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From: Joel on 11 Jan 2008 22:48 Thank you JD, but I don't have Works. My Word is part of Office 2002. I'd love to know a fix if anyone has it. Thanks, Joel "JD" wrote: > I had this frustration a few years ago. I discovered that if you have Word > as part of the Works Suite, when you open Word it clears the clipboard. The > solution was to uninstall a feature of the Works Suite. I'm sorry that I > can't remember what it is called, but you'll find it in Add/Remove. Someone > else will surely know its name. It turns out to be unnecessary and causes > the phenomenon that is frustrating you. > "Copy/Paste/Clipboard Prob." > <CopyPasteClipboardProb(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8282B52A-A890-4912-A8FE-602B0C0DD776(a)microsoft.com... > > To respond to first question: When you ask if it happens in Windows > > Explorer, > > I guess you're asking if it happens when I copy from a file to another > > file. > > It only happens when the paste target is a word document. It doesn't > > happen > > if the paste target it Excel or Outlook Express. > > > > But the problem isn't limited to just IE (I don't think). Eg., if I copy a > > post from this site (although I guess this is an IE site?) and want to > > paste > > it into a word document, the problem occurs--wont paste unless the > > document > > is already opened. If I copy, open and try to paste--same problem. > > > > So it seems it happens when the target is a Word document. The source ( > > of > > the copy) can be any forum or any web page. Apparently the loading of > > Word > > removes the item from the clip board. But if Word is already open, that > > doesn't happen. > > > > > > Devil: > > > > The GetOpenClipboard app runs very quickly. > > > > Here's the problem sequence. > > > > 1. In IE, copy. > > 2. Then, open Word Document. > > 3. Then Paste (or try to as the paste function doesn't work at this point) > > 4. Once Word is open, I go back and copy from IE and it does paste-- > > > > I ran the app at each of 1,2,3 and it says "Successfully opened and closed > > the clipboard. Doesn't appear to be any problems." > > > > Yet the problem is there. > > > > Thank you for your response. Any other thoughts? Joel > > > > > > > > > > "devil_himself" wrote: > > > >> On Jan 11, 6:21 pm, Copy/Paste/Clipboard Prob. > >> <CopyPasteClipboardP...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> > Clipboard not holding "Copy" > >> > > >> > An odd thing has recently occurred on my otherwise perfectly running > >> > system > >> > (XP;Office 2002; IE7;OE; 2Gigs Memory). Sometimes I'll select/copy from > >> > a web > >> > site and go to a place (usually a word doc) I want to paste into and > >> > when I > >> > right click/paste or edit/paste the thing I copied is not there--in > >> > fact the > >> > paste option is not visible. I'm an intermediate user and have plenty > >> > of > >> > experience in copying and pasting. It is not happening all the time and > >> > is > >> > the exception in fact, but it seems to happen if I'm in IE and copy > >> > something > >> > and then go to a word doc or OE email to paste.( It doesn't happen w/in > >> > the > >> > same word document.) I then go back and chose copy and paste and it > >> > works. > >> > This isn't an isolated instance and it never happened until recently > >> > (no new > >> > installs). It's as if sometimes the clipboard sometimes isn't holding > >> > what I > >> > copy into it. > >> > > >> > It happens when I copy and then open a new word document or new email > >> > draft--it's as if the intervening action removes the thing I copied > >> > from the > >> > clipboard. > >> > > >> > By way of example, after typing this I right clicked, copied and went > >> > to > >> > paste into a word document to keep a copy and the paste option was not > >> > was > >> > not there. I then returned and did it again and it worked. If the > >> > destination file is open at the time of the copy the clipboard holds > >> > the copy > >> > and the paste function is working. If the destination file is not > >> > opened at > >> > the time of the copy and then I open it, the paste function is grayed > >> > out. > >> > > >> > I have no viruses and use all the recommended spyware stuff people here > >> > discuss. I've cleared my cache, deleted all temp files, used clipboard > >> > viewer > >> > and tried several other clip board apps and same thing happens. > >> > > >> > Any ideas would be appreciated. > >> > >> <<<>>>> --- http://windowsxp.mvps.org/temp/GetOpenClipboardWindow.zip > >> > > > |