Can't Copy from Browser to Word Document

[JCO]

Using XP Pro SP3 and Office 2003 Professional

Having issues on websites where I can't copy text from the browser to a Word
Document. When I do this, the document freezes permanently. Not sure if
this happens all websites. I believe, as in the link below, that the
website is protected from user's copying the text.

Link:
http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Sale_to_Library_of_Congress

If I'm correct, is there a work around....other than straight typing of
everything?
I'm wondering if a feature in Word can be turned off ... such as turning off
an "Embedded Objects".

Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I'm able to copy/paste from that link just fine using Word 2003 and Vista.
So, protection is not the issue.

What happens if you start Word in safe mode? Hold the Ctrl key as Word is
starting, then click Yes to the safe mode prompt.

 

[Neil Cumfer]

I was also able to paste it into Word 97

As a workaround, until you figure out why you are having this problem,
you can try Paste Special so you don't have to retype the text ... or
save the file in .txt format and open that file in Word

I doubt if you could disable Embedded Objects permanently, but you can
create a macro in your Normal template called InsertObject which might
be useful if that's what you want.

Sub InsertObject()
MsgBox "Embedding Objects has been disabled in this document."
End Sub

 

[Robert]

Using XP Pro SP3 and Office 2003 Professional

Having issues on websites where I can't copy text from the browser to a Word
Document. When I do this, the document freezes permanently. Not sure if
this happens all websites. I believe, as in the link below, that the
website is protected from user's copying the text.

Link:
http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Sale_to_Library_of_Congress

If I'm correct, is there a work around....other than straight typing of
everything?
I'm wondering if a feature in Word can be turned off ... such as turning off
an "Embedded Objects".

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Hi,
Some pages are quite hard to select sometimes. It is usually easier to
select them from the bottom up. Try this:
Place the mouse cursor right after ´Category: Books¡ at the bottom of the
page.
Press and hold down your mouse left button.
Move the mouse only a little up towards the top of the page.
The whole text should become automatically selected right up to the top of
the page.
Release the mouse button.
Press Ctrl+C.
Paste into Word.
Hope that helps.

 

[JCO]

Safe mode gets the same bad results. This is the case on two computers too.
Also; I suggested the protection mode on the website because it is not easy
to copy the text. Something on that website seems to inhibit me from
copying simply.

 

[JCO]

I guess I could also paste to a Notepad too, then copy it to Word.
Thanks for the work around... that help.

There's still an issue that it is hard to copy from that site. I can't copy
from the beginning of a paragraph... seems easier to go to the end of the
paragraph and then copy. But I get to a certain point... 2-3 sentences then
all of the sudden the paragraphs below get highlighted. So something... I'm
guessing, has more to do with the browser doing the copying than the pasting
into Word.
Thanks again

 

[JCO]

Yes I figured that out.
Thanks for your help.

Hi,
Some pages are quite hard to select sometimes. It is usually easier to
select them from the bottom up. Try this:
Place the mouse cursor right after ´Category: Books¡ at the bottom of the
page.
Press and hold down your mouse left button.
Move the mouse only a little up towards the top of the page.
The whole text should become automatically selected right up to the top of
the page.
Release the mouse button.
Press Ctrl+C.
Paste into Word.
Hope that helps.

 

[Robert]

There's still an issue that it is hard to copy from that site. I can't copy
from the beginning of a paragraph... seems easier to go to the end of the
paragraph and then copy. But I get to a certain point... 2-3 sentences then
all of the sudden the paragraphs below get highlighted. So something... I'm
guessing, has more to do with the browser doing the copying than the pasting
into Word.

As I already tried to explain, for unexplained reasons text is hard to
select on some sites (your site is not the only one). I visit sites with
such a ´selection¡ problem every day. Maybe I have this kind of problem
because I have a 1600 dpi laser mouse.

This is how I copy text from these sites:

1. Place the mouse cursor right after the last character in the target
text,
2. Select the target text from the bottom up,
3. Move the mouse up very slowly and very carefully. Note that moving the
mouse cursor only a few lines up is usually enough to select all the
related text.
Also do not move the mouse cursor too far right or left. Stay within the
target text.

 

[JCO]

Thanks again.

As I already tried to explain, for unexplained reasons text is hard to
select on some sites (your site is not the only one). I visit sites with
such a ´selection¡ problem every day. Maybe I have this kind of problem
because I have a 1600 dpi laser mouse.

This is how I copy text from these sites:

1. Place the mouse cursor right after the last character in the target
text,
2. Select the target text from the bottom up,
3. Move the mouse up very slowly and very carefully. Note that moving the
mouse cursor only a few lines up is usually enough to select all the
related text.
Also do not move the mouse cursor too far right or left. Stay within the
target text.

 

[Neil Cumfer]

There are several things that make it hard to select text on some web
pages for copying.

Laying out the page in columns is one of the most common causes.

When I copied the link you gave,

http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Sale_to_Library_of_Congre
ss
I copied the entire page, I didn't try to select part of it

I can see Word freezing if you try to copy partial rows or partial
columns from a table, particularly an embedded table, although I don't
think that happens very often.