Word 2003 Pastes Screenshot Instead of Text

[Cowland]

If I cut or copy text from one Word doc to another, or inside a Word doc,
Word pastes a bitmap image of the screen instead of the selected text.

This happens anytime I have used the keyboard between the cut/copy and the
paste. If I just use the mouse, it pastes as text.

This just started happening a couple of weeks ago. I haven't changed
anything since, but I've gotten Windows Xp SP2 and a couple of Office updates
since then.

THIS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! It makes cut and paste one of the most complex
things I do on my computer.

 

[Beth Melton]

It sounds like your Paste keyboard shortcut has been reassigned if the
regular Paste command functions correctly. Does it occur in other
applications?

If not then see if it occurs when you start Word using the /a switch.
Go to Start/Run and run:

winword /a

Note the space before the forward slash.

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