spike: ctrl-f3; ctrl-shft f3 not working

[hal Byers]

Repeatably using ctrl-f3 in a document, one can pick out
sections to copy to another document without having to
paste each individually.
When ready to paste, just press ctrl-shift-f3 and all the
cuts are there.
For some reason, when i press ctrl-shift-f3, i get a
message: there are too many edits in the document. This
operation will be incomplete. Save your work.

However, this happens even if I choose one word with
control-F3. Nothing is pasted.
It seems I need to clear the buffer.

I tried the following suggestion from another user group. It didn't help:
"You can get that message for a number of reasons.
Sometimes clearing the temp folder or the temporary
Internet cache files then starting Word will clear it.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;224029&FR=1"

Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
Hal

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

You might try renaming your normal.dot to normal.old...it may be
corrupt?

Good luck...

Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
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