Re: What's an MVP ?

I see no reason to avoid copy/paste answers if it is the correct one for
the problem. I used this method when answering posts in WinME (that's when
there were posts to answer <g>) I keep a folder with such info in but
always made sure that the person who had originally provided the solutions
name was included.
Joan


Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> I never understand the anathema that's sometimes heaped on those who
> copy and paste. There's nothing wrong with copying and pasting when
> what's copied and pasted is the correct answer to the problem.
> There's a lot wrong with copying and pasting when the answer is wrong
> or the responder hasn't really read and understood the question, but
> there would be the same things wrong with such an answer if it were
> typed from scratch, rather than copied and pasted.
>
> In fact, we *do* often see the same questions asked here over and over
> again, and copying and pasting from a stock of standard replies saves
> a lot of time and effort. Thinking that it's somehow better for
> someone to retype the same answer he gave yesterday is just foolish.
>
> In fact, copying and pasting (when the answer is correct) is often
> *better* than typing an answer from scratch. Besides being much
> faster, the stock answer usually has been cleaned of any typos, and
> can often be more accurate (if it's been sent out several times, it
> often has been honed and improved over what might be typed at the
> spur of the moment). If the canned answer includes a URL, it's very
> likely to be more accurate than typing it.
> I work with a stock of canned answers from which I copy and paste
> when I can. Depending on the question, I may use no canned answer, a
> canned answer unchanged, part of a canned answer, parts of two or
> more canned answers, or a canned answer modified to fit the question.
>


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