For the love of God, why isn't paste as plain text the default? It annoys the fuck out of me.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Oct 01, 2007 6:27:49 am PDT #4159 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
shrift - Oct 01, 2007 6:28:54 am PDT #4160 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Today did not begin auspiciously.
brenda m - Oct 01, 2007 6:29:52 am PDT #4161 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
In Word there is, through Paste Special. Also, before copying from Word, you can choose Clear Formatting from the Style window.
Ginger - Oct 01, 2007 6:31:53 am PDT #4162 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In Word 2003, there's a "Keep Text Only" dropdown from the clipboard icon.
Dana - Oct 01, 2007 6:32:33 am PDT #4163 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I actually reprogram a shortcut key in Word for Paste Special. (Usually Ctrl-Q, I think.)
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 6:37:08 am PDT #4164 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do what Dana does. It's even more annoying in Excel, because if you do too much fiddling between cutting in Excel and pasting in same, your clipboard empties.
Not sure of the rationale behind that.
shrift - Oct 01, 2007 6:43:15 am PDT #4165 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think I need to book a one-way ticket to Timbuktu. Or maybe not Timbuktu since Mali isn't a vacation destination I've ever had in mind, but someplace remote where I can insist that there's no wireless.
Pix - Oct 01, 2007 6:46:52 am PDT #4166 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Today did not begin auspiciously.This.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 01, 2007 6:47:03 am PDT #4167 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That's a trick I use fairly often. I wish there was a "cut as plain text" or "paste as plain text" option.
The thing is, they often need formatting (books in APA format etc).
I wish there was a "type your own damn thing into Blackboard if you are going to type it" function, but I think that is my own crankiness. I have issues against double work-- like, if you are going to go through the trouble of typing and formatting it the way you want it, why not do it in the program you will be using.
Emily - Oct 01, 2007 6:50:00 am PDT #4168 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
In the grand old tradition of school bureaucracy, I need to have already turned in the tests I plan to give three weeks from now, apparently because once five years ago someone didn't give a test at all. Yes, that makes perfect sense.
Edited because "the tests I plan to give three weeks ago" doesn't make a lot of sense, and also wouldn't be worth complaining about.