Tips and tricks for copy/paste with timeSensor LEGAL

The copy/paste technique is well known from word processing. What is less known, however, is that you can also use copy/paste with timeSensor LEGAL with certain restrictions.

Copy from lists

The lists displayed by timeSensor LEGAL have a somewhat hidden but very useful feature: by right-clicking on the list you can access the Copy menu. This allows you to transfer the selected data records to the clipboard as they appear on the screen.

If you combine this feature with the option of setting up the list display flexibly according to your needs (see video A2 of the basic training), you can very easily copy the desired data and transfer it to Excel, for example.

Copy/paste of service lines

The copy/paste of service lines within the timesheet and between the timesheet and dossier is also supported by special programming. If you hold down the Alt key when pasting the previously copied service lines, the services are automatically transposed to the currently selected mandate when pasting, which also involves recalculating the prices according to the price list stored in the selected mandate.

Copy/Paste from fields and cells

Copying from database fields is also possible. However, care should be taken when pasting data into database fields or tables, because text is not always text.

If you copy text sections from a homepage or an HTML e-mail, this text can contain invisible control characters or other defective code, which you then copy into your timeSensor database at this point. The garbage in - garbage out principle applies: if hidden control characters or defective code are stored in the database, this can affect the behavior of timeSensor. For example, certain invisible control characters can interrupt printing so that when a template is printed, the data is only printed up to this hidden control character.

We therefore advise against copying data from web pages or HTML emails directly into database fields.

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