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When you exit Publisher, do you get the message ‘Do you want to save the Clipboard?’

Mia Haber — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:15:13 +0000

When you see this message, you have three choices. Click the Yes button, click the No button, or click the Cancel button. Many of us have hit Cancel only to find ourselves right back where we started.

Here is what is going on:
When you cut and copy in Publisher, you can paste into another Microsoft program, like Word or Outlook. This dialog box is asking if you want to continue on with paste into another program.

I’ll bet you never read the small print in this dialog box. It says, “The clipboard is a storage area in Windows which currently has some Publisher objects on it. If you want to save what’s on the Clipboard to use in another program or publication, click Yes. Otherwise, click No to free up memory. To return to Publisher, click Cancel.”

Wow! Who would have thought that the fine print would actually be helpful?!

So, when you see this message, choose Yes if you plan to paste your stuff into another program, choose No if you are done with whatever you have cut or copied, and choose Cancel if you didn’t mean to exit in the first place.

Finding the Right Word

Tracie Peters — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:00:09 +0000

The LPi blog is officially launched and in preparation for writing my own first entry, I was trying to find words to convey my excitement in ways that you, our faithful editor, would find inspiring and interesting. At this point, it became obvious that the word “exciting”, and its many variations, was about due to be overused and I needed another word.

Immediately after realizing my conundrum, I turned to my trusty thesaurus. Thought by children to be a long-extinct dinosaur, this is a valuable tool when looking for just the right word.

Microsoft Publisher has an excellent, admirable, and worthy thesaurus included with the software. Simply type your word, in my case “exciting”, and with your cursor placed on the word, click on your Tools menu option, choose Language and then choose Thesaurus. If available, a whole list of synonyms will appear for you to use.

A note of caution: In our zeal to find different words, we run the risk of using a word that may not be appropriate as a descriptor. As I start my first blog entry, I may not be keyed up or even wound up but I certainly am pleased, eager and enthusiastic!