Clipboard fails to paste Allan Editor 12/29/2008 12:58:00 AM In Word 2003, and also Excel, I can copy items to Clipboard, and delete (individual item)and Clear All work, but neither clicking on an item nor paste (individual item) nor Paste All does anything. Clipboard collects items from different applications and programs and they are visible in other programs. Closing programs and restarting does not help. I have tried searching for info on this in various Help files, and here in MVP, and have played with Options, and no luck. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks very much!

Re: Clipboard fails to paste "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 12/29/2008 8:39:36 AM I find your problem description confusing. Are you saying that you cannot paste anything into Word? Does copy/paste work inside a single document: that is, if you copy something from a page, can you paste it somewhere else on the same page? Are you using the Office Clipboard or some other third party clipboard utility? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F3874134-46F7-4EFD-B297-9E2EEDFDA7E1[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > In Word 2003, and also Excel, I can copy items to Clipboard, and delete > (individual item)and Clear All work, but neither clicking on an item nor > paste (individual item) nor Paste All does anything. Clipboard collects > items from different applications and programs and they are visible in > other > programs. Closing programs and restarting does not help. I have tried > searching for info on this in various Help files, and here in MVP, and > have > played with Options, and no luck. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks very > much!

Re: Clipboard fails to paste Allan Editor 12/29/2008 11:34:06 PM Sorry if that wasn't clear. Anything from any application can be copied TO the regular Office Clipboard and is visible on it. But nothing can be pasted FROM the Clipboard into any application, regardless of where it originated. BTW, regular paste (of the last thing copied) works normally. "Terry Farrell" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I find your problem description confusing. Are you saying that you cannot > paste anything into Word? Does copy/paste work inside a single document: > that is, if you copy something from a page, can you paste it somewhere else > on the same page? Are you using the Office Clipboard or some other third > party clipboard utility? > > -- > Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > > "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:F3874134-46F7-4EFD-B297-9E2EEDFDA7E1[ at ]microsoft.com... > > In Word 2003, and also Excel, I can copy items to Clipboard, and delete > > (individual item)and Clear All work, but neither clicking on an item nor > > paste (individual item) nor Paste All does anything. Clipboard collects > > items from different applications and programs and they are visible in > > other > > programs. Closing programs and restarting does not help. I have tried > > searching for info on this in various Help files, and here in MVP, and > > have > > played with Options, and no luck. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks very > > much! > >

Re: Clipboard fails to paste "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 12/30/2008 10:11:40 AM Allan This is usually the result of either a third party clipboard utility interfering with the Office Clipboard or restrictions applied using TweakUI or a similar Windows registry setting tool. Just occasionally, it can be a third party add-in interfering with Word. Try the following test starting Word in Safe Mode and seeing if you can paste in from the Office Clipboard. From Start, Run, type in winword /a and press enter. Word starts in its default install mode bypassing all customisations, add-ins, macros, etc. Are you able to paste correctly now? Terry "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A86441C5-7150-45F1-8AA2-825BA6CDE00F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Sorry if that wasn't clear. Anything from any application can be copied > TO > the regular Office Clipboard and is visible on it. But nothing can be > pasted > FROM the Clipboard into any application, regardless of where it > originated. > BTW, regular paste (of the last thing copied) works normally. > > "Terry Farrell" wrote: > >> I find your problem description confusing. Are you saying that you cannot >> paste anything into Word? Does copy/paste work inside a single document: >> that is, if you copy something from a page, can you paste it somewhere >> else >> on the same page? Are you using the Office Clipboard or some other third >> party clipboard utility? >> >> -- >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP >> >> "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:F3874134-46F7-4EFD-B297-9E2EEDFDA7E1[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > In Word 2003, and also Excel, I can copy items to Clipboard, and delete >> > (individual item)and Clear All work, but neither clicking on an item >> > nor >> > paste (individual item) nor Paste All does anything. Clipboard >> > collects >> > items from different applications and programs and they are visible in >> > other >> > programs. Closing programs and restarting does not help. I have tried >> > searching for info on this in various Help files, and here in MVP, and >> > have >> > played with Options, and no luck. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks very >> > much! >> >>

Re: Clipboard fails to paste Allan Editor 12/30/2008 3:54:09 PM Terry -- Thanks for the advice. And I didn't know about "safe mode" for individual applications before. However, this made no difference. The Clipboard still collects copies, but fails to paste. One other thought. I foolishly disabled macros awhile back and now it turns out you have to re-install Word to get it back (presumably because this would only be done by an "administrator"). Does Clipboard rely on macros? "Terry Farrell" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Allan > > This is usually the result of either a third party clipboard utility > interfering with the Office Clipboard or restrictions applied using TweakUI > or a similar Windows registry setting tool. Just occasionally, it can be a > third party add-in interfering with Word. > > Try the following test starting Word in Safe Mode and seeing if you can > paste in from the Office Clipboard. From Start, Run, type in > > winword /a > > and press enter. Word starts in its default install mode bypassing all > customisations, add-ins, macros, etc. Are you able to paste correctly now? > > Terry > > "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A86441C5-7150-45F1-8AA2-825BA6CDE00F[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Sorry if that wasn't clear. Anything from any application can be copied > > TO > > the regular Office Clipboard and is visible on it. But nothing can be > > pasted > > FROM the Clipboard into any application, regardless of where it > > originated. > > BTW, regular paste (of the last thing copied) works normally. > > > > "Terry Farrell" wrote: > > > >> I find your problem description confusing. Are you saying that you cannot > >> paste anything into Word? Does copy/paste work inside a single document: > >> that is, if you copy something from a page, can you paste it somewhere > >> else > >> on the same page? Are you using the Office Clipboard or some other third > >> party clipboard utility? > >> > >> -- > >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > >> > >> "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:F3874134-46F7-4EFD-B297-9E2EEDFDA7E1[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > In Word 2003, and also Excel, I can copy items to Clipboard, and delete > >> > (individual item)and Clear All work, but neither clicking on an item > >> > nor > >> > paste (individual item) nor Paste All does anything. Clipboard > >> > collects > >> > items from different applications and programs and they are visible in > >> > other > >> > programs. Closing programs and restarting does not help. I have tried > >> > searching for info on this in various Help files, and here in MVP, and > >> > have > >> > played with Options, and no luck. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks very > >> > much! > >> > >> >

Re: Clipboard fails to paste "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 12/31/2008 10:05:30 AM Virtually every command in Word is a macro, so in built macros cannot have been disabled as such. You can exclude VBA from part of the installation which stops the user from creating or editing their own macros. You can also disable macros in the Trust Centre, but that is only applicable to custom macros, not the built in commands. So I'm sure that this is inapplicable as the clipboard is built in to Office and does not rely on custom macros. It is still more likely that some third party tool/utility or custom macro is stopping the Clipboard from working. Perhaps there is a custom paste macro installed (third party) that interrupts the built in paste command, but you have disabled the macro so that it doesn't run. Terry "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3C4A624C-EE1D-4790-827A-B7B1DEB77AF4[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Terry -- > Thanks for the advice. And I didn't know about "safe mode" for individual > applications before. However, this made no difference. The Clipboard > still > collects copies, but fails to paste. > > One other thought. I foolishly disabled macros awhile back and now it > turns > out you have to re-install Word to get it back (presumably because this > would > only be done by an "administrator"). Does Clipboard rely on macros? > > > "Terry Farrell" wrote: > >> Allan >> >> This is usually the result of either a third party clipboard utility >> interfering with the Office Clipboard or restrictions applied using >> TweakUI >> or a similar Windows registry setting tool. Just occasionally, it can be >> a >> third party add-in interfering with Word. >> >> Try the following test starting Word in Safe Mode and seeing if you can >> paste in from the Office Clipboard. From Start, Run, type in >> >> winword /a >> >> and press enter. Word starts in its default install mode bypassing all >> customisations, add-ins, macros, etc. Are you able to paste correctly >> now? >> >> Terry >> >> "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:A86441C5-7150-45F1-8AA2-825BA6CDE00F[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > Sorry if that wasn't clear. Anything from any application can be >> > copied >> > TO >> > the regular Office Clipboard and is visible on it. But nothing can be >> > pasted >> > FROM the Clipboard into any application, regardless of where it >> > originated. >> > BTW, regular paste (of the last thing copied) works normally. >> > >> > "Terry Farrell" wrote: >> > >> >> I find your problem description confusing. Are you saying that you >> >> cannot >> >> paste anything into Word? Does copy/paste work inside a single >> >> document: >> >> that is, if you copy something from a page, can you paste it somewhere >> >> else >> >> on the same page? Are you using the Office Clipboard or some other >> >> third >> >> party clipboard utility? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP >> >> >> >> "Allan Editor" <AllanEditor[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> >> message >> >> news:F3874134-46F7-4EFD-B297-9E2EEDFDA7E1[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >> > In Word 2003, and also Excel, I can copy items to Clipboard, and >> >> > delete >> >> > (individual item)and Clear All work, but neither clicking on an item >> >> > nor >> >> > paste (individual item) nor Paste All does anything. Clipboard >> >> > collects >> >> > items from different applications and programs and they are visible >> >> > in >> >> > other >> >> > programs. Closing programs and restarting does not help. I have >> >> > tried >> >> > searching for info on this in various Help files, and here in MVP, >> >> > and >> >> > have >> >> > played with Options, and no luck. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks >> >> > very >> >> > much! >> >> >> >> >>