Solved Cut--Copy--Paste using IE9

[enigma1944]

On some sites that I try to ccp a small magnifier pops up & a small square box that contains a diagonal blue arrow. It appears to work on copy but when I paste my system freezes and nothing works.

How can I correct this.

Thanks

 

[Imperfect1]

Are you referring to pasting text into, say, an MS Word doc?

The little blue box is controlled by the 'Paste Options' functions that are located in Word Options, Advanced, Cut, Copy + Paste, 'Show paste options button' and 'Use smart cut and paste options.' You might try experimenting with them, starting with unchecking and rebooting, and then rechecking and rebooting.

 

[enigma1944]

Are you referring to pasting text into, say, an MS Word doc?

The little blue box is controlled by the 'Paste Options' functions that are located in Word Options, Advanced, Cut, Copy + Paste, 'Show paste options button' and 'Use smart cut and paste options.' You might try experimenting with them, starting with unchecking and rebooting, and then rechecking and rebooting.

Pasting in general like MS word

I went to the word viewer 2003 but I didn't find the paste options button

 

[Imperfect1]

Are you referring to pasting text into, say, an MS Word doc?

The little blue box is controlled by the 'Paste Options' functions that are located in Word Options, Advanced, Cut, Copy + Paste, 'Show paste options button' and 'Use smart cut and paste options.' You might try experimenting with them, starting with unchecking and rebooting, and then rechecking and rebooting.

Pasting in general like MS word

I went to the word viewer 2003 but I didn't find the paste options button

From the Word page you want to paste the text into, click on the MS Office button in the upper-left corner of the screen and go all the way down to Word Options. Select: Advanced, then Cut, Copy + Paste, and scroll down to: 'Show paste options button' and 'Use smart cut and paste options.

 

[enigma1944]

Are you referring to pasting text into, say, an MS Word doc?

The little blue box is controlled by the 'Paste Options' functions that are located in Word Options, Advanced, Cut, Copy + Paste, 'Show paste options button' and 'Use smart cut and paste options.' You might try experimenting with them, starting with unchecking and rebooting, and then rechecking and rebooting.

Pasting in general like MS word

I went to the word viewer 2003 but I didn't find the paste options button

From the Word page you want to paste the text into, click on the MS Office button in the upper-left corner of the screen and go all the way down to Word Options. Select: Advanced, then Cut, Copy + Paste, and scroll down to: 'Show paste options button' and 'Use smart cut and paste options.

I did what you said BUT the WORD page I want to paste into has NO MS Office button in the upper left

 

[Imperfect1]

Sorry, I didn't realize that Office 2003 is set up differently than 2007 and 2010.

 

[Digerati]

Maybe you should try the keyboard short cuts instead.

Highlight first, then to copy, Ctrl c, then to paste, click where you want to insert, then Ctrl v.

 

[enigma1944]

Maybe you should try the keyboard short cuts instead.

Highlight first, then to copy, Ctrl c, then to paste, click where you want to insert, then Ctrl v.

Thanks I tried that.

What puzzles me is that my laptop will freeze on some sites and not on others.

I'm thinking that possibly security is somehow involved.

 

[Digerati]

And have you run a complete security scan?

 

[enigma1944]

And have you run a complete security scan?

My security Avira is fine.

I am referring to the security from where I cut and also where I paste

This is a new W7 situation for me---Last week it was fine

 

[Imperfect1]

If the problem is that recent, a System Restore may undo it for you. True, if you fix the problem by restoring to a previous time, you won't know what it was that caused it --- but if it doesn't happen again, then 'no harm - no foul.'

 

[Digerati]

Not all data can be copied. For example, while some text may look like text, it may actually be part of a bigger image.

And some documents, like locked pdf documents cannot have parts of the document copied either.

 

[enigma1944]

OK thanks for all answers

It's no big deal

Case Closed

 

[Digerati]

Well, if you post exactly what it is you are trying to copy, we can see if we can, or cannot copy it too.