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  171. <h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="_Toc84105802">Ditto - FAQ</a></h1>
  172. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  173. <p class=MsoNormal><b>Table of Contents:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
  174. <p class=MsoToc1><a href="DittoGettingStarted.htm">Ditto - Getting Started</a></p>
  175. <p class=MsoToc1><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#_Toc84105802">Ditto - FAQ</a></span></p>
  176. <p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_WhatIsDitto">1) What is
  177. Ditto?</a></span></p>
  178. <p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_Data">2) By
  179. default, where does Ditto store its data?</a></span></p>
  180. <p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_DidntPasteAnything">3) I pasted a
  181. past item with Ditto, but it didn’t paste anything.</a></span></p>
  182. <p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_Excel">4) I copied a
  183. cell in Microsoft Excel and it only pastes back the text not the formulas.</a></span></p>
  184. <p class=MsoToc3><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="#bm_Search">5) I searched
  185. for something I know I copied but it’s not showing in the search results.</a></span></p>
  186. <p class=MsoNormal><a href="DittoConfig.htm">Ditto - Config</a></p>
  187. <p class=dittoheading3><span
  188. style='mso-bookmark:_Toc84104799'><a name="bm_WhatIsDitto"></a>1) What is Ditto?</span></p>
  189. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>
  190. <p class=MsoNormal>Ditto is an extension to the Windows Clipboard.&nbsp; You
  191. copy something to the Clipboard and Ditto takes what you copied and stores it
  192. in a database to retrieve at a later time. </p>
  193. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  194. <p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_Data"></a>2) By default, where does Ditto
  195. store its data?</p>
  196. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>
  197. <p class=MsoNormal>Settings are stored in “HKCU\programs\Ditto”</p>
  198. <p class=MsoNormal>The database is stored in “[Current User]\Application
  199. Data\Ditto\DittoDB.mdb”</p>
  200. <p class=MsoNormal>Application files are stored in “Program Files\Ditto\”</p>
  201. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  202. <p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_DidntPasteAnything"></a>3) I pasted a past item with
  203. Ditto, but it didn’t paste anything.</p>
  204. <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>&nbsp;</p>
  205. <p class=MsoNormal>Sometimes, Ditto cannot find the currently focused (target)
  206. window, so Ditto cannot paste to it.&nbsp; When this happens, the clip is still
  207. placed onto the Clipboard, so you can hit Ctrl-V to paste the data wherever you
  208. like.</p>
  209. <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>&nbsp;</p>
  210. <p class=MsoNormal>We have seen this happen more in Internet Explorer windows.</p>
  211. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  212. <p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_Excel"></a>4) I copied a cell in Microsoft
  213. Excel and it only pastes back the text not the formulas.</p>
  214. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  215. <p class=MsoNormal>Excel generally prevents copying and pasting of the underlying
  216. formulas using external sources like Ditto.&nbsp; Presumably, Excel requires
  217. that proper pasting be sequential to the copying.&nbsp; In fact, it appears
  218. that the Office Clipboard also doesn’t paste the underlying formulas.</p>
  219. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  220. <p class=MsoNormal>The following specific information / exceptions are known:</p>
  221. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  222. <p class=MsoNormal>1) If the block of copied cells are self-contained (i.e. any
  223. formulas within the block only refer to other cells within the block), then the
  224. “XML Spreadsheet” Clipboard Format contains the formulas and can be properly
  225. pasted back into Excel from Ditto.&nbsp; Otherwise, “XML Spreadsheet” just
  226. contains the values of the copied cells.</p>
  227. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  228. <p class=MsoNormal>2) The CF_SYLK Clipboard Format does appear to contain cell
  229. formulas in relative form, but Excel does not make use of them when it is
  230. pasted back.</p>
  231. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  232. <p class=MsoNormal>3) The following Clipboard Formats are used when pasting
  233. cell links: “Embed Source”, “Link Source”, “Link Source Descriptor”.&nbsp; In
  234. some unknown cases, “Link” and “Object Descriptor” may also be required.</p>
  235. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  236. <p class=dittoheading3><a name="bm_Search"></a>5) I searched for something I
  237. know I copied but it’s not showing in the search results.</p>
  238. <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  239. <p class=MsoNormal>When searching, you are actually searching through each
  240. Clip’s “Description”, not their content.&nbsp; The Description is extracted
  241. from the beginning of the Clip’s text Format.&nbsp; The default amount of text
  242. saved in the Description is 250 bytes but this can be changed in [Options -&gt;
  243. General -&gt; &quot;Amount of text to save for description&quot;].</p>
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