selecting text and spikes

[polarbear]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I want to do the usual: insert the cursor, click/drag to highlight, press F3 to copy, then paste.

But when I click, Word selects multiple words or lines, when I attempt to copy (F3), the text deletes. When I look under the Edit menu, it says "Undo spike."

Yikes, spikes? what am i doing? or what is word doing?

BTW, when i tried to enter text in Word help, i couldn't until i restarted and reset the pram.

 

[John_McGhie_[MVP]]

F3 is the Spike key, not Copy/Paste.

Use Command + c to copy and Command + v to paste.

The Spike is an AutoText item into which you can append material when you
want to collect several things and paste them all at once. It's a very old
Word mechanism, the use of which has almost disappeared.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
I want to do the usual: insert the cursor, click/drag to highlight, press F3
to copy, then paste.

But when I click, Word selects multiple words or lines, when I attempt to copy
(F3), the text deletes. When I look under the Edit menu, it says "Undo
spike."

Yikes, spikes? what am i doing? or what is word doing?

BTW, when i tried to enter text in Word help, i couldn't until i restarted and
reset the pram.

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[CyberTaz]

Nah... Something ain't right - Command+F3 is the 'Cut to Spike' keystroke,
Option+F3 creates an AutoText item. The F3 key alone should copy just like
Command+C does. We need more clarification from the OP

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac