Copy & Paste problem with Word 2002

[Dianne]

I'm running XP Pro and Word 2002. I can't copy text from Outlook Express or
Internet Explorer 6 and then open Word 2002 and paste into a document. The
paste option on the menu is greyed out. I have to have Word open before I
copy the text from an email or a website and then the paste function works.
This does not happen with Notepad or Wordpad and never happened until I
upgraded to XP Pro. Anyone else have this problem? I did a search of
previous posts and didn't find any reference to this.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Dianne,

If you installed Word as part of the Works Suite, the problem is the Works
add-in. You can safely remove just the add-in. Another possible culprit is
the add-in for Stamps.com. Here's a newsgroup thread that seems to cover all
the bases:
<http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
..gbl>

 

[TechWriterMinneapolis]

Jay,

I've encountered the same problem on one of our machines
running Word as part of Works Suite. What Works add-in
are you referring to? Your message thread link is not
valid.

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word. Uninstall it through Control
Panel | Add/Remove Programs. See "Works 2001: Cannot Paste Object from
Clipboard into a Word 2000 Document" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=265930

 

[Jay Freedman]

Sorry about the link -- it works if you paste the ".gbl" part onto the
end of the rest of it. My previous post was from Outlook Express
(ptooie!), which has a hard time with long links. Now that I'm home
and posting with Forte Agent, try this one:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

 

[Dianne]

That did the trick, Jay. Thanks.