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Dear Andy,
Thanks! I just tested out the copy and paste using your utility and
it could harldly be any easier or more effective. Exactly what I was
hoping for.
Jim Anderson sent me a note saying that for converting whole volumes
there is a good conversion utility program
(cscdconv) at: http://www.fsnow.com/pali/
best
robert


In Pali@..., "Andy" <721910352@...> wrote:

> Dear Venerables; Hi Group;
>
> Dear Robert;
>
> If you only wish to copy a short extract from the CSCD:
> a) select the text you wish to copy with your mouse (words,

phrases,

> sentences, paragraphs)
> b) press Ctrl-C
>
> This will copy the text to the Clipboard, and you can Paste it

into any

> other program you wish to use. You will then need to select the

text, and

> choose one of the VriRomanPali fonts to see the correct Pali

characters.

>
> Since there are "hard-return" characters and such in the CSCD

text, I added

> a feature in Palitrans 2.0 that will clean out most of that for you
> automatically. There is a button called "Paste from CSCD" in

Palitrans 2.0

>
> If you then with to include the text in Velthuis ("standard
> transliteration") format, you can use Palitrans 2.0 to do this.
>
> a) select the text
> b) press the "Pali Font to Standard Transliteration" button
> c) then, you can "Copy and Paste" the text like you would with any

other

> program.
>
> Palitrans 2.0 is free and available (thanks John Kelly!) in the

Files

> section.
>
> peace from
>
> Andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robertkirkpatrick.rm [mailto:robertkirkpatrick@...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 5:58 AM
> To: Pali@...
> Subject: [Pali] Re: CSCD rom how to copy and paste extracts?
>
>
> Thanks for this David. I have figured out how to export and find

the

> file, thanks to your post.
> best
> robert
> ---
>
> In Pali@..., "David Yeung" <yeung@...> wrote:
> >
> > "robertkirkpatrick.rm" wrote:
> > > Does anyone have a program that allows the copying of short
> extracts
> > > to be done direct from the CSCD Chattha Sangayana CD? At the
> moment
> > > we can go the tipitaka website and do this but it would save
> time if
> > > there was a way to copy and paste directly.
> >
> > What do you mean by this? I have no trouble getting text out of
> the
> > CSCD. The CSCD has an export function in which you can put the
> page
> > numbers of the section you wish to export, at least in the

version

> that
> > I have (v3.0). You have to export at least a page's worth, but
> it's
> > no trouble to then use Word or WordPad to cut and paste as you
> wish.
> >
> > --
> > David Yeung
> >
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