You are reading a long document in Microsoft Word and wish to save some important parts to a separate file. Now you can either create a new Word document and copy-paste selected content to the new document or a better option is to create a "document scrap."
Just highlight some portion of the Word document and then drag-n-drop that selection to your desktop using the mouse (see screen capture). You will see a new file with an .shs extension. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+C in Word and then paste contents of the clipboard to the desktop as a new scrap by pressing Ctrl+V.
This method will preserve all the formatting, charts, and picture layout of the original document. And it works with Microsoft Office Word, Excel as well as the free WordPad processor. Give it a shot.
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Reader Comments
That feature has been there for years, Amit. Atleast six, because that when I bought my first computer!
Written by Ashley on 01.23.08
Great Tip. Didn’t know even after using MS Word for ages
Written by PT on 01.23.08
Nice little tip - I’m so use to saving to another document, rather than as a “scrap” to drop on the desktop…
Written by Michael on 01.23.08
Nice tip..
I wish Windows would allow us to use ’scrap document’ and drop other pieces into the same one….rather than have to create one scrap file for each titbit you copy.
Written by mani on 02.26.08