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Article #1267Re: Multiple slipboard (sic) in MS Word? Or any other wordprocessors?
From: guelzow
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:11
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:11
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In article <10AUG199212323663@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>, kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673) writes: > In article <1992Aug7.141310.1626@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>, > yuanj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes... >>Just wonder if MS Word can hold multiple fragments of document while you are >>editing. >> >>If Word does not, are there other wordprocessing softwares that does (on Mac)? >>I do know that MASS-11 on VAX can keep multiple buffers (slipboard). But I >>hate that software too much for user-unfriendliness. >> >>I think WOrd should have this feature in the future version. > > If you are referring to a clipboard (what is a slipboard?), there are utilities > that will do this for you. MultiClip is probably the best known (I think it > works with system 7), allowing you to keep multiple clipboards available. > > There's no need for a word processor to have this feature if it exists > elsewhere (though it might be convenient). You can also use the Scrapbook to > save multiple fragments, although that means an extra step in copying. Or you > can open a temporary document to store the fragments in (or stack them > temporarily at the bottom of your document Nisus allows you to have 10 clipboards. In addition you can append to any of these clipboards, switch paste, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Guelzow Dept. of Mathematics & Comp. Sc. Brandon University MB Canada Guelzow@BrandonU.Ca
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!decwrl!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!ciit85.ciit.nrc.ca!brandonu.ca!guelzow From: guelzow@brandonu.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Multiple slipboard (sic) in MS Word? Or any other wordprocessors? Message-ID: <1992Aug11.111101.2097@brandonu.ca> Date: 11 Aug 92 17:11:01 GMT References: <1992Aug7.141310.1626@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> <10AUG199212323663@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Lines: 27