile is held in reserve for the wordprocessor
document as long as the document stays open. So you could close the
document everytime you want to use Papyrus, but that would be a hassle,
and you'd lose your place.   
	
	Here's what works for me:
	     Don't use the clip board.  Instead, under Preferences,
Os/Nt clipboard,  use a diskfile: c:\papref.txt 
	
	    Then, in your wordprocessor, write two macros. I call one
Inspap and the other outpap.
	      
	     put your cursor where you want the citation to go in your
"home" or working document
	Here's what Inspap does:
	  [begin macro]  
	     create a new document         'do not name it- this is a
"dummy" document
	     open c:\papref.txt                  ' open the papyrus disk
file
	     select all                           'grab everything
	     copy                         'copy to clipboard
	     close the document          'close the dummy
	      insert                     'insert into home document.
	[end macro]
	This macro keeps your cursor place in the "home" document, so
all you'll notice is a blink while it runs. 
	Because the dummy file is closed,  XP won't keep papref.text in
reserve, and Papyrus can write to it.
	
	copying from the wordprocessor to papref.txt:
	highlight the text you want to copy over
	[begin macro]
	      copy                                  'copies highlighted
text to the clipboard
	      open new document              ' opens  the dummy again
	       paste                                'pastes the text to
the dummy
	      save c:\papref.txt   AS ASCII     'saves to the disk file
	       close file                              'close the dummy
	[end macro]
	  
	Again, since the dummy file that accessed papref.txt is closed,
XP will let Papyrus manipulate it in the future.
	
	If you have trouble I can email you the macros for either WP or
word.  .  
	
	As I recall, in Word you have to make sure you save the macro to
the toolbar in "full path" format.  
	
	I use this on a Millenium machine and on an XP machine. 
	
	   Good luck, may the Papyrus be with you!
	  -John
	
	
	     
	
	
	
	At 06:43 PM 8/10/2005, you wrote:
	

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		I've just started using Papyrus on a network running
windows xp.
		 
		I have been unable to get the past function (f4 key) to
work.  Has anyone got a solution to this problem?
		 
		Cheers.
		 
		Scott O'Keeffe
		
		

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