Re: Next release - Paste Overlay

I actually need to paste-overlay a block of text. This works when it's copied from within the LPEX editor using ALT-R, but will not work from a text editor.

I transposed my column headers into a single column in Excel, pasted that into Notepad++. Tried to copy and paste-overlay in the source editor (ALT-Z)... could not get that to work

So I pasted with CTRL-V at the bottom of my source, pressed CTRL-F5 to clear the messages, copied it again with ALT-R and paste-overlay with ALT-Z. Whew! Surely there's a better way.

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Re: [WDSCI-L] Next release - Paste Overlay

OK... pulled this thread out again. Does anyone know how to get
this to work with something copied from a text editor (or excel)??

I have a long list of column headers that I would like to paste into
my source code (writing column headers). These options don't seem
to work when the copied content comes from another source. Or do I
have to go back to SEU again and do a few rows at a time?

The block copy functions are definitely RDi specific. If you're copying
from another source and you want to replace something in RDi, highlight
the target and simply press Ctrl+V. Copying data straight into RDi, would
simply mean positioning where you want it and pressing Ctrl+V. That said,
I've not had very good luck coming from a spreadsheet as the columns are
usually way too wide after pasting. Data from other basic sources
(especially text editors) seems to paste fine.