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From: "wim prange" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Problem with cut & paste
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:53:21 +0100
In-Reply-To: <004f01c3dde6$25d02380$2968480c@Office>


Hi Pat,

I would welcome an option to "Paste as plain text" as well. I use such an
option in MS Word a lot to get rid of all sorts of (hidden) formatting codes
etc.

Gr. Wim

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Pat [mailto:]
> Verzonden: zondag 18 januari 2004 18:12
> Aan:
> Onderwerp: Re: [GENBOX] Problem with cut & paste
>
>
> Morning Cheri,
>
> Yes, that was the information I was using at the time of the test;
> but it appears that GenBox wants to copy everything (HTML format)
> including the box configurations, spacing, line separators (both
> vertical and horizontal), colors, etc. etc. etc. GenBox provides
> options to spell check, word wrap, insert files, and write files
> but omits the important convert to ASCII option.
>
> I was just wondering if perhaps consideration had been given to
> providing a "convert to ASCII" option on the F5 <Magnify Notes>
> screen. Sure is needed since most users would want to stay within
> the GenBox program and not have to go out to a word processor etc.
> prior to pasting the cut data into GenBox.
>
> Pat
>
>
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