Could be very useful. Thanks.
[Ctrl]+[F3] seems to cut not copy to the spike. Is there a keystroke for copy?
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Certainly a useful feature but is it not just a little strange that it would be so obscure with such awkward keystrokes. Also the fact that it cuts and then requires an undo etc.
Almost seems like an accidental 'feature' that was once a bug and has been carried forward in subsequent revisions?
Almost seems like an accidental 'feature' that was once a bug and has been carried forward in subsequent revisions?
There is an easier way to do this.
1. Select the first block of text that you want to copy:
2. Hold down the Ctrl key and select each successive block that you want to copy without letting go of the Ctrl key
3. When you have selected all of the text needed then let go of the Ctrl key, RIGHT mouse button click and select copy from the drop down menu, move ov er to your new file and right mouse button click again and select paste.
It seems a lot in the telling but it really isn't, just give it a try and see the results.
Good luck with it, you'll like it, I promise.
1. Select the first block of text that you want to copy:
2. Hold down the Ctrl key and select each successive block that you want to copy without letting go of the Ctrl key
3. When you have selected all of the text needed then let go of the Ctrl key, RIGHT mouse button click and select copy from the drop down menu, move ov er to your new file and right mouse button click again and select paste.
It seems a lot in the telling but it really isn't, just give it a try and see the results.
Good luck with it, you'll like it, I promise.
This is great but... is not only easier on the hand, it is easier to remember. WIth Ctrl select, why bother with Spike?
I have 25 passages to select over 23 pages in a Word doc. Using Ctrl-key, I have the first 5 selected, the phone rings, my boss. I have to answer it. Need to take notes. Oops, now I need to start my copying over. With Spike it is still there and I just continue after my conversation with the boss. Or I get to passage 19 and my finger slips off the control key, maybe I can salvage that work or maybe not. Spike keeps the copies for me until I want or need to insert them. When asked, don't save the changes to the document that has been cut from...easy. My job requires cutting, copying and pasting hundreds of passages a day. Spike works for me. BUT Ctrl-key might be better for you. Thanks for another viewpoint.
Same as yourwork explained, but in Step #3 while still holding down the Ctrl key tap the C key, move to new file and tap the V key to paste. Either way works the same and definitely does NOT cut the text like the original instructions.
When you close out of Word and come back in Spike still has the information. Clipboard would have emptied it. This could be useful to some people.
The easier way described by" yourwork" is truly the easier way. Thanks for offering this alternative.
I've used Spike for years, and for me it's more useful than Ctrl+C for collecting non-consecutive pieces from a long document -- I don't have to keep track of selections, it stays saved until inserted, and if I get interrupted I don't accidentally copy over it in another app.
I recommend adding Spike & Insert Spike to the Quick Access ribbon. (This points to one of the things I hate about Word 2010: I learned about Spike in Word XP, when I could browse through commands and it would show a description. Now you have to guess what a command means, and you cannot add/create an icon -- if you're lucky you get a little green dot.)
I recommend adding Spike & Insert Spike to the Quick Access ribbon. (This points to one of the things I hate about Word 2010: I learned about Spike in Word XP, when I could browse through commands and it would show a description. Now you have to guess what a command means, and you cannot add/create an icon -- if you're lucky you get a little green dot.)
Love your how to articles, but CTRL+F3 is much harder than using the enhanced clipboard because it cuts the text. Here is my suggestion for Word 2010:
1. Click the Home tab
2. Click the drop arrow beside Clipboard (far left on Home Row)
3. Now when you Copy or CTRL+C, the text is loaded on the task pane
4. To load a text block back into the text, click the block in the task pane
5. If you want everything in the task pane, click the Paste All button pane
Work smarter, not harder!
1. Click the Home tab
2. Click the drop arrow beside Clipboard (far left on Home Row)
3. Now when you Copy or CTRL+C, the text is loaded on the task pane
4. To load a text block back into the text, click the block in the task pane
5. If you want everything in the task pane, click the Paste All button pane
Work smarter, not harder!
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