Copy & Paste Large Sections of Text = Broke?

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maztec

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I searched the forums and did not readily encounter anyone else with this issue or a solution . . .

Problem: When I copy and paste large sections of text from Firefox (OSX) to Microsoft OneNote (Vista) it appears to have a buffer issue and pastes the wrong text.

Reproduceable? Unknown.

Parallels Version: 4560.

How it happens to me:

1) Start OneNote (in Parallels) & Firefox (on Mac)
2) Go to a website with Firefox.
3) Select one short paragraph of text on the website.
4) Copy the paragraph.
5) Paste it into OneNote.
Result: It works, text is pasted flawlessly.

Now,
6) Select a full page of text in Firefox.
7) Copy the text.
8) Paste into OneNote.
Result: Only the first 8 or 9 lines are pasted, the rest is cropped off (if you need me to provide an exact character count, I can do it .. just ask)

Now,
9) Copy a large body of text in OneNote, a few pages.
10) Paste it into OneNote.
11) Go to Firefox, copy a full page of text.
12) Paste into OneNote.
Result: First 8 or 9 lines from Firefox text pasted PLUS the full bottom of the text copied above in OneNote (seems to occur with other programs too, but that is the main app I use).

Solution: Unknown.

Any help would be appreciated.

M/
 
maztec said:
I searched the forums and did not readily encounter anyone else with this issue or a solution . . .

Problem: When I copy and paste large sections of text from Firefox (OSX) to Microsoft OneNote (Vista) it appears to have a buffer issue and pastes the wrong text.

Reproduceable? Unknown.

Parallels Version: 4560.

How it happens to me:

1) Start OneNote (in Parallels) & Firefox (on Mac)
2) Go to a website with Firefox.
3) Select one short paragraph of text on the website.
4) Copy the paragraph.
5) Paste it into OneNote.
Result: It works, text is pasted flawlessly.

Now,
6) Select a full page of text in Firefox.
7) Copy the text.
8) Paste into OneNote.
Result: Only the first 8 or 9 lines are pasted, the rest is cropped off (if you need me to provide an exact character count, I can do it .. just ask)

Now,
9) Copy a large body of text in OneNote, a few pages.
10) Paste it into OneNote.
11) Go to Firefox, copy a full page of text.
12) Paste into OneNote.
Result: First 8 or 9 lines from Firefox text pasted PLUS the full bottom of the text copied above in OneNote (seems to occur with other programs too, but that is the main app I use).

Solution: Unknown.

Any help would be appreciated.

M/
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Hello,

The clipboard size is limited. Please use either "drag-n-drop" technology or Parallels Shared folders to copy large amounts of data and formatted text,

Best regards,
John
 
Uhmm... Thanks. I take it drag-n-drop has ceased being a shortcut for copy-n-paste and instead uses a different form of transfer . . .

Don't suppose the clipboard size could be fixed or limited by the OS instead, rather than the software...? Especially on a system that is 64bit ....

Guess that makes it a feature request.

Thanks for the work-around, hopefully it won't be necessary in the next major version. :)
 
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