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2000/7/5-6 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:18584 Activity:high 64%like:18589
7/4     M$ Word question: I want to create two columns in a Word
        document and be able to paste in only side of the text
        and still be able to type in the other. Eg;

             text               comment
             text               comment
             text               comment

         -MS doofus
          \_ Microsoft ActiveDoofus!
        \_ make a table.  -tom
           \_ I could do that, but if I want to paste an entire text
              I would have to clip and paste paragrpah by paragraph. Tedious
              but do able. -MS D
                \_ uh, what are you talking about?  you click in the cell,
                   and paste the whole text.  I just tried it, it works. -tom
                  \_ um...I think he wants to paste into an entire column,
                     not just one cell in a column.
                        \_ if the stuff is in an Excel spreadsheet it will
                           do that.  -tom
        \_ um... Format>Columns?  Or is that too easy?
        \_ learn MS Word Basic scripting language
        \_ How many times do i need to repeat this answer for all M$ questions:
           Download to UNIX machine. Create document columns.
           Upload to windows and import into M$ Word.
           \_ And to save some dufus the trouble of putting this, i'll go
              ahead and put: "But that's not easy for the Windows people
              in my office to use"
              \_ To which I'll go ahead and reply: "spend the 45 seconds
                 and make a CGI out of it"
                 \_ And then I have to support a friggin CGI and host forever.
                    To which I say, "No fucking thanks!"
                    \_ uh, if you don't want to support it, you don't have to.
                        \_ Yes, I do.  BOFH doesn't exist in the real world.
        \_ Press CTRL+SHIFT+F8 to get into "edit block mode" and
           use the arrow keys to make your selection.  ESC gets
           you out.  -gabriel
        \_ You could use ed. There may be a version for Windos Word from
           http://slashdot.org
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10/25   NT was supposed to be much more stable than Win3.x.  Then Win2k was
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