Word trying to access Internet

[rfdjr1]

I just tried to cut and paste some information, including text and
graphics, from a website to Microsoft Word. When I clicked on the Past
option, a box came up advising me that Microsoft Word was trying to
access the Internet. This was my Zone Alarm firewall advising me of
this. I click on deny access, and the text and graphics wouldn't paste
into the new document. I tried it a couple of times with no luck, then
tried allowing access, and it worked.

My question is why does Microsoft Word need to access the Internet in
order to accept information? I feel as though Microsoft needs to know
what I'm printing, and obviously, it's none of their damned business.
Thanks for any insight.

 

[Beth Melton]

In order to paste web information Word needs to access the Internet in
order to retrieve the data which is stored on the Internet. How else
would you expect it to obtain the data to paste in the document?

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[rfdjr1]

I thought when I copied the data, it was being saved to my clipboard.
I can right click on the graphic and save it to my computer. I thought
this was how copy and paste worked: that it made a copy on the
clipboard which was then the source for the paste command.

 

[Robert]

I thought when I copied the data, it was being saved to my clipboard.
I can right click on the graphic and save it to my computer. I thought
this was how copy and paste worked: that it made a copy on the
clipboard which was then the source for the paste command.

Greetings--
The HTML clipboard data generated by IE is rather poor, even faulty at
times. This is why MS Word retrieves Web page contents directly in order to
recreate a more faithful copy. MS Word generates its own internal "pasting
data". This is especially useful when the Web pages include complex
formatting such as frames and tables.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is true for most text. But if the text is part of an "include," what
you copy may actually just be a link to the text (I'm kind of talking
through my hat here, but that would be an explanation for problems with text
as well as graphics). And all graphics are merely links; Word cannot display
the graphic without access to the original file which is stored on a server
online somewhere. After you've pasted it in, you need to unlink it
(Ctrl+Shift+F9) in order to embed it in the document.

 

[rfdjr1]

Okay, now that makes sense. Thanks.

 

[rfdjr1]

I only use Netscape. I've never liked IE. But then maybe Netscape has
the same issues.

 

[Staceman]

With graphics, you would have to save as, then place in the document. Or, if
I remember, you can use Paste Special...

 

[Beth Melton]

Also, a quick way to determine if in fact you have links to the
graphics press Alt + F9 to toggle the field codes.

If you see {INCLUDEPICTURE...} then the graphics are not embedded and
Word will attempt to access the Internet each time you open the
document in order to update the images.
--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/