Topic: In-line review cutting and pasting

Hello, SolN.

There's something I noticed while doing cutting and pasting during in-line reviews. When I do an in-line edit, I like to cut and paste the material into the comment box to avoid having to re-type it all (and potentially make my own typo). I have discovered the way I select the text in the posting makes a huge difference in getting it to appear in the comment box.

If I highlight text from right to left, what I want to copy does get the blue border, but when I copy it, I only get the first letter or two when I paste it in. If I highlight the target text left to right and press Ctrl-C, the last word is pretty much always clipped off. So to make the selction process work, I have to include words I sometimes don't want involved.

Is this a bug? Selecting text from right to left tends to work best for me, but here it's not really an option. If this is not a bug, I'll live with it. But it is something Iwanted to bring to your attention.

Thanks!

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Re: In-line review cutting and pasting

I don't copy and paste, just highlight and comment on the highlighted area. But I agree the highlighting can be difficult if not impossible, when the section you want highlighted continues on to the next line. So I've had to account for that in my comments, adding more verbiage than I would otherwise have to do.

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Hello, Seabrass, not Sol here, but okay, I'm confused. Why do you have to copy and paste the material for an in-line review? Once you highlight what you want to comment on, you can simply put your comment in the box without having to paste the material you are commenting on which shows up anyway. Or do I just have a really special version to make up for not being able to use it for a while when the site first came on line? Curious minds want to know. Take care. Vern

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I agree with you, Vern. The beauty of the in-line review is I don't have to copy and paste anything. Highlighting the words I want to comment is sometimes a problem, taking a couple of tries to get just what I want, but I attribute that to my computer, a little arthritis, and typing skills. For me, the in-line review is the single-most gift of this new TNBW. While I'm praising, I must say the regular review is greatly improved because the comment box is side-by-side with the text of what I'm reviewing. When I saw that I did a little geriatric dance of joy.

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Vern and Jack and Wilma have the answer. No need to copy and paste.

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Ditto what everyone else said, but I have noticed a weird anomaly when using the highlight function in an IL review. Left to right will highlight everything after the text you wish. Right to left works well, but only if you aren't on the edge of the page.

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Hello.

I cut and paste when I want to make a suggested edit in a particular spot. Like if I think a better word will do, I want to copy the text, then in the comment box replace the word with the one I think is better. Thus, instead of re-typing everything, I cut and paste and make the edit. This way I'm not just highlighting the single word and dropping in what I think might work better, but I'm showing it in context, so it reads better. Just the way I like to work. If you received a review from me in the previous site, you know how anal I can sometimes be in my reviews. Cutting and pasting just works better for me, and the selecting thing I noticed is just something I wanted to ask about. That's all.

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Charles, just highlight and say some thing like raced down the road would be stronger than ran. You're causing yourself grief. You'll be okay. Take a deep breath.

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*pant pant*

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10 Reply by njc

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I'm with Seabrass here.

"You don't need to use that road" is little comfort to the fellow who does drive it and has to avoid the potholes to avoid getting stuck in one.  Seeing your computer controls malfunction--that is to say, to do other than what you tell them--is a serious distraction when you are trying to compose your thoughts into words that will represent them accurately without being unduly harsh.  It's a serious frustration.

The saying, "It's a poor workman who blames his own tools," come from the days long ago when workmen made their own tools.  Today the quality of a workman's work depends on tools made by others.  So does his peace of mind and equanimity--both things of great importance to writers.

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11 Reply by janet reid (edited by janet reid 2014-12-21 06:52:26)

Re: In-line review cutting and pasting

If you want to cut and paste, regular review is the way to go.  With the feedback box to the right of the chapter, it's already a huge improvement compared to the old site.  I've tried in-line reviews based on glowing recommendations from other reviewers, but I've gone back to regular reviews again.  Only because it's a personal preference because it suits my style and it's WAY less clicking to get through the review.

The wonderful thing about the new site is, now we have a choice.  This is however purely from a reviewer POV.  From a writer's POV, in-line reviews can be a blessing or a pain.

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12 Reply by njc (edited by njc 2014-12-21 07:40:57)

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In-line may be a good way to enter them, but it's an awful way to read them.  IMO.  YMMV.

Agreed that the side-by-side entry for 'regular' reviews is a boon.

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