Cut and Paste beween from Other Apps to Word

[Moe]

Why does the data I put on the clipboard from IE 6.0 or other applications get wiped out when I start Word 2000 V 9.0.3821 SR-1? If Word is already open, then the cut and paste works, but if I have to start Word, the clipboard appears to get cleared. Excel 2000 works the way it should, in my opinion. I can cut and past from other applications to Excel whether or not Excel is already running. Is there a way to get Microsoft to change the behavior of Word? Or, is there a "trick" I'm not aware of? Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

I seem to recall that that was a problem with Word 2K. The problem is gone
in Word 2002 or Word 2003. So... in that sense, MS did indeed change the
behavior. Alas, you'll need to upgrade to take advantage of the fix.

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Why does the data I put on the clipboard from IE 6.0 or other applications

get wiped out when I start Word 2000 V 9.0.3821 SR-1? If Word is already
open, then the cut and paste works, but if I have to start Word, the
clipboard appears to get cleared. Excel 2000 works the way it should, in my
opinion. I can cut and past from other applications to Excel whether or not
Excel is already running. Is there a way to get Microsoft to change the
behavior of Word? Or, is there a "trick" I'm not aware of? Thanks in
advance for any advice.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you got Word as part of Works Suite, this is one of the many nasty habits
of the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word. Uninstall the add-in through
Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs. Note that if you had Works Suite
installed before installing a full version of Office, Word will not have
been overwritten. For a number of reasons, it is a good idea to uninstall
the copy of Word that Works installed (this will not affect your Normal.dot
or other settings), then reinstall it from Office.

Why does the data I put on the clipboard from IE 6.0 or other applications

get wiped out when I start Word 2000 V 9.0.3821 SR-1? If Word is already
open, then the cut and paste works, but if I have to start Word, the
clipboard appears to get cleared. Excel 2000 works the way it should, in my
opinion. I can cut and past from other applications to Excel whether or not
Excel is already running. Is there a way to get Microsoft to change the
behavior of Word? Or, is there a "trick" I'm not aware of? Thanks in
advance for any advice.

 

[Moe]

Thanks. I will uninstall and reinstall.

 

[Moe (cont.)]

Just wanted to let you konw. It worked. It was easy. Remove...Reinstall. Thanks, again.