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Offline roginoz

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Can't copy and paste Word document
« on: March 04, 2015, 08:14:08 PM »
I tried to start a new thread by copying and pasting some text from a Word document, but the paste function didn't show up when I right-clicked in the box.  Am I doing something wrong?  It works on the other forums I visit.
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Re: Can't copy and paste Word document
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2015, 10:00:44 PM »
Select the text you want to copy in the word document the press Ctrl + C.
Now place your cursor in the forum's text box and press Ctrl + V.

The word document's formatting may or may not transfer to the forum so edit as needed in the forum text box.

Hope that helps.

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Re: Can't copy and paste Word document
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 11:14:55 PM »
Thanks.  I couldn't remember the crtl/whatever command for pasting.  I copied this reply from a Word document, so it's working.
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Re: Can't copy and paste Word document
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2015, 04:04:47 PM »
It may be browser dependent or some other issue that causes the Paste option not to appear when you right click in the box where you type your reply. I just tried both the quick reply or post reply and it worked for me using IE.
The control + C (copy) or + V (paste) are very good things to know since sometimes they are the only way to get that done, and are pretty univeral within Windows. I work some in a Unix environment where control-C means something else, and there I have to use shift-insert or control-shift-V to paste.
 
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