Outlook outlook express ctrl v

[petermitchell44]

ctrl v works on other programs but not on outlook express.Can anyone help.Thanks Peter

 

[Ian]

Hi Peter, welcome to the forums

Are you trying to paste in to the main body when composing an e-mail? Is there an option to right click and paste?

What is it that you are trying to paste, a bit of plain text?

 

[petermitchell44]

Hi Ian thank you for the welcome.this is the first time I have attempted to use a forum.Well here goes.

If I right click the Paste button is greyed out.

I spend my time stock trading using ADVFN charts.

What I did was click Prt Scrn to copy a chart to Clpbrd and then checked that it was actually on the Clpbrd.I then opened a new message window in Outlook Express and clicked the curser in the main body ( message panel) of OE.I then pressed Ctrl and v expecting the chart on the Clpbrd to be pasted into the main body of OE.But nothing turned up .

I can press Ctrl v and successfully paste the contents of the Clpbrd to other places for example Paint .

I can successfully use the OE Insert Picture radio button to paste charts into OE from Paint but this is a bit long winded.

Also Ctrl c successfully copies stuff to the Clpbrd but Ctrl v will still not paste it into OE.

Ive also tried Shift Insert without success.

My friends successfully use this technique all the time.I really feel the odd one out.

I feel sure Im missing something obvious so perhaps you might spot it.Many thanks Peter

 

[Ian]

It could be that Outlook Express can't accept images via copy/paste - as to send via e-mail it would need to include the image as an attachment. I think that Outlook 2010 and Windows Live Mail can both accept pasted images, so it could be that your friends have newer versions of Outlook.

Unfortunately, it may be that saving the image as an attachment is the only way to do this with OE. Perhaps someone else with XP and OE will be able to confirm this .

The only way I can think of that you can gain this feature for free would be to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mail) - it's the latest free e-mail client from Microsoft.

 

[petermitchell44]

Your right .My friends are not running OE.I have now installed Windows Live Mail and its doing just what I want. Many thanks.This thread can now be concidered finished.

 

[Ian]

That's great news Peter, I'm glad it's working for you now!

 

[petermitchell44]

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[Taffycat]

just out of curosity what is WGC points and results

Hi Peter
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[petermitchell44]

Hi Ian .Sorry to bother you.Im awaiting a reply from V R on thread P C Randomly Shutting Down.It may be that he's away on holiday but I do not know the system well enough to know what to do next. I have tried to send him a private message but it says I dont have that privalidge.Can you help or advise me .Thanks Pete

 

[V_R]

Ah bugger i forgot all about that, sorry.

Ill go take a look now.