Thank you very much for your reply, I will try this tonight when I get in.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did the computer come with Works or Works Suite? If the latter, then Word
was installed as part of Works Suite, and unless you uninstalled it before
installing Office, Word was *not* installed from Office. This alone is not
too much of a problem except for installing updates (at some point you might
be well advised to uninstall Word from Works Suite and reinstall it from
Office); where the problem comes from is the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in
for Word. One of its nasty habits is clearing the Clipboard when you start
Word. Although it sounds like your problem is more widespread than that, it
is still a good idea to uninstall the add-in (through Control Panel |
Add/Remove Programs) if you are going to be running Word freestanding (not
starting it from the Works Task Launcher).

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"Iggy101" wrote in message
...
I am using Word 2003, on Windows XP. It is a brand new laptop with very
few
things installed on it, not sure exactly how much RAM there is or where to
look for this, sorry, but it should have quite a bit left I think.

The Software was from Microsoft Office, I had MS Works come with the
computer, and installed office after buying the laptop.

I have just loaded the same software (MS Office) onto my other computer
(desktop computer), which I have also just bought and there doesn't seem
to
be a problem with it. I tried repair function from the Office disk on my
laptop, but it was late last night and haven't been able to check to see
whether it has worked yet.

I haven't tried pasting to a different document - will do that and let you
know when I get home from work tonight.

Thank you for taking the time to try and help me, I really appreciate it.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Then more info is necessary'

Which version of Word, Windows? How much RAM? Is the software actually
MS
Office, or an oem version installed by the maker of your laptop?

What happens if you paste to a different doc?

Any other details would be helpful.

Regards |:)


On 7/30/05 1:28 PM, in article
, "Iggy101"
wrote:

That's ok, but yes I did do all that. I have been using Word at work
for
ages, but can't understand what's going on with my computer. Thanks
for
replying though.

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Forgive me if this sounds like a dumb question, but are you placing
your
insertion point (clicking) in an available position in the document
before
you paste? If not, you're pasting right back into the same place
you're
copying/cutting from.

Regards |:)

"Iggy101" wrote:

I have just bought a new laptop, and the Word program on it will not
paste
any text which I have selected and copied. I have tried all ways to
copy it
i.e. using keyboard shortcuts and the menus etc. Once I have
highlighted the
text and copied or cut it the paste board activates so I know that
is
working
ok, but when I come to paste the selected text elsewhere in the
document the
paste icon on the toolbar fades, showing it has done what I have
asked but
the text does not appear back in the document. When I cut the text
it
disappears from its original spot, but still won't paste where I
want it to.
I would be very grateful if anybody could offer me advice on how to
fix
this.