It sounds as if you've discovered a problem caused by the Works Suite
Add-in. When you open Word, the Office Clipboard is cleared. Opening Word
first avoids losing something you had already copied. You can also uninstall
the Works Suite Add-in.
Curious. I found that to be the fix for me. In fact, I uninstalled the Works
Suite and installed Works and Word as a standalone. Now I can copy or cut
and then open Word without losing the copied material. I'm sorry if that
didn't work for you.
Jim
There's a KB article about this problem in Word 2003 (“Word 2003
unexpectedly quits, and you receive an error message when you paste text
that is from a Web page to a Word 2003 document†at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890258). The solution in that case is to
disable the Paste Options button. I don't know whether that applies to Word
2002 or not.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Thanks a million it works. It seems like there should be a differnt solution
by changing the settings some how. But it works so I shouldn't complain.
Happy holidays Bill Martin