Not Reliably Copying Sub-bullets
When I try and copy a filtered (by tags) set of bullets into Word, it doesn't reliably copy sub-bullets even though they show up in my browser. Tried pasting into other apps like Mac Notes and same result, so it isn't Word. Copying was working fine a week ago when I used it. I am using Safari 13.1.2.
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That doesn't work. I highlighted a huge set of bullets, but when I paste it, all I get is 4-5 bullet items.
Also, one of the features I rely on is filtering bullets based on tags, so even if the export feature was working properly, I can't see a way to do that. What I was doing was doing a search for the tag and highlighting what it shows and copying it and pasting it into a Word file. That no longer works reliably and drops some of the sub-bullets.
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Hi Kris, could you send me an example (shared link) outline at help@workflowy.com?
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Hi Frank,
Sorry for my silence. I was finishing up teaching my course and things got busy over the last few weeks. I have shared a portion of my course outline called Week 5 A. I use the tags #KK, #MK and #zoomtech to parse out the different pieces of the outline that each person needs to see. I search on these terms and then copy the resulting outline into a Word file to send to different people that are teaching with me. In this example, when I search on #zoomtech and copy the resulting outline and past it into Word, all I get are top level bullets:
- Pre-call - KK & MK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (5 min) Welcome - KK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (5 min) Exercise: Attention / Third Consciousness Even in Fights - MK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (5 min) Group Coherence: Quick Coherence and Third Perspective - KK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (7 min) Exercise: Attention / Third Consciousness Even in Fights #MK #KK #zoomtech
- (5 min) Exercise: Group share - KK & MK #MK #KK #zoomtech
- (7 min) Teaching: Intense vs Subtle and Attention - KK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (15 min) Teaching: Slowing Things Down using Sacred Space - MK #KK #zoomtech
- (5-7 min) Break #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (4 min) Dance After Break #MK #KK #zoomtech
- Zoom Tech #zoomtech
- (5 min) Teaching: Containers to Free Up Attention - MK #MK #KK #zoomtech
- (27 min) Exercise: Coherent Communications - KK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (10 min) Exercise: Group Share about Coherent Communications Exercise - KK and MK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- (8 min) Closing - MK #KK #MK #zoomtech
- Cue up Spotify list "RR5 Closing Song" #zoomtech
- Share sound and play playlist when asked #zoomtech #MK #KK
- We Are Family - Sister Sledge (3:37 min) #KK #MK #zoomtech
Although the search term gives me a lot more bullets. This gives a good example of how it sometimes gives sub bullets (such as the final item called "Closing" but not for others. This doesn't happen consistently on the last item, so it requires me to manually compare the Word file with the Workflowy in my browser in order to ensure that everything is captured. I hope this helps you debug what might be going on.
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Hi Kris,
Do you have an example outline where this is happening that you can share (via WorkFlowy's share feature) and send me a shared link at help@workflowy.com? Without seeing the outline structure within which certain sub bullets are not being pasted (while in filter/ search mode), I can't be sure of what you're describing.
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Hi Frank, I did share a list called "Week 5" with you - were you able to access it?
I am not sure what a mirrored list is so I can't comment on this. The lists I have had problems with were not shared (so the problem shows up even without sharing) and even if I go to the top level and search on a tag and then copy and paste the result, not all sub-bullets are copied - some are and some are not. So it doesn't only happen in child lists (which I assume is the same as what I am calling sub-bullets).
I was wondering whether it might be related to use of the IOS app. Could this be a possible culprit?
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Hi Kris,
I don't see any link to click on to take me to an actual shared list via a shared list URL... it's not in this thread... but never mind... you should be able to go to beta.workflowy.com and confirm that things are working as they should. Would you do that? We have someone actively looking into this now.
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