"Paste" always pastes same text

[Orrie]

Hi,

I need to individually copy and paste a list of names into a text box in
Publisher 2003. However, the Paste command (Ctrl-V or Edit/Paste) in
Publisher seems to be "stuck." Each time I copy a name and try to paste it,
the very first name I copied and pasted appears, not the name I just copied.
I've tried emptying the Windows clipboard, but this strange behavior still
occurs.

The original names come from a multipage Word 2003 document. I've tried
copying the names to Notepad to be sure they are in plain text, then copying
and pasting them into Publisher. I've also tried copying the individual
names from an Excel 2003 spreadsheet. Still, only that same first name
pastes into Publisher.

What's going on? Does Publisher have its own clipboard? I've copied and
pasted text many times from Word and NotePad to Publisher, but it just
doesn't work this time.

Thanks for any help you can provide with this puzzling problem.

Orrie

 

[Mary Sauer]

Open the Office clipboard from the Edit menu. You can open it in Word as well.
What is shown there when you copy? What happens when you "paste special?" Are
you pasting into a text box or is Publisher creating a text box when you paste?

 

[Orrie]

I had to do some copying and pasting in another unrelated document, and that
clip was in Office clipboard, not any of the names I had been copying for
Publisher. I had been using the normal Paste command, not Paste-Special.

I finally closed all programs and turned off my computer. When I started it
again hours later, the Copy/Paste commands worked normally in the Publisher
document. Still puzzled, although it's no longer a problem.

Could this happen with a large Publisher with possibly many "undo" layers
that may simply overwhelm the computer's memory or Publisher's ability to
handle the demands?

Orrie



tried copying and pasting The Office Clipboard showed

 

[Mary Sauer]

Could be, there is nothing like a re-boot to flush everything from memory.