word clipboard clear unexpectedly

[Garyc]

I'm running Windows 2000 and using Office/Word 2000.

My problem is this, when I open MS Word the clipboard is
being cleared out or emptied. When I put data into my
system clipboard I can paste into Excel or text editors
just fine, but when I open Word and perform a paste the
data isn't there. If Word is already open and I put data
into the clipboard I can paste just fine into Word. It
appears to be the opening of Word itself that is clearing
the clipboard.

Any thoughts as to how I can avoid this?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you install Office over Works Suite? If so, (a) the installation of Word
that comes with Works Suite was probably not overwritten, and (b) the
Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word is probably still installed. Dealing
with (a) is advisable just because it's better to have all the Office apps
from a single installation, but dealing with (b) is imperative: go to
Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the add-in. One of its
many nasty habits is clearing the Clipboard when you start Word.

If the Works Suite add-in is not the culprit, then the problem could well be
caused by another Word add-in, either a template in Word's Startup folder
(or the Office Startup folder) or a COM add-in (see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalled.htm).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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