FTM 2006 - Copy/paste in notes?

[Sue from Southend]

I've found some really interesting items in The London Gazette that I would like to incorporate into some part of FTM, either the scrap book or notes but it won't let me copy and paste. Is there a way round this? Or do I have to print it, scan it and insert it as an object?

Thanks

[Mary from Italy]

You should be able to copy-paste.

Highlight the text you're interested in, and use CTRL-C to copy and CTRL-V to paste.

[Elaine ..Spain]

I am not sure you can copy and paste from the London Gazette as the image you are looking at is probably presented as an image or pdf file.

You will probably have to type it into the FTM notes.

[Mary from Italy]

I've just tried, and I got pdf files which could be copied, not image files. It doesn't work with some of the older pages, though (I've just tried some 18th-century ones, and they were images).

In those cases you'll have to copy in image format (click on the camera in Acrobat Reader).

With the more recent articles, if you click on "see full notice" instead of "see pdf" you get a transcription in text format, which can always be copied.

[Sue from Southend]

Thanks Elaine and Mary - I'll give it a try!!

Mary, it worked thanks. I'd managed to copy the article OK before but it wouldn't let me paste by right clicking and I can never remember the keyboard 'shortcuts'!!

I think I'll have to write them down somewhere ....

Thanks again

[Bee]

I think I'll have to write them down somewhere ....

Sue, my daughter has trained me in 'Ctl shortcuts' - being a dunce (me, not her :o), she had to find a way I'd remember it:-

Ctl+C - 'C' is for 'copy'.
Ctl+V - if you see the V as an arrow pointing down, it's pointing to where you paste the thing you've copied.

Well, I can remember that.

Hope it helps.

Bee.

[WendyPusey]

Plus Ctrl+X is cut. Think of a pair of scissors.
Ctrl+S = Save
Ctrl+O = Open
Ctrl+P = Print

All of these should appear next to the appropiate item in the drop down menus.

[Sue from Southend]

Thanks Wendy

Will try your hints but old habits die hard and right clicking is sooo much easier!! lol