A way round this is to use a utility like PureText which removes the formatting from text before pasting.
It does of course give you the option of posting the originl clipboard Ctrl-V of just the text WinKey-V. This is Windows only and the website is http://stevemiller.net/puretext/ David On 23/03/2014 15:25, Chris Seens wrote: > One Note and Evernote are two different beasts and work completely > differently. That you can copy one note text into MSWord and then into > Legacy should not be a surprise as both products are from Microsoft. You > must remember that Legacy is a database product not a word processor. > Databases do not like the special characters used in word processors. > In my IT days, people used to copy directly from MSWord into the > database causing huge cleanup costs before we knew better. Below is a > link which describes the differences between the OneNote and Evernote > products. > > http://www.techworld.com.au/article/541104/onenote_vs_evernote_personal_take_two_great_note-taking_apps/?fp=16&fpid=1 > Have a great day. > > Chris > > Sent from Mailbox <https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox> for iPhone > > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Ron Bernier <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have been using both Evernote and Onenote to create a > transcription of census information. I then copy portions of that > transcription to individual event notes in Legacy. If I copy the > information from Evernote and paste into Legacy, there is no problem > (the information copied is editable text as it should be). > > If I copy the same information from Onenote and paste into Legacy it > is not editable text, it pastes as an image. I can copy that same > text from Onenote and paste into a word document, an email etc., and > it is editable text. Therefore, the problem does seem to be > specific to Legacy and the way it is handling the formatting. > > I find Onenote to be far superior to Evernote, therefore I would > like to find a viable solution to being able to paste text from > Onenote into Legacy. I am using Legacy8, but the problem also > existed in Legacy7. > > I would be interested in hearing if anyone else has found a solution > for this problem. > > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
