Re: Cannot activate "Track Changes" on Word 2004 for Mac

Hi Kids -


On 4/7/07 6:34 AM, in article uDlipEQeHHA.5056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John
McGhie" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>

The Office Clipboard: Have a look in the Help and see if you can find it.
I think it will refer you to this:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/office2004/using.aspx?pid=usingoffice200
4&type=howto&article=/mac/library/quick_solutions/of_Scrapbook.xml

Correct, as usual :), but it's only fair to clarify that the Mac Office
Scrapbook is not at all the same as the PC Office Clipboard... The former
being a stored repository of items retained after quitting or shutting down,
whereas the latter is a volatile multi-item "clipboard" the content of which
is cleared when all office apps are quit. I believe the PC Office Clipboard
(in 2003) is limited to 24 items.

Sorry: My ex-Mac is in LA and I am in Sydney right now, so it's a little
difficult to look it up. I need to get a new Mac, but that hasn't happened
yet.

You must be on the verge of withdrawal by now;)

The paste macro you are using is not my favourite one: it has a weakness in
that if the content of the Clipboard "cannot" be pasted as text, it will
blow up. This is the one I use, which does an ordinary paste if the thing
on the clipboard is not "text".

Which is exactly why I prefer it - not being overly proficient with VBA the
runtime error lets me know if I've inadvertently copied something I
"thought" was text & actually turns out to be something else. The rte better
serves my preferences than your error trapping - but I fully appreciate your
point. The "something else" doesn't get pasted as you mention, but as soon
as I OK the error I can still do a regular Paste or Paste Special. Also, If
I've copied something - such as a table - which includes both text &
graphics the text *does* get pasted plain, but the graphics are omitted
(without the rte occurring.). OTOH, if I've *knowingly* copied mixed content
or graphics and *want* to paste all I've copied I use a standard paste
command, I *don't* paste using the macro.
<snip>

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac


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