Can't Paste from Non-Office Apps into Office 2004 Scrapbook?

[Vik Rubenfeld]

I was expecting to use the Scrapbook to save clippings from web pages I
browse with Safari. Why is it that MS won't let you paste text from
other applications into the Office 2004 Scrapbook?

 

[Walt Basil]

I was expecting to use the Scrapbook to save clippings from web pages I
browse with Safari. Why is it that MS won't let you paste text from
other applications into the Office 2004 Scrapbook?

You can add just about anything from the OS clipboard. When you are viewing
the scrapbook, simply click the little down arrow to the right of the "Add"
button and select "Add from Clipboard" option.

I just added something I copied from Appleworks. Here it is:

test copy from clipboard (appleworks)

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Walt Basil
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My Office site:
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[Vik Rubenfeld]

I guess this Scrapbook just isn't designed for what I thought I'd use it
for. I thought I'd paste into it all kinds of web pages that seemed
interesting, and then be able to search the Scrapbook when I wanted to
retrieve something.

But the Scrapbook isn't very good for this purpose. First, it annoyingly
disappears when I'm not in Office, which is just when I want to use it.
Double-clicking items in it doesn't reveal a full-page look at the item.
It seems like the only way to see the item is to drag it out of the
Scrapbook and back into an Office window. And I didn't find an easy way
to search the Scrapbook yet.

What do people use the Scrapbook for? I'm sure it's very useful for
something.

Hopefully MS will update the capabilities of the Scrapbook in a later
version of Office.

 

[Walt Basil]

I guess this Scrapbook just isn't designed for what I thought I'd use it
for. I thought I'd paste into it all kinds of web pages that seemed
interesting, and then be able to search the Scrapbook when I wanted to
retrieve something.

That is the Scrapbook tab (feature) of Internet Explorer.

But the Scrapbook isn't very good for this purpose. First, it annoyingly
disappears when I'm not in Office, which is just when I want to use it.
Double-clicking items in it doesn't reveal a full-page look at the item.
It seems like the only way to see the item is to drag it out of the
Scrapbook and back into an Office window. And I didn't find an easy way
to search the Scrapbook yet.

It's designed to make your life easier within Office, not a system
enhancement of the clipboard

What do people use the Scrapbook for? I'm sure it's very useful for
something.

I use it for blocks of text, pictures, and anything I find myself repeatedly
needing to use. Office on the PC side has had this feature for some time.
Maybe not as refined as this is now, but having a clipboard manager of some
type. I remember using it in the late 90's.

A good way to look at it is like this. Suppose you have multiple items you
want to add to Word. Some you add today, some you add tomorrow. Some will
get put into another document altogether. With Office v.X you would have to
go copy and paste each item separately. With Office 2004 you don't have to
do that. It stays in your scrapbook indefinitely. No need to go hunt it down
again if you want to add it to another document. Add several items at once
into your scrapbook, to paste them into your document at your convenience.

Hopefully MS will update the capabilities of the Scrapbook in a later
version of Office.

I'm sure it will improve over time like most applications do. I don't know
if it will become the Scrapbook that you want, but you can expect some
enhancements to it.


--
Walt Basil
www.basilweb.net

My Office site:
<http://www.basilweb.net/macoffice/office.html>

You can email me at (firstname)AT(lastname)web.net

 

[Charles Fletcher]

Hi Vik,

The sort of use you describe might better be filled with StickyBrain or
CopyPaste-X. I use them both and have found each has its strengths. For more
information on these, search Google or VersionTracker.

On that note, the Office Scrapbook also has strengths. I use it when moving
multiple clips between Word and Excel, which is something I must do
regularly for the reports I write. What I like about is that I can see a
large chunk of the clip and that it can hold up to 60 clips at once.

Personally, I would never depend on it for long term storage. I would rather
store things in files that I can save. However, I may be selling the
Scrapbook short in this regard.

I think it's a bit ironic that MS brought this utility into being after
Apple dropped its Scrapbook from the Apple menu of old. Moreover, I'm happy
that MS has expanded the functionality of what used to be called the Office
Clipboard.

Charlie