i am sure this topic has been addressed but i cannot find anything on
a search

the problem is that the office clipboard will not copy a value which
is the same as one already copied

for example, if you are trying to copy: 2 3 4 5 5 6 7

it will copy the first instance of '5'
but when you try to copy the second instance it will just make a funny
noise and it will not copy the second '5' at all

now, obviously if you are trying to copy a long sequence of numbers,
to paste them into another location you want to copy all of these
numbers

[i use 'clipmate', an add on clipboard app which will paste in
sequence any number of copied items]

is there any way to make the clipboard copy identical values?

i am a novice user, but it would seem to me this is one of the basic
functions people would most use

"dsrs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> for example, if you are trying to copy: 2 3 4 5 5 6 7
>
> it will copy the first instance of '5'
> but when you try to copy the second instance it will just make a funny
> noise and it will not copy the second '5' at all

Hello,
I'm Chris Thornton, author of ClipMate.
What you are seeing here (or "hearing", actually) is ClipMate's "duplicate
avoidance" feature.
Since so many programs send the same data over and over, ClipMate filters
out the duplicates by default.
But if you need to capture duplicates, you can. Right-click on the
collection (inbox, etc..), select Properties, and then you can set "allow
duplicates" in the properties dialog.
Another tip: If you are PowerPasting the data somewhere, you may be able to
just copy the whole row or column (or block) of numers, and use the
"exploding PowerPaste" option (it's an option that modifies how PowerPaste
works - you still have to turn PowerPaste on) to break the data up and spit
it out one number at a time. See the second half of the PowerPaste flash
demo here, for details.
http://www.thornsoft.com/flashdemos.htm (See Tutorial #2)

Sincerely,
Chris Thornton
www.clipmate.com