Re: What's an MVP ?

Joan

That's terrible news.. ME gone forever?.. oh my.. :-(

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Joan Archer" <archer_joan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>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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