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Moving Index Fields
I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location.
Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. |
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If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be
possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. |
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Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne.
Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . |
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Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne.
Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . |
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Are you having difficulties pasting ordinary text as well in Word?
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne. Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . |
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Are you having difficulties pasting ordinary text as well in Word? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne. Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . |
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Generally, no.
I do have problems pasting copying and pasting tables within Word. For some reason, the default Paste format is HTML. When I manually change that to RTF Formatted, I can paste tables, for example. Is there anything I can do to fix the Clipboard, if that's the problem?? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Are you having difficulties pasting ordinary text as well in Word? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne. Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . . |
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Moving Index Fields
Generally, no.
I do have problems pasting copying and pasting tables within Word. For some reason, the default Paste format is HTML. When I manually change that to RTF Formatted, I can paste tables, for example. Is there anything I can do to fix the Clipboard, if that's the problem?? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Are you having difficulties pasting ordinary text as well in Word? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne. Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . . |
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This could be a poorly designed add-in interfering with copy/paste
operations. Did you install something recently? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Generally, no. I do have problems pasting copying and pasting tables within Word. For some reason, the default Paste format is HTML. When I manually change that to RTF Formatted, I can paste tables, for example. Is there anything I can do to fix the Clipboard, if that's the problem?? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Are you having difficulties pasting ordinary text as well in Word? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne. Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . . |
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This could be a poorly designed add-in interfering with copy/paste
operations. Did you install something recently? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Generally, no. I do have problems pasting copying and pasting tables within Word. For some reason, the default Paste format is HTML. When I manually change that to RTF Formatted, I can paste tables, for example. Is there anything I can do to fix the Clipboard, if that's the problem?? "Stefan Blom" wrote: Are you having difficulties pasting ordinary text as well in Word? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Brad" wrote in message ... Thank you for you quick resonse, Suzanne. Yes, I can readily see the XE fields and the curly brackets. I tried various ways of carefully selecting the XE fields: * Click and drag. * Click, Shift Right-Arrow (keyboard) * Search...Special...Field (which conveniently highlights the entire XE field) I have also tried special Pasting: HTML format, RTF, Unformatted text, but I did not try all of them. And, I restarted my computer. None of the preceding helped. I'm running Word 2007. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you are careful to select the entire field, it should certainly be possible to cut and paste it or to move it by dragging. Note that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so you do have to have Hidden text displayed in order to see them. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Brad" wrote in message ... I placed an index entry marker at the wrong location. Intuitively, I want to select, cut, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but Paste fails. I then tried to select, copy, and paste the index marker field {XE...}, but to no avail. I then tried to paste the field into Notepad and Wordpad to see if anything would paste, but I got nothing. Believe it or not, I have even looked in the online Help, but that was not helpful. (The utterly simple and efficient work-around is to re-type the index marker and be done with the issue in 10 seconds, but you know how things go when goofy (unexpected) things occur in Word, and you try to resolve what's logical and intuitive with how Word works!) Please advise. Thank you. . . |
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