Lost html formatting

[Guest]

When copying html formatted data and pasting it into a Word 2003 doc or
Outlook email I loose all html formatting. Everything is pasted as plain
text. Additionally, both “HTML Format†or “Formatted Text (RTF)†are no
longer options in “Paste Specialâ€. Help

 

[Guest]

I don't know how I did it, but Word now works. Still can't paste a copied
web page into an Outlook Email.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Perhaps you restarted Windows between attempts? That sometimes fixes
problems...

Note that which formatting can be pasted (or pasted special) depends on the
nature of the copied data, but also on the capabilites of the target
application. Generally, Outlook would allow for less complexity than Word.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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[Guest]

Stefan,
Thanks for the response.

It wasn't a restart. I opened a new doc as a Web Page and pasted into it
with no problems. After that I could paste into any Word document, just not
and Outlook email. However it was short lived, it only worked until I
restarted both Word and Outlook.

As far as the type of what and where being pasted, I did notice that if I
just copy something just typed in a new Word doc to Word, I have about 6
choices in Words Paste Special, but pasting the same thing in Outlook only
has the 2 dealing with plain text, even though it is set to HTML. I can't
even paste a table copied from Word or Excel to Outlook, but I can copy it
from Word to Word.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Note that a poorly written add-in could interfere with copy and paste, but
this does not seem to be the issue here. On the contrary, if the major issue
is with copying into Outlook, I'd say that what you are seeing is to be
expected. Formatted emails usually means basic font and paragraph
formatting, not tables.

If you need to send someone a formatted document, send an email with an
attachment, in an appropriate file format (say Word, RTF, or PDF).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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[Guest]

Add SendYourFiles.com's large attachment utility to the catagory of poorly
written add-ins. I removed it and all is better now.

Thanks.

 

[Stefan Blom]

So it was an add-in causing the trouble, after all! I'm glad you got it
sorted, and thank you for the feedback.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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