Can't Paste Text of E-mail into Wordperfect Document

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Robert Lee

I want to be able to copy the text of an email composed on Outlook 2007 and
paste it into a Wordperfect 11 document. But when I try to paste it, I get
an error message: "Input file is not in the format specified."

The problem appears to be with Outlook 2007, and not with Wordpefect 11,
since I was able to past the text of this post into a Wordperfect document.

Does anyone know how I solve this problem.
 
G

Gordon

Robert Lee said:
I want to be able to copy the text of an email composed on Outlook 2007
and
paste it into a Wordperfect 11 document. But when I try to paste it, I
get
an error message: "Input file is not in the format specified."

The problem appears to be with Outlook 2007, and not with Wordpefect 11,
since I was able to past the text of this post into a Wordperfect
document.

Does anyone know how I solve this problem.

Try pasting into a Notepad document first....
It's possible there IS some problem with WordPerfect - I just pasted text
from an Outlook 2007 email into Open Office without problems...
 
R

Robert Lee

I succeeded in pasting e-mail text into both notepad and word pad. By the
way, the problem doesn't occur all the time. There are times when I am able
to paste e-mail text into the Wordperfect document. I would say the problem
arises only about half of the time.
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

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Robert Lee

Thanks. Pasting the text first into notepad worked.

Diane Poremsky said:
There is probably something in the text/formatting that WP can't convert.
Paste into notepad, copy and then paste it into WP - this will clear all
formatting.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

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Robert Lee said:
I succeeded in pasting e-mail text into both notepad and word pad. By the
way, the problem doesn't occur all the time. There are times when I am
able
to paste e-mail text into the Wordperfect document. I would say the
problem
arises only about half of the time.
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

if this is something you do often, get puretext - it’s a lot easier (and
free).
http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll:
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205

Robert Lee said:
Thanks. Pasting the text first into notepad worked.

Diane Poremsky said:
There is probably something in the text/formatting that WP can't convert.
Paste into notepad, copy and then paste it into WP - this will clear all
formatting.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com/

Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Do you keep Outlook open 24/7? Vote in our poll:
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=22205

Robert Lee said:
I succeeded in pasting e-mail text into both notepad and word pad. By
the
way, the problem doesn't occur all the time. There are times when I am
able
to paste e-mail text into the Wordperfect document. I would say the
problem
arises only about half of the time.

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I want to be able to copy the text of an email composed on Outlook
2007
and
paste it into a Wordperfect 11 document. But when I try to paste
it, I
get
an error message: "Input file is not in the format specified."

The problem appears to be with Outlook 2007, and not with Wordpefect
11,
since I was able to past the text of this post into a Wordperfect
document.

Does anyone know how I solve this problem.

Try pasting into a Notepad document first....
It's possible there IS some problem with WordPerfect - I just pasted
text
from an Outlook 2007 email into Open Office without problems...
 

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