Copy & Paste?

If you're posting quotations or articles you've pre-written, then it's really helpful. Can't say I've used it much myself though. It's good to have the option though and I understand why they withhold it because of the danger of newbies spamming with plagiarised articles.

I can't wait until I reach that "infamous number" because I like to post useful links when I answer questions and having to type them by hand is annoying. Plus there are times when I've typed more than 1 paragraph in a response and realize that they'd make better sense in a different order. Being able to simply cut and paste the paragraphs would be so much easier than retyping it over again.

Congratz I would like to be able to do this but i am not as active on here as i would need to be to achieve this status any time soon. Therefore it is a aim for the distant future but once i achieve this it will really help. Congratulations again =D

congratulations chey1970, that's great that you have reached such number i am still trying to do my best to do the same but dont have much time to post to discussions all the time. anyway, i feel it will be helpful coz sometimes you find an article that you would want to start your discussion with or some link that you can use on your discussion or replies. also, some members here have their own blog and sometimes they uses the same discussion they have on their blog or site and it will be easier to do such thing than to type it all over again. i would love to get such thing coz i have previous blog that i find interesting but dont have the time to rewrite it again. so i am waiting for my 500 post to come so i can do it then. anyway, i dont think it is bragging right that we are granted coz most of the member are sure happy that they reach such goal and to most that is something they are looking for after reaching the 100 and 200 post. takecare

I think reaching your 500th post gives you a feeling that you have passed a test and can now be trusted to use copy and paste. It can be useful if you want to quote or add a long link. If everyone was allowed to do it from the start there would be even more spamming and rulebreaking. I think you can be allowed to brag about reaching the 500 milestone. It means you have contributed a lot to myLot.

Yup, there are some discussion that asking "post your favorite recipe or lyrics" or so.. I like the copy and paste feature. It is really cool .

I like others have said, use it when referring to articles. It helps to speed up the posting process. Sometimes its just easier to quote someone else by copying and pasting. I see you are at 578posts. Have you tried it out yet? I am sure you will enjoy it! Congrats on your achievement!

congratulations..alot of the new members are still struggling to reach it.,.,.but you already got it. enjoy the new feature you got and use it wisely..again congratulations on the job well done. happy posting!

Early in my mylot activities I thought I found it necessary to copy and paste a few stuff and lo and behold, the power was not granted to me which I just take for granted everywhere else. I have seen discussions which are verbatim news items which are quite long. I don't subscribe to that type of use.

A couple of times I have wanted to paste something into a discussion and I've had to re-type it which is a real pain. I don't do it too often but every so often I do. Will be really happy when I make that magic number myself. Congratulations!

Im near The 500 mark, after reaching that whats the next excitement point to reach?? First as you say was the 100 mark when you got our start, then 500 so you can copy and paste and then after......???? I think its nice that people can congratulate otehr mylotters on their hard work and discuss their views on how hard/easy it is to accomplish them. Sorry its late but Ive just strolled along this discussion x

I haven't reached 500 yet but it would be helpful to me when I get there because I want to post my poems and stuff in here but right now I do not feel like spending hours typing them all over again

Im not too good at the copy and pasting,so before I reach 500 posts im going to have to learn how to copy and paste properly

hey i am not able to copy and paste is there any alter native to copy and paste here there are some posts that must be copied and paste they are large message please tell me if its possible thank you bye bye have a nice day

how much time did it take for u to get there and how did u do that?

You know, I came across this alot before I hit 500, I'd want to copy and paste something.. after passing 500, I think Ive used the feature once. When I post discussions, I dont really find myself having a need for copy and paste but its there. Maybe its a way for mylot to prevent cheaters.. I dunno.

Congratulations on reaching 500 posts. I remember being so excited when that happened. I have used the copy and paste option a few times if I am posting about something that I have read or if I am posting a discussion about something that I have already written about someplace else. I think it is useful if I am posting a recipe that someone has asked for too.

With copy and paste, you can paste entire articles as text for your discussion, but I wouldn't advise that at all. Other than that, you can copy or cut your responses, put them into Microsoft Word, wordpad or other word processor and vice versa. If you lack a spell checker, or if you are afraid of losing a post you can write it in a seperate word processor program then past it into the response space when it is to your liking Chey. I mean this can be handy if you want to spellcheck a response further, or if you want to save a response for later. If you need a wordprocessor here are a few free ones OpenOffice: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23158-order,1-page,1-c,presentation/description.html Fifth Element: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,69920-order,1-page,1/description.html Abiword: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,7196-order,1-page,1/description.html

Yeah, its the most enjoyable moment when i also reached the 500th post, and its really feel proud that you finally broke the shackels of copy and paste, but i really don't find any thing special in this copy and paste, as we are still not allowed to paste copyrighted material,,lol But a milestone is a milestone, so lets enjoy it...

I think it's useful if you have stored articles (I have about 50) which you can turn into discussions. What I don't understand is why there's a magic number where the powers that be at Mylot think you WON'T plagiarise someone else's article. That bit's beyond me....!