[X4U] Web browser copying of formatted data/tables to spreadsheet cells?

[Richard Gilmore]

I'm using a Beta copy of Intel Firefox

First link down here

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/josh/archives/2006/01/unofficial_intel_mac_fi
refox_b.html

Maybe that might work?


On 28/2/06 11:12 PM, "Michael Elliott" <michaelelliott at mac.com> wrote:

> I've run into a problem, and I'm not sure which of multiple factors
> may be responsible.
> 
> I bought a new Core Duo iMac.  Around the same time, I know that my
> credit card company  (Chase) changed their website access page.
> 
> I typically would log into the site, select all of my credit card
> transactions in the table they provided, and pasted it into
> AppleWorks without any fuss.  IF I used Internet Explorer.  Safari
> would always paste all of the information in a single column, instead
> of into the individual cells of the spreadsheet, which I wanted.   I
> could always fire up Internet Explorer on my PPC iMac, and it would
> allow me to copy the data while preserving the (TAB?) delimited
> nature of the table.
> 
> Now, when I launch Explorer under Rosetta, I can't seem to click-drag-
> to-select and then copy the data.  I've tried several other browsers
> (opera under Rosetta, omniweb, firefox under rosetta) but all of them
> screw with the formatting when i paste into the spreadsheet.
> 
> I seem to remember a discussion about something like this
> before...any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks!
> Michael
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