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Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text?
-- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required.
Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you
want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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He is referring to copying text from a webpage and pasting it into Word or
Excel. Neil, the reason for the slowdown is that when paste information from a webpage, Word, Excel, etc... will try to contact that webpage for some odd reason (possibly for formatting info I guess). I learned this because Kurio firewall kept blocking Word whenever I try to paste info from a website. If I let Word access the internet, it would take forever and the text would not be in font style that I wanted. There are two workarounds I find that work. One is have a software firewall block Word, Excel, etc... . This will speed up the paste operation. Two is to paste in the info in notepad, and then copy it again into your office product. I prefer the second method myself. Turning off all that fancy clipboard stuff in the office products never solved this problem (for me anyway). "Carol" wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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I am aware that he is copying from a web page (HTML) and pasting into Word or
Excel. Basically, when you paste into Notepad and then into Word or Excel you are doing the same as Paste Special|Unformatted text. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Thrawn05" wrote: He is referring to copying text from a webpage and pasting it into Word or Excel. Neil, the reason for the slowdown is that when paste information from a webpage, Word, Excel, etc... will try to contact that webpage for some odd reason (possibly for formatting info I guess). I learned this because Kurio firewall kept blocking Word whenever I try to paste info from a website. If I let Word access the internet, it would take forever and the text would not be in font style that I wanted. There are two workarounds I find that work. One is have a software firewall block Word, Excel, etc... . This will speed up the paste operation. Two is to paste in the info in notepad, and then copy it again into your office product. I prefer the second method myself. Turning off all that fancy clipboard stuff in the office products never solved this problem (for me anyway). "Carol" wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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Why? Because ... when I sell something on eBay and the winning bidder
pays through PayPal, I then want to copy and paste their address from the PayPal page into Word so I can create an envelope or label. Easiest workaround is click dragging the address, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D (to open a text window on AOL/IE, otherwise open Notepad), Ctrl-A to select all, Ctrl-C, then in Word Ctrl-V. Then select the paste option to match destination formatting. Then there is no difficulty editing, even with the long wait if I don't do the workaround. Carol wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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Well I guess we all have our own way of doing things, but when I want to do
exactly what you're doing (copying the address from paypal) I simply highlight it and CTRL+C (to copy) go to Word and right-click, select paste special|Unformatted text. Of course I don't have to worry about any of the other things because I already have a style set up for those things. You might be interested to also know that you can have a macro on your toolbar for Paste Special|Unformatted text. But if you're happy taking all those extra steps, far be it from me to try and talk you out of it. Whatever works for you! In any event, I hope that some of this has been helpful to you. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Why? Because ... when I sell something on eBay and the winning bidder pays through PayPal, I then want to copy and paste their address from the PayPal page into Word so I can create an envelope or label. Easiest workaround is click dragging the address, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D (to open a text window on AOL/IE, otherwise open Notepad), Ctrl-A to select all, Ctrl-C, then in Word Ctrl-V. Then select the paste option to match destination formatting. Then there is no difficulty editing, even with the long wait if I don't do the workaround. Carol wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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Your way sounds quick. I'll try it -- that's what newsgroups are for,
right? Thanks. Carol wrote: Well I guess we all have our own way of doing things, but when I want to do exactly what you're doing (copying the address from paypal) I simply highlight it and CTRL+C (to copy) go to Word and right-click, select paste special|Unformatted text. Of course I don't have to worry about any of the other things because I already have a style set up for those things. You might be interested to also know that you can have a macro on your toolbar for Paste Special|Unformatted text. But if you're happy taking all those extra steps, far be it from me to try and talk you out of it. Whatever works for you! In any event, I hope that some of this has been helpful to you. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Why? Because ... when I sell something on eBay and the winning bidder pays through PayPal, I then want to copy and paste their address from the PayPal page into Word so I can create an envelope or label. Easiest workaround is click dragging the address, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D (to open a text window on AOL/IE, otherwise open Notepad), Ctrl-A to select all, Ctrl-C, then in Word Ctrl-V. Then select the paste option to match destination formatting. Then there is no difficulty editing, even with the long wait if I don't do the workaround. Carol wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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Amen Neil. I learn new things every day on here. I hope it works for you.
I do have to tell you though that I added Paste Special to my shortcut menu so that it would be there when I right-clicked. Good luck! Let me know how it works out for you. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Your way sounds quick. I'll try it -- that's what newsgroups are for, right? Thanks. Carol wrote: Well I guess we all have our own way of doing things, but when I want to do exactly what you're doing (copying the address from paypal) I simply highlight it and CTRL+C (to copy) go to Word and right-click, select paste special|Unformatted text. Of course I don't have to worry about any of the other things because I already have a style set up for those things. You might be interested to also know that you can have a macro on your toolbar for Paste Special|Unformatted text. But if you're happy taking all those extra steps, far be it from me to try and talk you out of it. Whatever works for you! In any event, I hope that some of this has been helpful to you. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Why? Because ... when I sell something on eBay and the winning bidder pays through PayPal, I then want to copy and paste their address from the PayPal page into Word so I can create an envelope or label. Easiest workaround is click dragging the address, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D (to open a text window on AOL/IE, otherwise open Notepad), Ctrl-A to select all, Ctrl-C, then in Word Ctrl-V. Then select the paste option to match destination formatting. Then there is no difficulty editing, even with the long wait if I don't do the workaround. Carol wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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Add the following macro to a toolbar button:
Sub PasteUnfText() On Error GoTo oops Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _ wdInLine End oops: Beep End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Neil wrote: Your way sounds quick. I'll try it -- that's what newsgroups are for, right? Thanks. Carol wrote: Well I guess we all have our own way of doing things, but when I want to do exactly what you're doing (copying the address from paypal) I simply highlight it and CTRL+C (to copy) go to Word and right-click, select paste special|Unformatted text. Of course I don't have to worry about any of the other things because I already have a style set up for those things. You might be interested to also know that you can have a macro on your toolbar for Paste Special|Unformatted text. But if you're happy taking all those extra steps, far be it from me to try and talk you out of it. Whatever works for you! In any event, I hope that some of this has been helpful to you. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Why? Because ... when I sell something on eBay and the winning bidder pays through PayPal, I then want to copy and paste their address from the PayPal page into Word so I can create an envelope or label. Easiest workaround is click dragging the address, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D (to open a text window on AOL/IE, otherwise open Notepad), Ctrl-A to select all, Ctrl-C, then in Word Ctrl-V. Then select the paste option to match destination formatting. Then there is no difficulty editing, even with the long wait if I don't do the workaround. Carol wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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The problem is fundamentally Word. Copy/Paste has always been a two step
keyboard shortcut task. Your solution is not very good when copying lots of snippets of text off the internet, and Word will STILL try to access the internet (although it doesn't slow down the computer, it is still very worrying). Using Notepad in between is faster then having to constantly refer to the paste special dialog box. Unless of course you can provide me with a Keyboard shortcut, right? "Carol" wrote: I am aware that he is copying from a web page (HTML) and pasting into Word or Excel. Basically, when you paste into Notepad and then into Word or Excel you are doing the same as Paste Special|Unformatted text. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Thrawn05" wrote: He is referring to copying text from a webpage and pasting it into Word or Excel. Neil, the reason for the slowdown is that when paste information from a webpage, Word, Excel, etc... will try to contact that webpage for some odd reason (possibly for formatting info I guess). I learned this because Kurio firewall kept blocking Word whenever I try to paste info from a website. If I let Word access the internet, it would take forever and the text would not be in font style that I wanted. There are two workarounds I find that work. One is have a software firewall block Word, Excel, etc... . This will speed up the paste operation. Two is to paste in the info in notepad, and then copy it again into your office product. I prefer the second method myself. Turning off all that fancy clipboard stuff in the office products never solved this problem (for me anyway). "Carol" wrote: I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required. Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs. Carol wrote: Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text? -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Neil" wrote: This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a website. Is there a solution? |
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