Dreamweaver - copy and paste quirk

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copy and paste quirk

skeough

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

hello all.
is this something anyone else has noticed, or is it something w/ my
settings? I do a lot of copying text from microsoft office programs and
pasting them into a page in DWMX2004. Certain words show up with a space in
them - usually before "art" (i.e. "part" becomes "p art", etc.). Is there
a way to avoid this? I'm copying a lot of text, so re-keying the whole
thing in DW is out of the question.

Thanks!
Stephanie

CMBergin

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

In the meantime, try using "paste text" or pasting into Notepad first, then
copy/paste to DW. It would certainly be better than retyping everything.

"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> I have seen such things before. I know that Macromedia has been working
> very hard to improve this copy and paste from Word. I can only say to
bear
> with this problem until it can be fixed.
>
> I have to proofread my pastes from Word very carefully.
>
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> "skeough" <stephanie@goldenopportunities.tv> wrote in message
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space[color=darkred]
>
>

skeough

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

OK. Just nice to know I'm not losin' it!

"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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>I have seen such things before. I know that Macromedia has been working
>very hard to improve this copy and paste from Word. I can only say to bear
>with this problem until it can be fixed.
>
> I have to proofread my pastes from Word very carefully.
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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>
> "skeough" <stephanie@goldenopportunities.tv> wrote in message
> news:ctljnq$ac2$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>

joost kolkman

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

Murray *TMM* wrote:

> I have seen such things before. I know that Macromedia has been working
> very hard to improve this copy and paste from Word. I can only say to bear
> with this problem until it can be fixed.
>
> I have to proofread my pastes from Word very carefully.
>

copy from word, then paste in notepad, copy again and then paste in
dreamweaver....

succes, Joost Kolkman

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

I have seen such things before. I know that Macromedia has been working
very hard to improve this copy and paste from Word. I can only say to bear
with this problem until it can be fixed.

I have to proofread my pastes from Word very carefully.

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"skeough" <stephanie@goldenopportunities.tv> wrote in message
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> hello all.
> is this something anyone else has noticed, or is it something w/ my
> settings? I do a lot of copying text from microsoft office programs and
> pasting them into a page in DWMX2004. Certain words show up with a space
> in them - usually before "art" (i.e. "part" becomes "p art", etc.). Is
> there a way to avoid this? I'm copying a lot of text, so re-keying the
> whole thing in DW is out of the question.
>
> Thanks!
> Stephanie
>
>

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 12:55 pm

If you have formatting that you want to preserve, however, you are hung on
the horns of a dilemma here. I just bite the bullet and proof the copy....

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"CMBergin" <NoHarvestForYou@NoSpam.org> wrote in message
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> In the meantime, try using "paste text" or pasting into Notepad first,
> then
> copy/paste to DW. It would certainly be better than retyping everything.
>
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:ctlk1k$aqb$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> bear
> space
>
>

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 7:16 pm

You never get copy from clients as Word docs, do you Joost?

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"joost kolkman" <info@joostjoostkolkman.nl> wrote in message
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> Murray *TMM* wrote:
>
>
> copy from word, then paste in notepad, copy again and then paste in
> dreamweaver....
>
> succes, Joost Kolkman

Andrew Morton

2005-01-31, 7:19 pm

Murray *TMM* wrote:
> You never get copy from clients as Word docs, do you Joost?

Notwithstanding clients' documents innaccuracies, there's always
http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/
to miss out the via-Notepad stage.

Andrew

dan mode

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

Just the other day, I had a full client give me a 75 page Word doc that they
wanted to have on their site. Needless to say, it was a huge pain to go
thru the whole damn thing. I tried the copy to Notepad idea...no worky. So,
I tried another route. I converted the .doc to .pdf - then copied ans
pasted.

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"skeough" <stephanie@goldenopportunities.tv> wrote in message
news:ctljnq$ac2$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> hello all.
> is this something anyone else has noticed, or is it something w/ my
> settings? I do a lot of copying text from microsoft office programs and
> pasting them into a page in DWMX2004. Certain words show up with a space
in
> them - usually before "art" (i.e. "part" becomes "p art", etc.). Is
there
> a way to avoid this? I'm copying a lot of text, so re-keying the whole
> thing in DW is out of the question.
>
> Thanks!
> Stephanie
>
>

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

If you are on a PC, you could just use FILE | Import > Import Word
Document....

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"dan mode" <dan.mode@edom.nad.com> wrote in message
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> Just the other day, I had a full client give me a 75 page Word doc that
> they
> wanted to have on their site. Needless to say, it was a huge pain to go
> thru the whole damn thing. I tried the copy to Notepad idea...no worky.
> So,
> I tried another route. I converted the .doc to .pdf - then copied ans
> pasted.
>
> --
>
> Dan
> blah blah regla de las firmas de la longitud
> *NEW* check me out http://d-mode.ww.com
> (ahhh...vanity)
> __
> "skeough" <stephanie@goldenopportunities.tv> wrote in message
> news:ctljnq$ac2$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> in
> there
>
>

dan mode

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

that works too - puts in <p> where as copy and paste in pdf puts in <br>

--

Dan
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"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> If you are on a PC, you could just use FILE | Import > Import Word
> Document....
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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> "dan mode" <dan.mode@edom.nad.com> wrote in message
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and[color=darkred]
space[color=darkred]
>
>

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

The former is a better way.

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"dan mode" <dan.mode@edom.nad.com> wrote in message
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> that works too - puts in <p> where as copy and paste in pdf puts in <br>
>
> --
>
> Dan
> blah blah regla de las firmas de la longitud
> *NEW* check me out http://d-mode.ww.com
> (ahhh...vanity)
> __
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:ctlppi$k1m$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> and
> space
>
>

dan mode

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

for me, the pdf worked out well. reason being I had to convert it to pdf
anyway so that people could download the document.

--

Dan
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*NEW* check me out http://d-mode.ww.com
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__
"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> The former is a better way.
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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>
> "dan mode" <dan.mode@edom.nad.com> wrote in message
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that[color=darkred]
worky.[color=darkred]
ans[color=darkred]
Is[color=darkred]
>
>

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

But your lines will not reflow properly....

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"dan mode" <dan.mode@edom.nad.com> wrote in message
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> for me, the pdf worked out well. reason being I had to convert it to pdf
> anyway so that people could download the document.
>
> --
>
> Dan
> blah blah regla de las firmas de la longitud
> *NEW* check me out http://d-mode.ww.com
> (ahhh...vanity)
> __
> "Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:ctlqbl$kuf$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> that
> worky.
> ans
> Is
>
>

Wally Kolcz

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

One of my client's insists on giving me all his copy in MS Publisher. Oh
what fun that is....

Murray *TMM*

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

<gadzooks>

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"Wally Kolcz" <wkolcz@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> One of my client's insists on giving me all his copy in MS Publisher. Oh
> what fun that is....
>
>

Gary White

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

Wally Kolcz wrote:

>One of my client's insists on giving me all his copy in MS Publisher. Oh
>what fun that is....

As long as you're charging by the hours, it's the client's problem. ;-)

Gary

dan mode

2005-01-31, 7:20 pm

Gary,
you're right...sometimes I code by hand for that very reason.... and then
take a few smoke breaks....then, run to the pub to have a bud....then take a
nap. :)

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"Gary White" <reply@newsgroup.please> wrote in message
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> Wally Kolcz wrote:
>
>
>
> As long as you're charging by the hours, it's the client's problem. ;-)
>
>
> Gary

Gary White

2005-01-31, 11:16 pm

dan mode wrote:

>you're right...sometimes I code by hand for that very reason.... and then
>take a few smoke breaks....then, run to the pub to have a bud....then take a
>nap. :)

;-)

Gary