Law14 mins ago
Character Counts...
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No, not a morality tale... but could a character counter be incorporated into the answering system? Some longer posts, especially in Science for example, soon exceed the 2,000 character (not word) limit. Such an incorporation would help in knowing when to end and begin another frame...
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I can see the point of the suggestion but I don't think that it's technically possible.
As longer as the 'over-length' message pops up, I don't have a great problem with posting long answers. I simply highlight and cut everything except the amount of text which will fit into the first post. Then I paste the remainder of the text into a second post. If that's also too long, I just repeat the process. (No editing needed!).
Chris
As longer as the 'over-length' message pops up, I don't have a great problem with posting long answers. I simply highlight and cut everything except the amount of text which will fit into the first post. Then I paste the remainder of the text into a second post. If that's also too long, I just repeat the process. (No editing needed!).
Chris
I, too use that technique, Buenchico... the problem comes, though, when trying to pick a place to "cut" the over-long post. If you guess incorrectly and cut at the wrong place and are still over-long, you're now faced with creating a word document to paste the remainder into since the program holding the "cut" remainder will not accept yet another "cut" without losing the first.... am I making that convoluted idea clear? You may well be correct that this site cannot, technically, produce such a feature.but it is available... Thanks!
There's no need to create a Word document if you misjudge the position to cut the text.
If, after cutting, the 'over-length' warning comes up, simply paste the text on the clipboard back into the original post. (i.e. return to the original position where the entire post is in a single frame). Then highlight and cut again.
Chris
If, after cutting, the 'over-length' warning comes up, simply paste the text on the clipboard back into the original post. (i.e. return to the original position where the entire post is in a single frame). Then highlight and cut again.
Chris
You're exactly right (as usual) Chris... but Word Count is readily available on Windows XP and has been, as far as I know, on all Windows based software since at least Windows 98... so it seemed feasible, at least to see if a character counter would be available... I'm pretty certain it won't be... but, hey, can't hurt to ask, no?