Special character strangeness

QP9 sp4

I have a ss where one column is to contain a special character (from the
CRTL+W collection) or be blank.  The character is a check mark ("U"
from
the WP IconicSymbolsA font).

So I now have the character in a cell on one row and I want to get it
into others.  So I select the cell with the check mark and copy (ctrl+C)
it, select the destination cell and paste (ctrl+V).  What gets pasted
is the "U".

If I select a cell with the character, and put the cursor at the lower
left corner of the cell (so it becomes a "+") I can then drag it down
multiple cells, and when I release the mouse, I have the correct check
mark in those cells.  Then I have to go back and delete the cells that
are not to get a check mark.

I can live with this, but I am just wondering why.

Bug?  
BAD (Broken As Designed)?
Just The Way It Is?

I was thinking of selecting the column, go to properties; font and
setting the font to WP IconicSymbolsA, but I find that font is not in
the list.  Experimentts with wingdings and webdings fonts show that this
would work, but the only check mark in those fonts is somewhat wimpy
compared to the one in WP IconicSymbolsA.

-- 
Rich Greenberg  N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com  + 1 239 543 1353
Eastern time.  N6LRT  I speak for myself & my dogs only.    VM'er since
CP-67
Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians 
Owner:Chinook-L
Retired at the beach                                     Asst Owner:Sibernet-L

Rich Greenberg wrote:
> QP9 sp4
> 
> I have a ss where one column is to contain a special character (from the
> CRTL+W collection) or be blank.  The character is a check mark
("U" from
> the WP IconicSymbolsA font).
> 
> So I now have the character in a cell on one row and I want to get it
> into others.  So I select the cell with the check mark and copy (ctrl+C)
> it, select the destination cell and paste (ctrl+V).  What gets pasted
> is the "U".

As far as the character itself is concerned, this is indeed what SHOULD get 
pasted.  Technically speaking, this is simply @CHAR(85).  What's not carried 
over in your case is the desired rendering of that character (but I suspect you

already know that).

> If I select a cell with the character, and put the cursor at the lower
> left corner of the cell (so it becomes a "+") I can then drag it
down
> multiple cells, and when I release the mouse, I have the correct check
> mark in those cells.  Then I have to go back and delete the cells that
> are not to get a check mark.
> 
> I can live with this, but I am just wondering why.
> 
> Bug?  

This might be a version bug:  in QP8, I can copy and paste the check mark (using

Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V, or the equivalent mouse-click procedure) without problems.  The 
pasted cell has both the same content and display as the original cell:  the 
input line shows a "U", and the cell displays the
"I'm-not-a-wimp" check mark.

> I was thinking of selecting the column, go to properties; font and
> setting the font to WP IconicSymbolsA, but I find that font is not in
> the list.

Hmmm ... I find all of the WP fonts listed in my font list under cell 
properties, starting below Wing Dings.  If they're not listed on yours, it 
implies that those fonts were copied to your system during installation but were

not properly registered with the application, hence not listed as a selectable 
font.  This could point to an installation issue, since fonts are an option when

doing a custom installation.

> Experimentts with wingdings and webdings fonts show that this
> would work, but the only check mark in those fonts is somewhat wimpy
> compared to the one in WP IconicSymbolsA.

You might also want to test the following to eliminate a more general copy/paste

bug in your program:  put the text string "AA" into one cell, where
the first 
"A" is Arial and the second one is Courier (or some other visually 
distinguishable font).  What's the result if you copy/paste that cell, i.e., is

the custom font of the second "A" retained?

Cheers,
Uli

Rich:
> I have a ss where one column is to contain a special character (from the
> CRTL+W collection) or be blank.
 . . .
> So I select the cell with the check mark and copy (ctrl+C)
> it, select the destination cell and paste (ctrl+V).  What gets pasted
> is the "U".

> Bug?

Yes.-(}

If you look in the Input Line (above the main edit screen) you see the 
faulty copy as soon as you enter the symbol.

Items that can be and are entered using Alt-<Number sequence> do rather 
better.
-- 
Good wishes!
Roy Lewis
C_Tech volunteer
(UK)

In article <VA.00004b53.00fe03c5@corel.ca>, lemoto  <ctech@corel.ca>
wrote:
>
>Rich:
>> I have a ss where one column is to contain a special character (from
the
>> CRTL+W collection) or be blank.
> . . .
>> So I select the cell with the check mark and copy (ctrl+C)
>> it, select the destination cell and paste (ctrl+V).  What gets pasted
>> is the "U".
>
>> Bug?
>
>Yes.-(}

Thanks Roy.  I know better to report it to Corel expecting a fix.  :-)
Just another of those things to remember don't work right.

-- 
Rich Greenberg  N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com  + 1 239 543 1353
Eastern time.  N6LRT  I speak for myself & my dogs only.    VM'er since
CP-67
Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians 
Owner:Chinook-L
Retired at the beach                                     Asst Owner:Sibernet-L

In article <47cf10f2_3@cnews>, Uli  <nojunkmail@spamless.com>
wrote:

>As far as the character itself is concerned, this is indeed what SHOULD get

>pasted.  Technically speaking, this is simply @CHAR(85).  What's not carried

>over in your case is the desired rendering of that character (but I suspect
you 
>already know that).

Thanks Uli, I just tried pasting "@CHAR(85)" into a cell and got
"U", so
the font must be selected also.

>> I was thinking of selecting the column, go to properties; font and
>> setting the font to WP IconicSymbolsA, but I find that font is not in
>> the list.
>
>Hmmm ... I find all of the WP fonts listed in my font list under cell 
>properties, starting below Wing Dings.  If they're not listed on yours, it 
>implies that those fonts were copied to your system during installation
>but were 
>not properly registered with the application, hence not listed as a
selectable 
>font.  This could point to an installation issue, since fonts are an
>option when 
>doing a custom installation.

Thats a bit odd as I have it in WP9 along with a bunch that aren't in
QP9 while QP has several WST_xxxx (where xxxx appears to be a language
abbreviation) that don't show in WP.  And I installed QP & WP at the
same time, selecting most of the optional fonts.

And QP does have those fonts, just not in the font list, otherwise
ctrl+W wouldn't be able to insert them.

-- 
Rich Greenberg  N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com  + 1 239 543 1353
Eastern time.  N6LRT  I speak for myself & my dogs only.    VM'er since
CP-67
Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians 
Owner:Chinook-L
Retired at the beach                                     Asst Owner:Sibernet-L