Re: Paste button works but ctrl+v doesn't always

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalled.htm. The
most common cause of this problem is the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for
Word, but that can't be an issue in Word 2003 because the latest version of
Word that comes with Works Suite is Word 2002. Moreover, Ctrl+V and the
Paste button run exactly the same command, so if the button works, then an
add-in clearing the Clipboard is not the issue. My guess is that the
keyboard shortcut has been unassigned or reassigned.

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"Martin" <vdp3r@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:enWpCeZmFHA.708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> By the way, Pat, is there a menu giving access to these addins?
>
> I looked in the Help of my Word 2000 under "addin" and found nothing
listed.
> Do they go under another name?
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin
>
> "Pat Garard" <apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau> wrote in message
> news:OnGGt2XmFHA.2080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > g'Day Martin,
> >
> > There are a number of Word AddIns that clear the Windows
> > clipboard as they are loaded by Word (including the MS Works
> > AddIn, I believe). Word by itself does NOT clear the clipboard.
> >
> > Anything you copy BEFORE Word starts is lost, anything copied
> > afterwards will paste ok.
> >
> > The same thing applies if you try to copy something from (say) the
> > Internet, then start Word and try to Paste - don't work.
> >
> > Start Word first, then copy and paste all you like
> > OR
> > identify the offending AddIn and remove it.
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Pat Garard
> > Melbourne, Australia
> > _______________________
> >
> > "Martin" <vdp3r@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:ezm12nUmFHA.2156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > After first highlighting text in an e-mail and then pressing ctrl+c to
> copy
> > > it, a friend finds that she cannot paste it into Word 2003 using
ctrl+v.
> > > It will, however, paste into Notepad using ctrl+v without any problem
> but
> > > not into Word. I had a go at it today and found that, whilst I,
> too,
> > > could not get ctrl+v to work, I could get the text to paste in if I
> either
> > > pressed the Paste button on the toolbar, or if I selected Paste from
the
> > > Edit menu.
> > >
> > > On another attempt, it appeared that provided Word had been opened
> BEFORE
> > > the e-mail text was copied, ctrl+v would indeed work, whereas if Word
> was
> > > opened AFTER the text was copied, ctrl+v would not work yet the paste
> button
> > > or the Edit menu Paste would. Of course, if it turns out that
> ctrl+v
> > > will always work provided Word is opened before copying the text, then
> the
> > > problem is part solved by always remembering to do that.
> > >
> > > I'll be going to have another look at it in a couple of days when I
have
> a
> > > bit more time to do some methodical troubleshooting, but in the
meantime
> I'd
> > > be grateful to hear if these symptoms ring any bells with anyone or if
> there
> > > are any suggestions for narrowing down the problem. I've done a
> search
> > > of the newsgroups for these symptoms and not come up with much.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

.

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