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hethmar
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Ever since I had this puter and VISTA Ive had a prob with copying and pasting onto the word processor. If I want to copy and print something off I now use Open Office. But does anyone know why this happens.

Ill copy, go to MS word processor and try to paste and up comes the message - an error has occurred, MS is trying to find a solution and then (having not found one :)) it offers to close down the program.

Any ideas why this happens?
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Copying and pasting what exactly?
    If it's text, i'd say "that's very strange".....

    If your pasting images id say "RTFM", and "use the insert picture menu" :p

    MS word and Excel both take pasted images as being in BMP format, so if you paste an image from say a photograph thats a 4MB .JPG file (6-10 megapixel), your actually pasting an image into word that's somewhere between 20MB and 40MB! Word/Excel just can't deal with that.....
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  • hethmar
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    Nope strider, its normally text - say for instance today, I wanted to copy a confirmation of an order. I copy it, go to MS Word process, click to paste and up comes the little message - happens every time.

    For every day I use the word processor, no problems if I type on it and then print. Its just this copy and paste thing.

    As I said, I have got Open Office now which I can paste to fine, but its something that niggles me.
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
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    Ive just had a google and blow me, its happening to lots of people. One of the top answers is

    Use Edit > Paste Special > Unformatted text to paste the item

    But this pastes in unformatted text :(
  • -TangleFoot-
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    Have you considered saving a copy of the page from within the browser? You could also try 'printing' it to a PDF or XPS file.
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
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    Thanks tangle, as I say I can use Open office fine but its just not knowing why I cant do it that wrankles. As does the fact that since I got VISTA I dont seem to be able to system restore OR back up to dvds????
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Ok.... Hadn't heard of people having this problem, It could well depend on what your pasting from.

    Something I keep having to do (for these forums infact), to lose any formating.
    If you paste it into notepad and then copy and paste into word, it "should" work fine :)
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  • hethmar
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    Pain though - cant understand if its a common prob why MS havent sorted it.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    It's because it's considered a "feature", being able to copy and paste formatted text..... But it probably only works between MS applications.
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  • -TangleFoot-
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    hethmar wrote: »
    since I got VISTA I dont seem to be able to system restore OR back up to dvds????
    What did you have before? Did you 'upgrade' or perform a clean install?
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
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    It was a new computer tangle which came with VISTA
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