Jess,
As Charlie Wankel saves his listserv tidbits to a Word file, so do I.
However, I have shortened the steps needed by writing a Word "macro" to
help out. As you may know, a "macro" is a recording of a set of actions
that are used over and over, and which can then be run with the push of a
button.
First, I have a Word file I call "Hold" on my hardrive. Then, in Word, I
have created a menu that I pull down to open it without having to navigate
to it. My macro is tied to a button I created and that resides on one of my
toolbars.
In MG-ED-DV, I highlight something I want to keep, "copy" it, switch to
Word (using the Alt + Tab keystrokes), open my "Hold" file if it is not
already open, then simply push my macro button that goes to the end of the
file, adds a line to visually separate this newest message from the one
before, and finally pastes the selection at the end of the file. I find
that this really simplifies the whole process for me. By the way, it is not
so hard to write such a macro, and instead of creating your own button to
run it, you might more easily assign some unique keystrokes to do so.
Hope this has helped.
Roger Gaetani
Director of Training
InterArt