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Non Life Sciences => Geek Speak => Topic started by: annie123 on 30/07/2013 20:38:37
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Hi
I wanted to send some replies to a post to my son after we had discussed a particular topic, and copy/paste didn't work. Is the copying of posts and replies not possible?
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Copying and Pasting into the browser does work , e.g. I just coped and pasted your text ...
"Hi
I wanted to send some replies to a post to my son after we had discussed a particular topic, and copy/paste didn't work. Is the copying of posts and replies not possible?"
Your copy-paste problem may not be specific to this website ...
https://www.google.com/search?q=cannot+copy+paste+clipboard
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I tried to copy paste to MS word to send in an e mail attachment. I couldn't. The link you sent me didn't seem to help but perhaps I didn't understand it.
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I tried to copy paste to MS word to send in an e mail attachment. I couldn't.
Ah, so you can't copy-paste from an internet browser to MS Word.
If you copy text from a browser other than Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word is can refuse and produce an error ...
[ Invalid Attachment ]
A workaround is to paste into Microsoft notepad or wordpad, then copy from *o**pad and paste to Microsoft Word.
The official method is to use "paste special" in Microsoft Word ...
[ Invalid Attachment ]
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Thanks RD,
I use the text editor trick a lot, especially when pasting data to a spreadsheet, also when I want to force whatever is receiving the text to ignore the text formatting, although I see Word gives the option to ignore formatting.
Word may be able to read a document saved in HTML format, although in this case, one probably wouldn't want to save, and load a whole TNS page.
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If you can highlight text, you can copy and paste it. To copy text, highlight it using the mouse, then hold down one of the Ctrl keys and press the C key to copy that text. To paste it in somewhere else, click where you want to paste it to get the cursor there, then hold down Ctrl and press the V key.
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If you can highlight text, you can copy and paste it. To copy text, highlight it using the mouse, then hold down one of the Ctrl keys and press the C key to copy that text. To paste it in somewhere else, click where you want to paste it to get the cursor there, then hold down Ctrl and press the V key.
If you copy from an internet browser other than Internet Explorer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_explorer) into Microsoft Word (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word)[processor],
you'll get that error message (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=48483.0;attach=17857;image) when you try to paste with "Ctrl"+"V".
I suppose it encourages people to use Microsoft's own Internet browser, IE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_explorer), however IIRC it prevents the possibility of malware being transferred which can be hidden in the copied webpage : MS Word can be a security vulnerability , e.g. ... https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Vulnerabilities+in+Microsoft+Word+Could+Allow+Remote+Code+Execution%22+technet
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No problem with copying and pasting from Firefox into LibreOffice Writer (OpenOffice).
I think it links the photos back to the source, rather than copying them locally. Personally I would rather everything be stored locally.
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If you copy from an internet browser other than Internet Explorer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_explorer) into Microsoft Word (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word)[processor],
you'll get that error message (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=48483.0;attach=17857;image) when you try to paste with "Ctrl"+"V".
What happens if you paste into Notepad first, then copy and paste again from there?
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... What happens if you paste into Notepad first, then copy and paste again from there?
Yes copying from notepad then pasting into MS Word works, (that was the workaround I mentioned previously (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=48483.msg415642#msg415642))
The official method using "paste special (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=48483.0;attach=17859;image)" requires less buttons to be pressed.