An idea which immediately pops to the forefront of my mind AFTER I've just lost text. In my case it's using Ctrl-Z on an e-mail message to revert a change. It promptly returns to blank message + tag line :-)

Barbara

>A darned good idea, Bruce, and one which I will try to get into the habit of.
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>Thanks!
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>Jim N
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>>Aagh! I hate it when that happens. I've learned the hard way in several different apps over the years, the best way to insure your text/message isn't lost is to do the old copy to clipboard before taking further action (like sending, in this case)... :)