[Pro] Copy and Paste Question

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I had to add a new link to the top nav bar on a site. I pasted it in non formatted from TextEdit as Paste and Match Style.

First thing is it picked up the link from the link next to it. So, I had to take THAT link off the new link and set that up with the new link (hope that makes sense).

I set it up to open in _blank window.

I copied it, then pasted it on another page and had to do all the above steps over again. Does Copy not pick up the link information?

If this is all unclear, please let me know.

Bob

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If your link that you are copying is completely separate from all the other text (not touching another link) then copy should carry over the entire extended link and all of its attributes. It is possible for a space next to your link to have the link applied to it, yet it won’t show up that way in the design interface. If you were to look at the underlying code, it might look like this:

<a href="foo">Link text One </a><a href="bar">Link text Two</a>

On screen, it would look like this:

Link text One Link text Two

But that space in between the two would still be linked, and that’s what’s confusing Freeway in both instances.

Try highlighting the space between the two links and look at the Link picker at the bottom of the window. If it doesn’t say No Link, then make it so. Then you should be able to copy one of the links and paste it anywhere else you like.

Walter

On Jan 21, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Robert B wrote:

I had to add a new link to the top nav bar on a site. I pasted it in non formatted from TextEdit as Paste and Match Style.

First thing is it picked up the link from the link next to it. So, I had to take THAT link off the new link and set that up with the new link (hope that makes sense).

I set it up to open in _blank window.

I copied it, then pasted it on another page and had to do all the above steps over again. Does Copy not pick up the link information?

If this is all unclear, please let me know.

Bob

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Actually, I did do that.

In fact, what I actually added to the end of my nav bar were the spaces and the link. I made the spaces No Link and made my new link active with it’s _blank attribute.

Copied the spaces and link and pasted in nav bar of second page. I then had to make the spaces No Link again and make the new link _blank again.

It seems that when you insert the cursor for your paste operation, it picks up the link info of what’s to the left of it when you paste.

I can’t seem to not make that happen.

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I see. Well, have you tried pasting only the link, not the link and preceding space? So copy just the link, then move to the other page, type a space (and make sure it’s unlinked) and then paste after that? I agree with you that this is a messy thing, and Freeway needs to do a better job of policing pastes, but maybe this work-around will help.

Also, if you’re putting the same navigation bar on both pages, why not remove it from both and paste it into the Master page those two pages have in common. Then you only have one to update ever, with no copy and paste needed at all.

Walter

On Jan 21, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Robert B wrote:

Actually, I did do that.

In fact, what I actually added to the end of my nav bar were the spaces and the link. I made the spaces No Link and made my new link active with it’s _blank attribute.

Copied the spaces and link and pasted in nav bar of second page. I then had to make the spaces No Link again and make the new link _blank again.

It seems that when you insert the cursor for your paste operation, it picks up the link info of what’s to the left of it when you paste.

I can’t seem to not make that happen.

Bob

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Mater pages: Yeah, I kind of messed those up, so they won’t work, but that would probably make the most sense. I can never seem to have clean masters.

I’ve done all the copying and pasting on all the pages, but next time I will try adding the space.

Though, typing in Freeway always winds up creating new styles. Something else that drives me nuts.

I’ve always had to copy text to TextEdit. Make the document non formatted. Copy from there. And paste in FW using Paste and Match Style.

If I just type in Freeway, I always get new styles (Style 1, Style 2, etc.)

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