Text won't copy to Dreamweaver paste special

[Shima]

I blog. I was able to compose in Word 2004 and transfer the text to Dreamweaver using paste special. Formatting was retained. When I try the same with Word 2008, nothing happens. I get a blank. The only thing that works is pressing the "text only" radio button in Dreamweaver, meaning all formatting is lost. I've tried to save my Word 2008 pages in different forms - HTML, ordinary word, etc., but nothing works. Something is blocking the copy and paste special option. What should I do?

 

[John McGhie]

1) Wait for a new version of DreamWeaver

2) In the meantime, save the document as "Web Page".

Choose the option to save "Only display information"

Use View>HTML Source in Word to reveal the code.

DON'T look ‹ It's machine-readable XHTML. If you don't like it, just don't
read it.

Copy the bit you want, and paste it into Code View in DreamWaver.

The formatting will all come through.

Hope this helps

I blog. I was able to compose in Word 2004 and transfer the text to
Dreamweaver using paste special. Formatting was retained. When I try the same
with Word 2008, nothing happens. I get a blank. The only thing that works is
pressing the "text only" radio button in Dreamweaver, meaning all formatting
is lost. I've tried to save my Word 2008 pages in different forms - HTML,
ordinary word, etc., but nothing works. Something is blocking the copy and
paste special option. What should I do?

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[Daiya Mitchell]

And also, make sure MS knows this is affecting your work by:

Use Help | Send Feedback in the appropriate Office app, or visit the site:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx

Do the same for adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

 

[Phillip Jones]

I think they (Adobe) have just recently within last several Months
released CS3 series of software. the DreamWeaver CS3 is equivalent to
DreamWeaver 9.

Adobe use about the same software cycle that MS use for upgrade of their
software. I expect DW will need an update to compensate for XML based code.

1) Wait for a new version of DreamWeaver

2) In the meantime, save the document as "Web Page".

Choose the option to save "Only display information"

Use View>HTML Source in Word to reveal the code.

DON'T look ‹ It's machine-readable XHTML. If you don't like it, justdon't
read it.

Copy the bit you want, and paste it into Code View in DreamWaver.

The formatting will all come through.

Hope this helps

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[Bagheera]

I blog. I was able to compose in Word 2004 and transfer the text to Dreamweaver using paste special. Formatting was retained. When I try the same with Word 2008, nothing happens. I get a blank. The only thing that works is pressing the "text only" radio button in Dreamweaver, meaning all formatting is lost. I've tried to save my Word 2008 pages in different forms - HTML, ordinary word, etc., but nothing works. Something is blocking the copy and paste special option. What should I do?

I've found out that if you 'print' your Word 2008 document into a PDF doc, you can easily copy and paste all your text.
I use CS3 version of DW and I had that big time since I got Office 2008 installed on my Mac. The weird thing is that you can still copy and paste Word 08 texts into Illustrator CS3 and it works fine. Hope this info helps you too :eyeroll:

 

[John McGhie]

Yeah: The issue is that Word advertises a "selection" of formats on the
clipboard. This is normal good programming practice.

The receiving application needs to request the format it is most comfortable
with, from the ones that are offered. This is standard Mac and Windows API
practice.

Dreamweaver seems to be asking for a format it then can't understand.

Now, if this had happened in code that Microsoft had published, I would call
that a "bug". Since I know very little about Adobe or Dreamweaver, I will
sadly have to leave the mud-slinging to someone else.

But I guess it might be useful for me to suggest that "this" is not the
place to be looking for a solution to this particular issue. The problem is
not in code that Microsoft publishes, so they can't do anything about it.

Hope this helps

I've found out that if you 'print' your Word 2008 document into a PDF doc, you
can easily copy and paste all your text.
I use CS3 version of DW and I had that big time since I got Office 2008
installed on my Mac. The weird thing is that you can still copy and paste Word
08 texts into Illustrator CS3 and it works fine. Hope this info helps you too
:eyeroll:

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