At 15:35 15/06/2017 -0400, Edward Eckhard wrote:
FOR BRIAN BARKER
Er, I'm not sure you are allowed to restrict who might try to help you!
I can't move a paragraph or even a sentence or two to somewhere else in the same document. As before, I use the CNTL and Shift X and hi-light the paragraph, which works.
How do you know "it works"? Do you mean that the selected text disappears? It should if you cut successfully, but shouldn't if you do this. First, the keyboard shortcut for Cut is Ctrl+X, not Ctrl+Shift+X. Secondly, you seem to suggest that you use the keyboard shortcut first and highlight the text afterwards, which also won't work. The Cut action cuts what you currently have highlighted, so you have to select the relevant text first, before using Ctrl+X.
But then when trying to move the paragraph to another location in the same document, using the cursor to ID the new location, then using CNTL C or V, or anything, it doesn't work!
Ctrl+C is the keyboard shortcut for Copy, so if you use this without anything selected at the new location, you will not paste anything. Worse still, if you have anything - even just a blank space - selected at the new location, the Copy action will place this text on the clipboard instead, replacing the text you are trying to move and thus losing it.
Ctrl+V should work as Paste, providing you have cut or copied correctly earlier.
The paragraph does not get moved. It stays where it was.
If it is still where it was, clearly your attempt to cut text was unsuccessful, contrary to what you claimed earlier.
But I will say that the CNTL C or V in the Toolbar isn't hi-lighted and doesn't work.
The Cut and Copy icons in the Standard toolbar will be greyed out if you have no text selected. The Paste icon in the Standard toolbar will be greyed out if there is currently nothing on the clipboard to paste. (There are other possibilities.)
What am I doing wrong, or not doing ?
Try: o Selecting text before attempting to handle it. o Using the correct Ctrl+X for Cut. I trust this helps. Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
