Re: reverse the office clipboard order!

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"Bob I" <birelan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Let me guess, you're of those folks that lifts the pile of paper and slips
> the the new *** under everything!
>
> DawnTreader wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> all i can say is wow. how could i have been so blind, of course my idea
>> would make it too complex...
>>
>> i think we are already beyond too complex. all of the programs you use on
>> a computer are far beyond simple. besides, simple is what i am talking
>> about.
>>
>> last in, first out. hmmm that isnt complex eh? and here is something to
>> think about, so what if computers and programmers and geeks have been
>> thinking LIFO? i dont think in LIFO. microsoft can change this, there is
>> no way you can tell me that changing this behaviour of the clipboard is
>> beyond thier capabilities. just because it has been that way for a long
>> time doesnt mean that it shouldnt change.
>>
>> if that were true then we wouldnt have any of the technilogical marvels
>> that we do.
>>
>> "Bob I" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Add one more option to to the pile for people to change inadvertently and
>>>then get confused about how it works? Good idea? Computers are only
>>>storing what we input. And then stuff fails. Needless complexity only
>>>serves to waste time and money. Would you buy a fork with tines on both
>>>ends of the handle? Good idea because you could eat using either end?
>>>NOT!
>>>
>>>DawnTreader wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well it is time that computers learn to do it the human way. :P
>>>>
>>>>i understand the principle, although i had never realized that this is
>>>>why the clipboard did it, but this is human interaction we are talking
>>>>about here. if microsoft wants me to "like" a feature they should surely
>>>>look at the way i interact with it. at this point i dont interact with
>>>>it a whole lot because i dont like thinking like a machine.
>>>>
>>>>why should i adjust anything? this is a computer we are talking about, a
>>>>piece of software designed for one reason, to do my bidding.
>>>>
>>>>thanks for the response! and remember this is a suggestion, do you agree
>>>>that this suggestion is a good one? :)
>>>>
>>>>"Bob I" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The process is referred to as LIFO, (Last in first out) used for
>>>>>decades to place items on a "computer stack" and subsequently remove
>>>>>them, and works very well for those who use stacks for info bits. You
>>>>>use the same process in UNDO and REDO. Now that you know how and why it
>>>>>works so well, perhaps you may adjust your method of selection to
>>>>>afford the "pasting style" that you prefer.
>>>>>
>>>>>DawnTreader wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>so today i was teaching things about power point to my students in my
>>>>>>business administration class and realised just how much i hate the
>>>>>>office clipboard and why.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>when i select 3 bits to copy and paste into a document but in the
>>>>>>order that i chose them, i have to start at the bottom of the
>>>>>>clipboard and paste them in one at a time in from the bottom up. it
>>>>>>would be so much simpler to be able to choose them and then hit the
>>>>>>paste all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>why do i have to one at a time? because the order that i copy in is
>>>>>>the reverse of what they would be pasted in because of the behaviour
>>>>>>of the clipboard. either i have to plan the order of my copying so
>>>>>>that the top to bottom order of the pieces on the clipboard are in the
>>>>>>order i want them in or i have to start pasting in one at a time from
>>>>>>bottom to top. that is a waste of my time either way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>i want to select multiple items and then paste them with the paste all
>>>>>>and leave it at that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>so the first suggestion is to make the items come in and stay in the
>>>>>>order
>>>>>
>>>>>>from top to bottom as you choose them, basically exactly the reverse
>>>>>>of what
>>>>>
>>>>>>it does right now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>the other suggestion is to make it so you can click and drag to
>>>>>>rearrange the order of the clipboard itself and make it easy to paste
>>>>>>in the order that you need.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>thanks for listening!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----------------
>>>>>>This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>>>>>>suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
>>>>>>the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
>>>>>>button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
>>>>>>Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=42fb6912-8edf-4c59-a708-8c0f8aa77f76&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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