jerry
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Post by jerry on Jul 20, 2009 3:23:54 GMT -5
Really enjoying PaWriter. Thanks.
Is it possible to add the following -- or does the program work this way and I simply have a local problem?
1) Right Mouse Button - activates a menu with copy/paste/delete options. 2) Find people list can be "scrolled" to appropriate last name by typing in the first letter or two of the last name. 3) Sometimes an entry box (date, place name, etc.) will "hang" if data has been entered incorrectly and I try to correct it. I usually can "reactivate" the entry box by clicking on another box and coming back to the hung box. But sometimes I have to close/enter the window/form and re-open the window. Is it me or my system that causes this?
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Post by Howard Metcalfe on Jul 20, 2009 12:11:38 GMT -5
Really enjoying PaWriter. Thanks. Is it possible to add the following -- or does the program work this way and I simply have a local problem? 1) Right Mouse Button - activates a menu with copy/paste/delete options. 2) Find people list can be "scrolled" to appropriate last name by typing in the first letter or two of the last name. 3) Sometimes an entry box (date, place name, etc.) will "hang" if data has been entered incorrectly and I try to correct it. I usually can "reactivate" the entry box by clicking on another box and coming back to the hung box. But sometimes I have to close/enter the window/form and re-open the window. Is it me or my system that causes this? 1) The right-click currently activates a menu in some contexts such as displaying a draft or choosing a previously entered place, but does not have copy/paste options. For the appropriate contexts, maybe I will add copy/paste in a future version. Currently of course you can use command-C, -X and -V. 2) The find person list currently does scroll to the appropriate last name by typing the first letter or two or more, but you must press tab after entering the letters. This avoids a timing problem when you enter many letters such as the full surname. You will find this technique works for some other lists as well. 3) Hanging up after in incorrect entry such as a date or place is not something that should happen and such a problem has not been reported to date, and I've never experienced it. Beats me, maybe it has something to do with your system. Best regards, Howard
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jerry
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Post by jerry on Jul 20, 2009 16:12:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the prompt reply Re: 1) Yes, I use the keyboard shortcuts for copy/paste. Glad you'll consider adding right button menu for this. It's a style or working I use in almost all of my other applications -- so natural to point at something, select it, then right mouse click for the menu. In addition to copy/paste/cut, "Search in Google" and "Look up in Dictionary" are useful menu items, available in Safari, that would be great to have available in PaWriter. I often want to do these tasks, to look up a new place name that I'm not familiar with, or to define a strange word I've just copied into the Notes. Thanks. 2) Ohhh.... That's great. Works fine. Wondered why the find box was accepting my keystrokes... Just TAB! Thanks. 3) Yeah... Don't know why either. Happens pretty often. And I have pretty vanilla system. MiniMac and an old USB keyboard.... Glad this glitch is not common!
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