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   "LG"  wrote in message   
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   | Just have a question with regards to the clipboard, and how to read   
   what   
   | other applications (Adobe InDesignCS) place in the clipboard.   
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   |   
   | My question is, is InDesign storing the format of the data (in this   
   case the   
   | format that tells InDesign that the data in clipboard is a table) in   
   another   
   | place that is not included in the Clipboard method, and if so, is it   
   | possible to retrieve the formatting data.   
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   In addition to Randy's full answer on clipboards, here are a couple of   
   additional points worth noting:   
      
   1. The clipboard can contain multiple formats at the same time. That is,   
   it can have data as a bitmap, plus data as text, plus data in custom   
   formats.   
      
   You can see this pretty easily using Excel and Word. In an Excel   
   spreadsheet, highlight some cells and click Copy. Then switch to Word,   
   and select Edit, Paste Special from the menu. You will see a list of   
   choices similar to:   
       Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object   
       Formatted Text (RTF)   
       Unformatted Text   
       Picture   
       Bitmap   
       Picture (Enhanced Metafile)   
      
   All of these formats are available from the clipboard at the same time.   
      
   2. As Randy noted, most programs create their own formats for copying   
   complex data. While it might be possible to decode the InDesign format,   
   it would be like trying to figure out how to save some data as an   
   InDesign file - or to save some text as a Word file, for that matter.   
   Not easy, and probably not effective use of your time.   
      
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