Igor, Thanks. I am aware of but was wondering how to script this in LiveCode to do this automatically. In the past, I have an option menu where the use could select font and font size for pasting from an app to a word processing document.
Sent from my iPad On Apr 19, 2013, at 9:15 PM, "Igor de Oliveira Couto-3 [via Runtime Revolution]" <ml-node+s278305n4663669...@n4.nabble.com> wrote: > On 20/04/2013, at 11:04 AM, charles61 <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > How do you script to allow the user to paste the selected text into a > > document so that it matches the type of font and size of font used in the > > word processing document? > > Whether the user can match the format of the text in the document will depend > on which program they are using, not on the way you copy the text. > > On the Mac, for instance, some programs have a "Paste and Match Style" > command, in the Edit menu, as well as the normal "Paste". The difference > being, that if you select the normal "Paste", it will paste your text > *exactly* as it was copied - ie., with the format (font, size, etc.) the way > it was copied originally. If you select "Paste and Match Style", then it will > ignore the formatting of the text on the clipboard, and will force it to > follow the formatting of the document where you're pasting it. > > I hope this helps. > > -- > Igor Couto > Sydney, Australia > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [hidden email] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Paste-Code-to-Match-Existing-Formatting-tp4663668p4663669.html > To unsubscribe from Paste Code to Match Existing Formatting, click here. > NAML -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Paste-Code-to-Match-Existing-Formatting-tp4663668p4663673.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
