Microsoft KB Archive/63100

Works 2.00: Data Exchange with Applications Under Windows 3.00

PSS ID Number: Q63100 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Windows 3.00 386 Enhanced mode offers a way to paste text from the clipboard into Works. Works thinks that the information is being entered by a user. This feature can be used to exchange data between other programs and Works.

To insert clipboard text into Works from Windows, use the following steps:


 * 1) Position the cursor in Works at the exact location where data should be inserted.
 * 2) If Works is running in a text window, pull down the System menu with the ALT+SPACEBAR combination.

If Works is running full screen, you must icon it and click on the icon with the mouse or use ALT+TAB to choose the Works icon with the keyboard. The System menu will appear.

 From the System menu choose Edit Paste. Windows will begin typing the clipboard text into the current Works tool. While Windows is inserting information into Works, the icon text will have the word “Pasting” inserted before it.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To capture text from another application that cannot copy to the clipboard, the application must be run in text mode in a window. While a DOS application is running in a window, the mouse can be used to highlight a portion of the screen. With a portion highlighted, pull down the system menu (ALT+SPACEBAR) and choose “Edit Copy.”

These features are available only under Windows 3.00 386 Enhanced mode.

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