Nothing earth shaking in that definition, but in terms of everyday usability we see it all around.
Scraps are time savers aren’t they.
But did you know that you’re free to create quick scraps in MS Office documents too?
Document scraps are as old as Microsoft itself.
They have been around since the calmer days of Microsoft Office 6.0.
That makes how to create a document scrap, a 17 year old tip.
It’s just one of the things we have seen Microsoft Office to be capable of.
The feature was removed in Vista and Windows 7 because it became a target for malicious script attacks.
But similarly, a document scrap does save time.
So, let get into some scraps.
What Can Be Done With These Scraps?
As a verb, " scrap' also means to get rid of.
Not here, because we can put scraps to some really time saving uses.
For instance, I regularly use it to insert a block of text taken from Word into Outlook.
In terms of sheer convenience in MS Word itself,Quick Partsis something that’s a closer alternative.
So scraps can be used as a homebrew sticky by using something like WordPad.
Write your note and create your scrap on the desktop.
Close WordPad (you don’t need to save the file).
Hereon, you could quickly jot down text and use it as a no frills sticky.
WordPad is ideal because most of us hardly use it for anything.
It also opens faster than MS Word.
As Quick Printable Lists:
Scraps are documents after all, just with another name.
So, they can be printed like normal documents.
What Are Document Scraps Actually?
It is an OLE file that is saved in the Windows\Desktop subfolder with a .shs extension.
If you delete the scrap icon, the folder is also automatically deleted.
Document scraps cannot be opened by Word, Excel, or WordPad from the File menu.
But they can be dragged and dropped into these programs.
The scrap can be dragged and dropped between Word, Excel, and WordPad.
Because Outlook uses Word as its editor, it can be also be used.
A scrap, drag and dropped between applications follows the page setup of the target document.
One scrap can be dropped into another open scrap and thus combined.
Were you aware of scraps?
If so, how do you use it?
