No Clear Contents in Word 2007   

In Word 2007, the user cannot clear contents by the Clear Contents command. 
It is especially valuable in editing tables. Please put it back!

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date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:08:01 -0800   author:   azileretsis

Re: No Clear Contents in Word 2007   

azileretsis wrote:
> In Word 2007, the user cannot clear contents by the Clear Contents
> command. It is especially valuable in editing tables. Please put it
> back!

I'm looking at Word 2003, and there is no Clear Contents command there, 
either; nor do I remember any such command in any previous version. Where 
did you see it, and exactly what did it do? Maybe you (or someone else) 
programmed a macro for it?

In any version, if you select a table and press the Delete key, the text in 
the selected cells is removed but the table itself stays there. Maybe this 
is what you want?

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Jay Freedman
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date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:41:51 -0500   author:   Jay Freedman

Re: No Clear Contents in Word 2007   

It's still there, you just don't have an Edit menu to go to :-)

Hit the Office button, click Word Options> Customize, then select Commands
not in the Ribbon from the Choose commands from: list & add the Clear
command to the QAT.

HTH |:>) 
Bob Jones 
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 11/11/08 12:08 PM, in article
7CDFDA0D-11BF-403A-AD03-59FDB14AD582@microsoft.com, "azileretsis"
 wrote:

> In Word 2007, the user cannot clear contents by the Clear Contents command.
> It is especially valuable in editing tables. Please put it back!
> 
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date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:44:12 -0500   author:   CyberTaz

Re: No Clear Contents in Word 2007   

Jay Freedman wrote:
> azileretsis wrote:
>> In Word 2007, the user cannot clear contents by the Clear Contents
>> command. It is especially valuable in editing tables. Please put it
>> back!
>
> I'm looking at Word 2003, and there is no Clear Contents command
> there, either; nor do I remember any such command in any previous
> version. Where did you see it, and exactly what did it do? Maybe you
> (or someone else) programmed a macro for it?
>
> In any version, if you select a table and press the Delete key, the
> text in the selected cells is removed but the table itself stays
> there. Maybe this is what you want?

Oh, _that_ Clear Contents -- in 2003 and earlier, Edit > Clear > Contents, 
whose keyboard shortcut is the Delete key. Now, explain to me why you would 
rather use three clicks instead of one keypress...

As CyberTaz says, you can add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar for this 
command; but it will be the anonymous "we didn't bother with an icon for 
this one" green circle, and its keyboard shortcut is _still_ just the Delete 
key.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:53:19 -0500   author:   Jay Freedman