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Cannot copy and paste in office 2007

loulou41
loulou41 Posts: 2,871 Forumite
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Suddenly I cannot copy and paste in word 2007 even the prtscn will not copy. Can anybody help pl? Thanks

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  • tronator
    tronator Posts: 2,859 Forumite
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    loulou41 wrote: »
    Suddenly I cannot copy and paste in word 2007 even the prtscn will not copy. Can anybody help pl? Thanks

    Does copy and paste work with another program, your browser for instance? The PrtScn is a function of the OS (Windows), so there might be a problem with Windows itself and not Word.
  • pendragon_arther
    pendragon_arther Posts: 1,304 Forumite
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    If it is Word then go into control panel/programs and features, click on MS Office and choose 'repair'.
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    The prntscr key thing has thrown me, it's nothing to do with copy/paste.

    I mean it could be the right mouse button isn't working (unable to open the menu), but OP your not describing this very clearly.
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  • Big_Graeme
    Big_Graeme Posts: 3,220 Forumite
    Will Ctrl+C Ctrl+V not work?
  • SnowTiger
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    Strider590 wrote: »
    The prntscr key thing has thrown me, it's nothing to do with copy/paste.

    Hitting prt sc copies a snapshot of the screen to the copy/paste buffer.
  • gjchester
    gjchester Posts: 5,741 Forumite
    loulou41 wrote: »
    Suddenly I cannot copy and paste in word 2007 even the prtscn will not copy. Can anybody help pl? Thanks



    Is this a home or work device, could something have been installed to stop copy and pasting?


    Are you copy and pasting FROM Word into other things? PDF's can be set to no allow text to be copied from them.
  • Discodave
    Discodave Posts: 617 Forumite
    You possibly have hit a "Fn Lock" key on ya keyboard, which will assign function keys, and possibly other keys do to something else, other than they orgininal command
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