Clippy Bank enhancement

andygrunt · Post by **andygrunt** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:12 pm

I've been looking for a very speedy word processor for some time now and just stumbled across Atlantis. First impressions is it's blazingly quick even with a large document I'm working on.

After playing with it for a little while I found the 'Clippy Bank'. I almost instantly registered as there's an option I've wanted in a word processor for many years. It turned out that 'Clippy Bank' is close but not quite what I want. So, below is what I'd like so maybe you could include the functionality in the future?

I used a piece of animation software many years ago that included a hotkey that flipped to a 'spare' page where I could experiment and copy/paste bits and pieces. Essentially it amounted to a piece of scrap paper to use with that project (it was saved/loaded as part of the file). I've always wanted the same thing in a Word Processor.

The 'Clippy Bank' function in Atlantis is similar but is missing one vital element for me. It's not automatically associated with the document. This means I have to go to the trouble of saving and loading it separately when I load Atlantis and my document. What I want is to either have a permanent 'Clippy Bank' page that is always opened/saved when I use Atlantis or have a separate 'Clippy Bank' that is opened and saved with each document (perhaps by saving the clippy doc to the same directory as the document with the same name but a '.clip' file extension or something.

Oh, and the term 'Clippy Bank' is a terrible name - how about changing it to 'Scrap Paper' or 'Notebook' or something?

Thanks.

andygrunt · Post by **andygrunt** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:13 am

I notice most (if not all) feature request posts get a response indicating the chances of the feature being implemented so I wondered if my 'Clippy Bank' request could be answered as it would help me decide whether it's worth sticking with Atlantis.

Thanks.

Post by **admin** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:58 am

The Clippy Bank is a global feature, and it could not be associated with any particular document. If you need document-specific "clips", you could store them as a separate draft section at the end of your document.

Saving the contents of the Clippy Bank to a file automatically on Atlantis close and reloading it at startup might be useful in some cases. Possibly this feature will be implemented in Atlantis.

andygrunt · Post by **andygrunt** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:06 am

admin wrote:If you need document-specific "clips", you could store them as a separate draft section at the end of your document.

This is what I do in Word at present and it's not a very satisfactory method hence my request.

admin wrote: Saving the contents of the Clippy Bank to a file automatically on Atlantis close and reloading it at startup might be useful in some cases. Possibly this feature will be implemented in Atlantis.

That's good news, thanks.