You can easily use your system’s Clipboard with ListPro to:
move or copy items from one list to another,
move or copy lists from one file to another
move or copy lists within a file
paste items from other programs into your ListPro lists
To copy a list, simply select the list name, and copy it to the clipboard. You can then paste it elsewhere within the same list file, or into another list file. You can also move the list directly by dragging it with your mouse if you want to put it into another folder or another position in your current list file.
You can copy selected items to your clipboard, for pasting into the same list or into another list, or for pasting into another program.
Copying from List to List
When copying and pasting from one ListPro list to another, ListPro uses the following rules to determine which columns from the first list to copy into columns of the second list:
If both lists have columns of the same type and are in the same order, all information for all columns will be transferred, including information in fields not showing.
If that is not the case, ListPro compares the columns that are currently being displayed in each list. Starting from the left, data in all columns is transferred as long as the columns have the same type. If a column is found that is not the same type, data in that column and all columns to the right of it are not transferred.
Indent Level and Highlight color are always transferred to the new list. Indent Level may be adjusted based on the position the item is pasted into the new list, but the items pasted will retain their Indent Levels relative to each other.
The Notes field is always transferred, regardless of whether it is showing or not.
Copying From a List to Another Program
If you are transferring items to another program, only the fields currently selected for display in a list will be copied. The currently displayed fields will be copied to the clipboard in the order they are currently being displayed in the list. You can control which fields are copied and pasted and the order they appear using the Columns tab of the List Properties window. Indent level and Highlight color are never transferred.
Checkbox, Flag and Yes/No fields are copied to the clipboard as 1s if selected (checked or flagged) and 0s if not selected. Three State fields are copied with a value of 0, 1 or 2.
Copying Tips
Note that Columns selected for display (in the List Properties window) are usually the same as those currently being displayed in the list area. However, if the Flag column is selected for display, but you have the Show Only Flagged Items option selected, the Flag field will also be copied/pasted as if it is showing.
If you want to easily copy or paste fewer columns than are currently being displayed, just hide those columns using the List Properties window, use your clipboard, then show the columns again. If you first move all columns that you want displayed before the ones that are turned off, it’s even easier to turn the ones you want back on.
Pasting Into a List From Another Program
Pasting items into a list follows the same rules as copying them from a list: data is only pasted into the columns that are showing. However, if you have copied a set of single-line text strings containing no tab characters, you can paste them into an open list, and the information will be pasted into the Item field.
Checkbox, Flag and Yes/No fields may be skipped when pasting in the text. If the data in the position for one of these columns is not a 1 or a 0, the column will be skipped and the data will be pasted into the next non-flag column.