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Dave
I am running Windows XP and Microsoft Office XP on my desk top computer, and
have been performing the following copy and paste procedure for years.
In the last several weeks I have been unable to paste text copied from an
E-mail message into a WORD document. The process I use involves high-lighting
text in an E-mail message, and copying (Crtl C) the text, opening MS WORD
from the Microsoft Office Tool Bar, and pasting (Ctrl V) the copied text into
the WORD document. When I do this the “hour glass†will go forever and the
text never appears in the WORD document.
When I opened the Windows Task Manager ((Ctrl-Alt-Delete), it shows two WORD
documents both showing a status of NOT RESPONDING. One WORD document has the
standard WORD logo, “W†in a large square, and the other WORD document was a
smaller “W†in a smaller square superimpose over and in the upper left hand
corner of a large square.
I did a “System Restore†on the computer, going back several weeks before
experiencing the above problem. I uninstalled Microsoft Office, by clicking
on Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs. I then reinstalled Microsoft Office
XP from a MS CD disc. Still couldn’t copy E-mail message and paste into a
WORD document.
I copied E-mail text and opened MS WORD from the Microsoft Office Tool Bar.
Then selected “Paste Specialâ€. Paste special window comes-up with HTML high
lighted. Only way I could get E-mail text pasted into the WORD Document was
to select either “FORMATTED TEXT (RFT), UNFORMATTED TEXT or UNFORMATTED
UNICODE TEXT from the “Past Special†window, but selecting HTML would not
work. I could also copy E-mail text and paste into an EXCEL spreadsheet or
Notepad without having to use Paste Special.
Any guidance you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
have been performing the following copy and paste procedure for years.
In the last several weeks I have been unable to paste text copied from an
E-mail message into a WORD document. The process I use involves high-lighting
text in an E-mail message, and copying (Crtl C) the text, opening MS WORD
from the Microsoft Office Tool Bar, and pasting (Ctrl V) the copied text into
the WORD document. When I do this the “hour glass†will go forever and the
text never appears in the WORD document.
When I opened the Windows Task Manager ((Ctrl-Alt-Delete), it shows two WORD
documents both showing a status of NOT RESPONDING. One WORD document has the
standard WORD logo, “W†in a large square, and the other WORD document was a
smaller “W†in a smaller square superimpose over and in the upper left hand
corner of a large square.
I did a “System Restore†on the computer, going back several weeks before
experiencing the above problem. I uninstalled Microsoft Office, by clicking
on Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs. I then reinstalled Microsoft Office
XP from a MS CD disc. Still couldn’t copy E-mail message and paste into a
WORD document.
I copied E-mail text and opened MS WORD from the Microsoft Office Tool Bar.
Then selected “Paste Specialâ€. Paste special window comes-up with HTML high
lighted. Only way I could get E-mail text pasted into the WORD Document was
to select either “FORMATTED TEXT (RFT), UNFORMATTED TEXT or UNFORMATTED
UNICODE TEXT from the “Past Special†window, but selecting HTML would not
work. I could also copy E-mail text and paste into an EXCEL spreadsheet or
Notepad without having to use Paste Special.
Any guidance you could provide would be greatly appreciated.