Clipboard / Clipbook question

[Guest]

How does one copy something that is on the clipboard in XP? There is text
present , but I cannot find any way to copy it so I can paste it somewhere
else. I cannot highlight and the copy command under edit is grayed out, just
like everything else except delete. Even the toolbar that I guess contains
copy, paste, etc. commands is grayed out.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

In the application where you want to paste, just right click on the
insertion point and select paste from the drop down menu..

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Mike, for the response. But, I am trying to figure out why the areas
on the Clipboard are grayed out when they should be functional. I mean, what
if I only want to copy just a portion of something that is on the clipboard,
not the whole paragraph, for example.

Shouldn't the paste, copy, etc. commands be available once something is on
the clipboard? That is really the question: Why are these grayed out when
there is something on the clipboard? From what I've read, these should be
functional once there is something on the clipboard.

Thanks.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How does one copy something that is on the clipboard in XP? There is
text present , but I cannot find any way to copy it so I can paste it
somewhere else. I cannot highlight and the copy command under edit
is grayed out, just like everything else except delete. Even the
toolbar that I guess contains copy, paste, etc. commands is grayed
out.

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