When I try to Copy and Paste something from any source to Word I have to already have the Word document open. If I try to use copy first, then open the Word document, the Paste command is grayed out when I right click in the Word document to activate the Past command. I have MS-XP Pro as my OS. I'm using MS Works Suite 2003. If I remember correctly when I had an older version of MS Works Suite I had the same problem then, but somewhere along the line I unknowingly clicked on some item that corrected the problem. TIA, Frank C. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************