Windows XP forum: All Copy/Pasting is stripped of formatting, formulas, etc

Paste text only ....all programs, windows, browsers, etc

by rdy4trvl - 4/16/12 9:25 AM

In Reply to: ...and now stranger by rdy4trvl

This is odd. At some point yesterday I was able to copy/paste without issue. This morning, it's back.

Again, its across all platforms....I can only copy text within or across any program, window, browser, etc. Even Excel, the Special Paste only shows two options Unicode Text and Text. However, I can still copy by dragging a formula to an adjacent cell.

(opps, sorry didn't mean to mark my comment above as the best answer...it was a comment)

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Just so you know about SECURITY SUITES.

by R. Proffitt - 4/16/12 9:53 AM

In Reply to: Paste text only ....all programs, windows, browsers, etc by rdy4trvl

Some security suites do this to the clipboard in the name of privacy protection. Exploiting the clipboard made the news over the years so Security Suites can affect this.
Bob

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...and now resolved...

by rdy4trvl - 4/16/12 1:09 PM

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Skype click to call seems to have been the problem. In installed the latest update and problem is solved without even a reboot. Nice.

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That's a great find

by MarkFlax - 4/17/12 3:06 AM

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and one we probably would never have thought of. Good work.

What we should have asked was, "any changes since this last worked", and perhaps that would have helped, but who would have thought that a Skype update was the cause?

Well done.

Mark

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Answer Best answer as chosen by user rdy4trvl

There is a special paste

by MarkFlax - 4/15/12 11:06 AM

In Reply to: All Copy/Pasting is stripped of formatting, formulas, etc by rdy4trvl

option in Excel and perhaps other Office apps for pasting data and formatting. If I remember rightly, (I don't have Office on this machine I am on at the moment), you have to right click where you want to paste then select one of the options other than just Paste.

Sorry I can't be more help, but I have forgotten what the options are. See what options you have when you right click.

Mark

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Answer Best answer as chosen by user rdy4trvl

If only it was global.

by R. Proffitt - 4/15/12 11:27 AM

In Reply to: All Copy/Pasting is stripped of formatting, formulas, etc by rdy4trvl

http://www.msofficeforums.com/word/3060-word-only-pastes-plain-text.html echoes some of my thoughts here.

Paste may indeed do this. That's why I use Paste Special.
Bob

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