How do I?
Copy information from Excel, or another application into a markbook?
The Paste from clipboard lets you paste information into the open markbook. The data on the clipboard should be comma delimited, which is normally the case when copy and pasting from Excel. As a minimum the Paste from clipboard command requires at least two columns of data which for each students family and given names. The first row of the clipboard data must be names that indicate the contents of each column.
- Select the data in Excel, or the other application.
- Choose the Copy command in that application.
- Choose the Edit|Paste from clipboard command in SM-Marks Online.
- Paste the contents of the clipboard into Clipboard text area.
- Click on the Paste Data button.
Step 4 can be down with a right, or command click on the Clipboard text to show the contextual menu. Or you can use the keyboard shortcut for pasting.
To allow new students or tasks to be added to the markbook, before step 5 turn on the Can create students or Can create tasks options.
Refer to the Edit Paste from Clipboard topic in the Edit menu reference section for more details.