I figured this out right away. I make sure I am not in oa-f or oa-r mode.
Still, this is a great feature of Classic AppleWorks.
Now, my pet peeve is this. I frequently move records from 1 ADB to another
(move/copy to clipboard). In earlier versions of Appleworks, you were able
to oa-m whether you were in Zoom out or Zoom in mode. Now you have to be in
Zoom out. I can't break the habit, I am in Zoom out when I need to move the
record. Was there a way around this (like a macro)?
Steven
>
> After many years of using the <oa-'> command in ADB files, I finally got it
> thru my head just *how* that command works. That command is *very*
> convenient for copying into the current Record's Category Entry - the
> contents of that Entry in the prior Record in the ADB file. But I had
> experienced that sometimes it works, and sometimes it fails. Now I know
> why.
>
> When you limit the displayed Records, using either the <oa-F> (Find
> Records) or the <oa-R> (Record Selection Rules), you may well display
> certain Records that are scattered throughout the ADB file, with many
> Records hidden - Records that are between the displayed Records.
>
> When in the MRL (Multiple Record Layout), the <oa-'> command WORKS FINE.
> You copy the Entry from the prior displayed Record to the current displayed
> Record.
>
> But In the SRL (Single Record Layout), the <oa-'> command may well FAIL by
> copying the Entry from the prior *hidden* Record into the current displayed
> Record.
>
> So ...
>
> when using the <oa-'> command after having limited the displayed Records
> with <oa-F> or <oa-R>, you should first <oa-Z) (Zoom) into the MRL.
>
> Of course, the Category whose Entry you desire to copy must exist in your
> MRL Layout. If it does not, then you should change your MRL to include any
> Categories that you may frequently wish to use with the <oa-'> command.
> And, to save screen space in the MRL, you can limit that Category width to
> just a few characters - the whole contents will copy, even if not displayed
> complete in the MRL.
>
> -- Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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