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Old January 22nd, 2006, 07:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Actually, Word does not do that here and I don't recall that it has ever
done so.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Well, actually, so does Word; that's what started this thread.

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"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
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Some programs (Access for one) actually tell you, when closing the item

from
which the data was copied, that you placed a large amount of data on the
clipboard and give you the option of deleting it or retaining it for use

in
another application.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Nice explanation. Thanks, Bob!

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Words into Type
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"Bob S" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:53:55 -0700, phideaux wrote:

I guess my question is why does Word have to clear the Clipboard when

it
exits? What's the harm in leaving whatever is in there in there? Howa
bout
an option to just turn off the "warning.?"

Almost all the other heavy duty apps I use (FP, FrameMaker,
PageMaker,
Dreamweaver, etc etc), they just ignore the Clipboard. Why does Word
care?

First, you need to know that when you use "copy to the clipboard" on a
large piece of stuff, the stuff does not actually get copied anywhere.
Instead, a pointer to the stuff gets put in the clipboard. Later, when
you decide to paste it, the stuff actually gets moved.

Windows does this to save a lot of wasted copying. For example, if you
select a large chunk of Word document, there is no point in copying it
to some temporary place. That just wastes time. Furthermore, Windows
doesn't really know exactly what to copy until you try to paste it.
After all, you might paste it as a Word DOC, or as plain text, or an
Excel table, or a picture, or any number of other formats. By just
saving a pointer, the clipboard processor can see what you want to
paste and ask the source application for only what it needs.

Given all of this, what happens if you "copy to the clipboard" some
large chunk of Word stuff and then close Word? If you want to be able
to paste it later, Windows needs to really copy all that stuff, in
some number of forms, to a temporary file somewhere so that it will
have something to paste. Then later this large temporary file may be
left lying around on your disk.

So what Word is really asking is "Do you want some big TMP file
cluttering up your disk so you can paste this stuff later, or should I
just dump it?"

At least Word is nice enough to ask, unlike some other applications.

Bob S






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Old January 22nd, 2006, 10:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
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Default Exiting Word

I've had it do so if I've copied something really large. It doesn't do it
routinely.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Actually, Word does not do that here and I don't recall that it has ever
done so.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Well, actually, so does Word; that's what started this thread.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Some programs (Access for one) actually tell you, when closing the item

from
which the data was copied, that you placed a large amount of data on

the
clipboard and give you the option of deleting it or retaining it for

use
in
another application.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Nice explanation. Thanks, Bob!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the

newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"Bob S" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:53:55 -0700, phideaux wrote:

I guess my question is why does Word have to clear the Clipboard

when
it
exits? What's the harm in leaving whatever is in there in there?

Howa
bout
an option to just turn off the "warning.?"

Almost all the other heavy duty apps I use (FP, FrameMaker,
PageMaker,
Dreamweaver, etc etc), they just ignore the Clipboard. Why does

Word
care?

First, you need to know that when you use "copy to the clipboard" on

a
large piece of stuff, the stuff does not actually get copied

anywhere.
Instead, a pointer to the stuff gets put in the clipboard. Later,

when
you decide to paste it, the stuff actually gets moved.

Windows does this to save a lot of wasted copying. For example, if

you
select a large chunk of Word document, there is no point in copying

it
to some temporary place. That just wastes time. Furthermore, Windows
doesn't really know exactly what to copy until you try to paste it.
After all, you might paste it as a Word DOC, or as plain text, or an
Excel table, or a picture, or any number of other formats. By just
saving a pointer, the clipboard processor can see what you want to
paste and ask the source application for only what it needs.

Given all of this, what happens if you "copy to the clipboard" some
large chunk of Word stuff and then close Word? If you want to be

able
to paste it later, Windows needs to really copy all that stuff, in
some number of forms, to a temporary file somewhere so that it will
have something to paste. Then later this large temporary file may be
left lying around on your disk.

So what Word is really asking is "Do you want some big TMP file
cluttering up your disk so you can paste this stuff later, or should

I
just dump it?"

At least Word is nice enough to ask, unlike some other applications.

Bob S







 




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