Copy & Paste

[Nurse Megan]

I have an existing document w/ a graphic on it that I need to copy and paste.
The pic is in the header. I can copy it, but when I paste it the pic doesnt
show up, all i see is a little clipboard. What am I doing wrong??

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It's possible that when you're pasting the picture, it's including the
positioning options as well. So, what you're pasting is going over the
original picture--so you might actually have a number of pictures in that
location right now--one on top of the other.

The clipboard you see is the Paste Options button (Word 2003: Tools -
Options - Edit or Word 2007: Office button - Word Options - Advanced - Cut,
copy, and paste section). Given that you're seeing it, I suspect you're
using Word 2007, since I don't see that button when pasting graphics in Word
2003 -- only in Word 2007. It provides additional options for pasting,
relevant mostly when pasting text.

To copy that picture elsewhere, instead of copy/paste (which is going to
copy the formatting), try Ctrl+dragging it from the header to the new
location. If you want the picture moved rather than copied, then drag
without using Ctrl. (Or, try Paste - Paste Special - and choose an option
other than Microsoft Office Graphic Object.

 

[Beth Melton]

Are both documents open when you copy/paste? Or do you copy, double-click
another document to open it and then paste? Is what you see indeed the same
as the Paste icon and is the Paste Options button, as Herb described, or
does it just kind of look like a Clipboard which might look a little like a
mobile phone?

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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

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[Nurse Megan]

I have an existing document w/ a graphic on it that I need to copy and paste.
The pic is in the header. I can copy it, but when I paste it the pic doesnt
show up, all i see is a little clipboard. What am I doing wrong??

I am operating 2007, and your right, i think that it is text over a graphic.
I will try that and see if it works. Thank you for your help!! As for your
question as to wether the clipboard looks like a cell phone, it is a little
clipboard with a tiny piece of paper on it. Thanks for all your help!