Re: Copy & Paste from Web to Word '03
From: Mrmars (Mrmars_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/12/05
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:19:02 -0800
Does anyone have any insight as to how to fix this problem ??
"Mrmars" wrote:
> The situation is I am a recruiter and part of my job is to research job sites
> like Monster, Yahoo Hot Jobs, Career Builder Etc. Once I find a resume that
> could be useful I copy and paste it to a Word Doc. which is the format my
> superiors require. It seems this problem just began occuring within the last
> week. Your explanation regarding a "macro" is beyond my Word experience.
>
>
>
> "Opinicus" wrote:
>
> > "Mrmars" <Mrmars@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >
> > >I am having trouble copying text from web pages and pasting
> > >to a Word
> > > document. When I find text on a web page that I want to
> > > copy I highlight it
> > > all and the right click>copy and then open Word '03 and
> > > right click>paste and
> > > Word just hangs up without pasting my text. I end up doing
> > > the control,alt,
> > > delete thing to end Word and can't complete my task but,
> > > when I try and paste
> > > to say "notepad" there's no problem. Then I can copy from
> > > the notepad file
> > > and paste to Word and it works fine so, it appears to be a
> > > problem copying
> > > and pasting from the web only. Can anyone provide a remedy
> > > as this is very
> > > frustrating and makes my job very cumbersome.
> >
> > If the web page has a lot of HTML code in it, Word can take
> > a long time pasting it into a document, especially if the
> > code is complex and contains Java etc. I have experienced
> > Word hanging on occasion too. If you're not interested in
> > preserving the formatting etc, your method of using Notepad
> > is actually the best (and probably the safest). Another way
> > is to use the following macro, which I've associated with
> > control-shift-V:
> >
> > <quote>
> > Sub PasteUnformatted()
> > '
> > ' PasteUnformatted Macro
> > ' Control shift V pastes the clipboard without formatting
> > Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText,
> > Placement:= _wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
> > End Sub
> > </quote>
> >
> > HTH
> > --
> > Bob
> > Kanyak's Doghouse
> > http://www.kanyak
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