I am having trouble copying text from web pages and pasting to a Word
document. When I find text on a web page that I want to copy I highlight it
all and the right clickcopy and then open Word '03 and right clickpaste and
Word just hangs up without pasting my text. I end up doing the control,alt,
delete thing to end Word and can't complete my task but, when I try and paste
to say "notepad" there's no problem. Then I can copy from the notepad file
and paste to Word and it works fine so, it appears to be a problem copying
and pasting from the web only. Can anyone provide a remedy as this is very
frustrating and makes my job very cumbersome.
--
Mrmars

"Mrmars" wrote

I am having trouble copying text from web pages and pasting
to a Word
document. When I find text on a web page that I want to
copy I highlight it
all and the right clickcopy and then open Word '03 and
right clickpaste and
Word just hangs up without pasting my text. I end up doing
the control,alt,
delete thing to end Word and can't complete my task but,
when I try and paste
to say "notepad" there's no problem. Then I can copy from
the notepad file
and paste to Word and it works fine so, it appears to be a
problem copying
and pasting from the web only. Can anyone provide a remedy
as this is very
frustrating and makes my job very cumbersome.

If the web page has a lot of HTML code in it, Word can take
a long time pasting it into a document, especially if the
code is complex and contains Java etc. I have experienced
Word hanging on occasion too. If you're not interested in
preserving the formatting etc, your method of using Notepad
is actually the best (and probably the safest). Another way
is to use the following macro, which I've associated with
control-shift-V:

quote
Sub PasteUnformatted()
'
' PasteUnformatted Macro
' Control shift V pastes the clipboard without formatting
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText,
Placement:= _wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub
/quote

HTH
--
Bob
Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak.com

The situation is I am a recruiter and part of my job is to research job sites
like Monster, Yahoo Hot Jobs, Career Builder Etc. Once I find a resume that
could be useful I copy and paste it to a Word Doc. which is the format my
superiors require. It seems this problem just began occuring within the last
week. Your explanation regarding a "macro" is beyond my Word experience.



"Opinicus" wrote:

"Mrmars" wrote

I am having trouble copying text from web pages and pasting
to a Word
document. When I find text on a web page that I want to
copy I highlight it
all and the right clickcopy and then open Word '03 and
right clickpaste and
Word just hangs up without pasting my text. I end up doing
the control,alt,
delete thing to end Word and can't complete my task but,
when I try and paste
to say "notepad" there's no problem. Then I can copy from
the notepad file
and paste to Word and it works fine so, it appears to be a
problem copying
and pasting from the web only. Can anyone provide a remedy
as this is very
frustrating and makes my job very cumbersome.

If the web page has a lot of HTML code in it, Word can take
a long time pasting it into a document, especially if the
code is complex and contains Java etc. I have experienced
Word hanging on occasion too. If you're not interested in
preserving the formatting etc, your method of using Notepad
is actually the best (and probably the safest). Another way
is to use the following macro, which I've associated with
control-shift-V:

quote
Sub PasteUnformatted()
'
' PasteUnformatted Macro
' Control shift V pastes the clipboard without formatting
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText,
Placement:= _wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub
/quote

HTH
--
Bob
Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak

Does anyone have any insight as to how to fix this problem ??

"Mrmars" wrote:

The situation is I am a recruiter and part of my job is to research job sites
like Monster, Yahoo Hot Jobs, Career Builder Etc. Once I find a resume that
could be useful I copy and paste it to a Word Doc. which is the format my
superiors require. It seems this problem just began occuring within the last
week. Your explanation regarding a "macro" is beyond my Word experience.



"Opinicus" wrote:

"Mrmars" wrote

I am having trouble copying text from web pages and pasting
to a Word
document. When I find text on a web page that I want to
copy I highlight it
all and the right clickcopy and then open Word '03 and
right clickpaste and
Word just hangs up without pasting my text. I end up doing
the control,alt,
delete thing to end Word and can't complete my task but,
when I try and paste
to say "notepad" there's no problem. Then I can copy from
the notepad file
and paste to Word and it works fine so, it appears to be a
problem copying
and pasting from the web only. Can anyone provide a remedy
as this is very
frustrating and makes my job very cumbersome.

If the web page has a lot of HTML code in it, Word can take
a long time pasting it into a document, especially if the
code is complex and contains Java etc. I have experienced
Word hanging on occasion too. If you're not interested in
preserving the formatting etc, your method of using Notepad
is actually the best (and probably the safest). Another way
is to use the following macro, which I've associated with
control-shift-V:

quote
Sub PasteUnformatted()
'
' PasteUnformatted Macro
' Control shift V pastes the clipboard without formatting
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText,
Placement:= _wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub
/quote

HTH
--
Bob
Kanyak's Doghouse
http://www.kanyak