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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="_Toc84105802">Ditto - FAQ</a></h1>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Table of Contents:</b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoToc1><a href="DittoGettingStarted.htm">Ditto - Getting Started</a></p>

<p class=MsoToc1><a href="DittoConfig.htm">Ditto - Config</a></p>

<p class=MsoToc1><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#_Toc84105802">Ditto - FAQ</a></span></p>

<p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_WhatIsDitto">1) What is
Ditto?</a></span></p>

<p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_Data">2) By
default, where does Ditto store its data?</a></span></p>

<p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_DidntPasteAnything">3) I pasted a
past item with Ditto, but it didn’t paste anything.</a></span></p>

<p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_Excel">4) I copied a
cell in Microsoft Excel and it only pastes back the text not the formulas.</a></span></p>

<p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_Search">5) I searched
for something I know I copied but it’s not showing in the search results.</a></span></p>

<p class=MsoToc3><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#bm_Searching">6) How does searching work?</a></span></p>

<p class=dittoheading3><span
style='mso-bookmark:_Toc84104799'><a name="bm_WhatIsDitto"></a>1) What is Ditto?</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Ditto is an extension to the Windows Clipboard.&nbsp; You
copy something to the Clipboard and Ditto takes what you copied and stores it
in a database to retrieve at a later time. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_Data"></a>2) By default, where does Ditto
store its data?</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Settings are stored in “HKCU\programs\Ditto”</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>The database is stored in “Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application
Data\Ditto\DittoDB.mdb”</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Application files are stored in “Program Files\Ditto\”</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_DidntPasteAnything"></a>3) I pasted a past item with
Ditto, but it didn’t paste anything.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Sometimes, Ditto cannot find the currently focused (target)
window, so Ditto cannot paste to it.&nbsp; When this happens, the clip is still
placed onto the Clipboard, so you can hit Ctrl-V to paste the data wherever you
like.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>We have seen this happen more in Internet Explorer windows.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_Excel"></a>4) I copied a cell in Microsoft
Excel and it only pastes back the text not the formulas.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Excel generally prevents copying and pasting of the underlying
formulas using external sources like Ditto.&nbsp; Presumably, Excel requires
that proper pasting be sequential to the copying.&nbsp; In fact, it appears
that the Office Clipboard also doesn’t paste the underlying formulas.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>The following specific information / exceptions are known:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>1) If the block of copied cells are self-contained (i.e. any
formulas within the block only refer to other cells within the block), then the
“XML Spreadsheet” Clipboard Format contains the formulas and can be properly
pasted back into Excel from Ditto.&nbsp; Otherwise, “XML Spreadsheet” just
contains the values of the copied cells.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>2) The CF_SYLK Clipboard Format does appear to contain cell
formulas in relative form, but Excel does not make use of them when it is
pasted back.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>3) The following Clipboard Formats are used when pasting
cell links: “Embed Source”, “Link Source”, “Link Source Descriptor”.&nbsp; In
some unknown cases, “Link” and “Object Descriptor” may also be required.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_Search"></a>5) I searched for something I
know I copied but it’s not showing in the search results.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>When searching, you are actually searching through each
Clip’s “Description”, not their content.&nbsp; The Description is extracted
from the beginning of the Clip’s text Format.&nbsp; The default amount of text
saved in the Description is 250 bytes but this can be changed in [Options -&gt;
General -&gt; &quot;Amount of text to save for description&quot;].</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_Searching"></a>6) How does searching work?</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>On all searches, search are treated as Clip Text contains the 
search words.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>When searching spaces are treated as &quot;and&quot; unless they are 
contained in quotes (&quot;&quot;)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>ex.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; search for - right click -</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
this would find anything with &quot;right&quot; and &quot;click&quot; in the text, not necessarily 
next to each other</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; search for - 
&quot;right click&quot;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
this would find all text containing the exact text &quot;right click&quot; </p>

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