Microsoft KB Archive/47523

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File: Copying Data to Same Field with Different Attribute
Last reviewed: October 27, 1994

Article ID: Q47523

Summary:

When pasting data from a text field to a memo field (with the same name and relative position) in Microsoft File version 2.00, the field pasted into is blank.

For example, if there is a field &quot;STUFF&quot; (text) in one File database and it is copied and pasted into another &quot;STUFF&quot; (memo) field, nothing is pasted and the cell remains blank.

To work around this problem, do the following:


 * 1) Open the data file from which you want to copy all the data.
 * 2) From the File menu, choose Save Records As.
 * 3) Save the records as Text and type in a new name.
 * 4) From the File menu, choose Open Datafile and open the data file into which the records are to be pasted.
 * 5) From the File menu, choose Open Datafile and select the text document you just saved.
 * 6) Click Open. The records are pasted below all the current records.