#714 Using the Windows Clipboard from within SOS Products

If you are running Office Manager or Case Manager from within Windows, it is possible to use the Windows clipboard to move information into other Windows products. Since the Windows utility for marking and copying information to the clipboard limits you to what is actually on the screen at any one time and does not allow scrolling to extend the block of information marked, you will have to use this method for one screen of information at a time.

 

The procedure is as follows:
Open both Office Manager or Case Manager and the Windows application to which you want to copy information. Using b^, switch to Office Manager or Case Manager.
Press ae to get Office Manager or Case Manager from full-screen into a window. Click on the farthest upper right hand arrow to maximize the size of the box. Get the information you want to copy into the clipboard onto the screen.
Click on the control mark ( ^_ ) in the upper left corner of the screen. Then click on Edit and Mark.
Press jx to turn the cursor into a highlight extender. Holding the j key down, press the x key to extend to the right and the y key to extend the highlight down. Mark as much text as you want to copy to the clipboard (up to one screen's worth of text).
Click again on the control mark ( ^_ ) in the upper left corner of the screen. Then click on Edit and Copy.
Press b^ to switch to the task list. Choose the Windows application into which you want to copy the text. Put the cursor where you want to place the copied text. Press bV to paste the text where you want it.
Press b^ to switch to the task list; return to Case Manager or Office Manager and scroll the text so the next thing you want to copy is on the screen. Repeat the process from steps 3 on, until you have copied all the text you need.This is a cumbersome way to move a long report from Case Manager into your word processing program. The easier way is to go to the Reports menu, select the report you want to move and print the report to a WP file. Use the same .ext that your word processing program uses. Then import the ASCII file into your word processor. Now you can format the report as you like!