[pchelpers] Re: copy paste puts a pdf icon in Word
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:45:03 +1300
Web pages, word documents and email can all have one thing in common-
formatting information (usually html). If you cut and pasted it, then
maybe you got more than just the text. It also explains why Cyril
suggested converting to plain text with a suitable editor.
G.R. Hanson wrote:
>It's not just pasting stuff from an email. I could be copy/pasting from a
>web page or from another Word doc or from an email.
>I either highlight the info, and do a control C and control V.... I've even
>tried going up to the the menu bar and clicking 'select all' and 'copy'...
>then 'paste' that way too.
>
>I don't know why, but when I paste to Word, it's been like most of the time
>it does the pdf icon instead of what I copied. If I go back and copy it a
>few more times, then it will work and paste eventually.
>
>???
>
>Re-Na
>
>
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