Why do my Office 2007 programs automatically copy my data?

[Stu]

A few days ago, Outlook, Word, Excel and OneNote started automatically and
erroneously copying data from within the programs. For example, in Excel
different cells will appear as "copied" even though I only selected them.
Also when I exit Outlook, I am asked whether I want to keep the many data on
the clipboard available to other programs.

I have been running Office 2007 SP2 on Vista Home Basic SP2 without problems
for several months. However I started actually using OneNote, which was
already installed, at the same time as the onset of this problem.

 

[Bob I]

Copying items can be set off by pressing CTRL+C or CTRL+Insert perhaps
you have a problem with a sticky CTRL key?

 

[Stu]

I experimented with the keys and mouse. They are not the source of the
problem. In Excel *any* user input will copy the selected cell(s). A similar
problem happens in OneNote. And somehow I always put a large amount of data
on the clipboard while using Outlook.

It all started at the same time I set OneNote to startup in the taskbar upon
the startup of Windows Vista, which was about a week ago.

 

[Bob I]

Does this also happen in Notepad or WordPad?

I experimented with the keys and mouse. They are not the source of the
problem. In Excel *any* user input will copy the selected cell(s). A similar
problem happens in OneNote. And somehow I always put a large amount of data
on the clipboard while using Outlook.

It all started at the same time I set OneNote to startup in the taskbar upon
the startup of Windows Vista, which was about a week ago.

:

 

[Stu]

I could not replicate the issue in either Notepad or WordPad, but it does not
matter to me anymore. I found the source of the problem and it is not
Microsoft.

The problem is caused by Oxford English Dictionary CD-ROM, which has a
funtion to automatically enter whatever is double-clicked in another program.
It's unfortunate that I have to disable that otherwise useful function.

Bob I, thank you very much for your time and help anyway. I appreciate your
efforts here.

 

[Bob I]

Thank you for posting back with your discovery. This will help someone
else in the future who may run into this issue.