Select, Copy, Paste, Disappears

[Rodney J. Sanders]

When I select and copy text on the Web and then open Word
2002 to paste - the text is not there.

If I open Word first and then selct and copy, then I can
paste.

Is there some way this can be changed?

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

When I select and copy text on the Web and then open Word
2002 to paste - the text is not there.

If I open Word first and then selct and copy, then I can
paste.

Is there some way this can be changed?

If you have the Works plug-in for Word, disable or uninstall it.


Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Mike says, if your copy of Word came as part of Works Suite, then the
problem is caused by the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word, which clears
the Clipboard when you start Word. Uninstall it through Control Panel |
Add/Remove Programs (this won't uninstall Works or Word, just the add-in
that causes this and many other problems).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Rodney J. Sanders]

Thanks to you and Mike.

Am I losing anything important?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The only functionality you will lose is:

1. The ability to start Word from the Works Task Launcher and use the
special Word templates that come with Works.

2. The ability to use a Works database or address book as a data source for
a Word mail merge or to start a Word mail merge from Works.

You will avoid over/underpopulation of menus (Clip Gallery, Mail Merge), a
prompt to save the Normal template every time you quit Word, having the
Clipboard cleared every time you start Word, and (we suspect) the problem
where a document gets saved as Normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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