Copy and paste problem

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PTR
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Copy and paste problem

Post by PTR »

Hello, I am very pleased about this forum.
I have been using Bibleworks for decades and consider it the most helpful tool for my daily Bible study.
Nevertheless, I still have questions about the program from time to time and have gratefully used the previous forums.
Today I have the following problem: When I copy text from a website and then paste it into Bibleworks Note using Str+V, umlauts and other special characters are not displayed. Instead, I get strange characters, e.g., boxes with question marks. :o
How can I prevent this? Please help me!
Regards, PTR


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J Kendall
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Re: Copy and paste problem

Post by J Kendall »

PTR,

I can't replicate this using webpages such as: https://www.die-bibel.de/ressourcen/wib ... krostichon.

Could you provide a URL for a website that produces the problem?

John
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Re: Copy and paste problem

Post by admin »

PTR,
I can't duplicate it either. It would help if you could give a specific example, as John suggests. The editor in BibleWorks is based on the Microsoft Richedit Control. So it should support anything that Microsoft supports. Just Google "Microsoft Richedit keyboard shortcuts". Also if you select some text and right click on it BibleWorks will present you with several paste options, including formatted and unformatted text. Did you try that? The Microsoft control by default will look at the various formats on the clipboard and paster what it thinks is the best option. So the results also depend on the source web page puts on the clipboard. You may not have a font installed that supports their text. But again, examples always help.
Mike
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Re: Copy and paste problem

Post by PTR »

Dear John, dear Mike, thank you very much for your help. That solved my problem. God bless you, PTR :P
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