[Papyrus-L] cant paste

Tue Aug 16 09:50:43 EDT 2005

At 11:03 PM 8/14/2005, you wrote:

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>John-
>
>Well, I gave it a try, but I'm having trouble with it.  Would you be able 
>to forward the word macros?

It doesn't have to be that complex.  You do use the clipboard, but you 
indicate via Papyrus preferences that you're using a disk file instead of 
the clipboard.  However, I've found that you can export citations from 
Papyrus via a "clipboard" file easily, but I haven't been able to figure 
out how to import that way.  (Material can be imported using the import 
formats, but I haven't figured out how to paste things in.)  That being 
said - go to Preferences, OS2/NT Clipboard, and specify a file.  (I tend to 
use c:\pap\cited.txt).  Indicate that citations go to the clipboard.  Then, 
from within your word processor, just go to "import a file", and tell it 
that the file is c:\pap\cited.txt (or whatever file you specified).  Works 
fine for me.

But be careful to save in Word 6/95 format!  (Word Perfect works much more 
smoothly, but I know that most people don't use it anymore.)

Hope this works for you.
Raisa Deber

>
>Thanks very much,
>
>Scott O'Keeffe
>
>
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>[mailto:papyrus-l-bounces at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com] On Behalf Of John Rodgers
>Sent: Thursday, 11 August 2005 12:19 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Papyrus-L] cant paste
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>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
>John R. Rodgers, PhD
>Department of Immunology
>Room M929
>Baylor College of Medicine
>One Baylor Plaza
>Houston, Texas 770303
>phone: 713-798-3903
>fax: 713-798-3700
>email: jrodgers at bcm.tmc.edu
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Raisa B. Deber, PhD
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