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Clipboard Text
Clipboard Graphics
Selecting one of these options will enable selected text or graphics to be copied to the
clipboard when the Copy command is used. The Paste and Select All commands
will also be enabled. A tick will be displayed next to the option when it is selected
and the DDE commands will be disabled.
DDE Row Copy
DDE Column Copy
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) is a much more powerful tool than the clipboard as
it establishes a link between the copied data and the original source data so that when
changes occur to the source data, the copied data can be updated automatically so
that you do not have to copy and paste the data again. A tick will be displayed next to
the option when it is selected and the Paste command will be disabled.
The DDE Row Copy and DDE Column Copy options enable selected data to be
copied in a format suitable for applications which use cells to store information, such
as spreadsheets. When the Copy command is used, selected data will be copied so
that each line is treated as a separate cell.
The way in which each cell of data is inserted in the application's worksheet when
pasted is determined by whether the DDE Row Copy or DDE Column Copy option
was selected before the Copy command was used. DDE Row Copy will enable each
line of copied data to be pasted in a row of selected cells, and DDE Column Copy
will enable each line of copied data to be pasted in a column of selected cells.
Note: Refer to the Dynamic Data Exchange chapter for more
information.