Dottie Atwater Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 When someone answers a question (about a vendor, location, etc.) I'd like to copy and paste into a document for future reference. But when I do so, the text is in a dark gray background, almost unreadable. Can the management please fix this awful situation? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Admin_01 Posted October 14, 2015 Administrators Share Posted October 14, 2015 Dottie,I have tried copying and pasting using various techniques and cannot get it to fail. Might I suggest that you use the "clipboard paste" option that pastes only the content, but without images or fancy formatting? That option is called different things on different computers and different operating systems. A fairly common name in a Windows OS, for example, would be the "Paste Special" rather than "Paste".Please try this and let me know how this works for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Atwater Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 All I know how to do is select the text, then CTRL-C, then CTRL-V into a Word document. I don't think there's any option to "paste special.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Dottie, I am not having this problem. I highlight the text I want in Chiriqui Life, right click and scroll down to Copy, move to Word, right click and scroll down to Paste. Bingo. Clear as a bell in Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Admin_01 Posted October 14, 2015 Administrators Share Posted October 14, 2015 Dottie,I don't know what device(s) you are using. Most desktop and laptop computers have the ability to paste only the text part. It may be called something other than "Paste Special". Try looking around in the "Edit" menu of the application that you are using. Get adventuresome and do some exploring, which is something we know you do because of living in Panama. That is an adventure in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Atwater Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 When you say "move to Word," do you mean open a Word document? I just selected the text in your message, right clicked, opened a new Word document, selected Paste. Same thing. This is really a mystery. See attached. Dottie.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Tyler Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I want this site to succeed, but for me it has to be easy. This is pretty complicated for most of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Tyler Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I dislike the inference that I'm a 'newbie'. It gives less credence to anything I would post. There must be another way to categorize longevity on the site. I don't want to just complain. This is a growing phase for the site and I will submit feedback. I don't know if I'm supposed to post this here either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Dottie, that's exactly what I mean re moving to word: opening a word document. The text I paste has no gray background. It's in your system, but I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Atwater Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 I don't know what could be in my system. I use Office 2000, so maybe that has an effect. I'm fairly computer savvy, but this stumps me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelyn Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I dislike the inference that I'm a 'newbie'. It gives less credence to anything I would post. There must be another way to categorize longevity on the site. I don't want to just complain. This is a growing phase for the site and I will submit feedback. I don't know if I'm supposed to post this here either. Doug, this is what I was told: The Newbie, Novice, etc. category is automatically assigned by the software and is only a designation for the number of posts made by each member--no less credence implied for member information submitted. As you post more items, your category will change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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