can anyone help

So, when you right-click a selected word, Copy is not a choice on the pop-up
menu? What choices are there on the menu?

What about when you select a larger block of text? Is Copy still missing?

It's very easy to accidentally remove menu items because of a built-in
"remove the next thing I choose" command (activated by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+[dash on top row of keyboard]. If you've accidentally removed Copy
from the shortcut menu, you can restore it in the following way:

1. From the main menu, choose Tools - Customize - Toolbars tab.

2. Under Toolbars, click to select Shortcut Menus.

3. Click on the Reset button; confirm the reset when prompted.

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"help... i think this is a simple problem" help... i think this is a simple
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can anyone help

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:20:02 -0700, "help... i think this is a simple
problem" help... i think this is a simple
wrote:

can anyone help

Please try to describe the problem more completely (and not in the
subject line -- use the space available!). Are you left-clicking or
right-clicking? What are you clicking -- the word you want to copy, or
the Copy toolbar button, or the Copy command in the Edit menu? What do
you mean by "not a choice" -- is something grayed out, or just not
visible? Have you tried using the Ctrl+C shortcut?

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

all the comands are there... they are just not dark... so i cant pick them

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:20:02 -0700, "help... i think this is a simple
problem" help... i think this is a simple
wrote:

can anyone help

Please try to describe the problem more completely (and not in the
subject line -- use the space available!). Are you left-clicking or
right-clicking? What are you clicking -- the word you want to copy, or
the Copy toolbar button, or the Copy command in the Edit menu? What do
you mean by "not a choice" -- is something grayed out, or just not
visible? Have you tried using the Ctrl+C shortcut?

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

That would suggest that text isn't really selected. How are you highlighting
a word? If you're clicking the highlighter tool, that's not the way. If
you're double-clicking the word, then that's one way to select. There are
myriad other methods for selecting text, as well.

If text *is* actually selected, but the commands are still grayed out... are
other commands grayed out as well? If so, then it's possible that you're
using a trial version of Word, and it has expired. Choose Help - Activate
Product to determine the status of Word.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
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"help... i think this is a simple problem"
oft.com wrote in message
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all the comands are there... they are just not dark... so i cant pick them

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:20:02 -0700, "help... i think this is a simple
problem" help... i think this is a simple
wrote:

can anyone help

Please try to describe the problem more completely (and not in the
subject line -- use the space available!). Are you left-clicking or
right-clicking? What are you clicking -- the word you want to copy, or
the Copy toolbar button, or the Copy command in the Edit menu? What do
you mean by "not a choice" -- is something grayed out, or just not
visible? Have you tried using the Ctrl+C shortcut?

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Can you do anything in Word? Could it be that your version was either not
activated or a trial version that has expired?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"help... i think this is a simple problem"
oft.com wrote in message
...
all the comands are there... they are just not dark... so i cant pick them

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:20:02 -0700, "help... i think this is a simple
problem" help... i think this is a simple
wrote:

can anyone help

Please try to describe the problem more completely (and not in the
subject line -- use the space available!). Are you left-clicking or
right-clicking? What are you clicking -- the word you want to copy, or
the Copy toolbar button, or the Copy command in the Edit menu? What do
you mean by "not a choice" -- is something grayed out, or just not
visible? Have you tried using the Ctrl+C shortcut?

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org