OS - Vista SP1 & XP SP3

Word locks up and must be closed using End Task when trying to paste 
selected items copied from a web page loaded in IE 8. This does not 
occur when doing the same task with FireFox

Roger

If it works OK in Firefox but not in IE, that suggests to me it is an IE 
problem. Try posting in the appropriate Windows forum.

-- 
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Roger" <liam@mail.moc> wrote in message 
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> OS - Vista SP1 & XP SP3
>
> Word locks up and must be closed using End Task when trying to paste 
> selected items copied from a web page loaded in IE 8. This does not occur 
> when doing the same task with FireFox
>
> Roger 

On 20/05/2010 3:29 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
> If it works OK in Firefox but not in IE, that suggests to me it is an IE
> problem. Try posting in the appropriate Windows forum.
>

Thanks for the feedback. I should have included more info.

Currently working microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general. Is that the 
right one. It's been a while since I've used these groups and things 
appear to have changed.

Just for fun try this page out and see what you get when you highlight 
the article, copy then paste into whatever version of Word you are 
running. http://www.bcfed.ca/node/1959

I am using Word 2000 on XP SP3 but the problem also exists on a Vista 
SP1 machine running Word 2007.

Roger

It posts instantaneously into Word Pad.  Takes a bit longer in Word 2010 and 
I gave up waiting in Word 2007.  In Word 2007 however, if you use Paste 
Special, it is trying to paste it in HTML Format.

If you select either Formatted Text (RTF) or Unformatted Text in Word 2007 
Paste Special, it pastes instantaneously with the Formatted Text (RTF) 
giving the best formatted result (naturally)

-- 
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Roger" <liam@mail.moc> wrote in message 
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> On 20/05/2010 3:29 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
>> If it works OK in Firefox but not in IE, that suggests to me it is an IE
>> problem. Try posting in the appropriate Windows forum.
>>
>
> Thanks for the feedback. I should have included more info.
>
> Currently working microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general. Is that the 
> right one. It's been a while since I've used these groups and things 
> appear to have changed.
>
> Just for fun try this page out and see what you get when you highlight the 
> article, copy then paste into whatever version of Word you are running. 
> http://www.bcfed.ca/node/1959
>
> I am using Word 2000 on XP SP3 but the problem also exists on a Vista SP1 
> machine running Word 2007.
>
> Roger 

On 20/05/2010 7:07 PM, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
> It posts instantaneously into Word Pad.  Takes a bit longer in Word 2010
> and I gave up waiting in Word 2007. In Word 2007 however, if you use
> Paste Special, it is trying to paste it in HTML Format.
>
> If you select either Formatted Text (RTF) or Unformatted Text in Word
> 2007 Paste Special, it pastes instantaneously with the Formatted Text
> (RTF) giving the best formatted result (naturally)
>

Thanks Doug

Paste Special Formatted Text (RTF)does work, at least on the text. 
Unable to get images to transfer. I suspect there is some odd formatting 
on that web site but my source says they have changed nothing. Somebody 
did because everything worked ok a while back.

Roger

That page pastes correctly and normally into Word 2007 as soon as you log
off from the Internet. It seems that Word is trying to download unneeded
elements from that page, and chokes on them.
-- 
Cheers
Robert


On Thu, 20 May 2010 16:34:57 -0700, Roger wrote:

> On 20/05/2010 3:29 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
>> If it works OK in Firefox but not in IE, that suggests to me it is an IE
>> problem. Try posting in the appropriate Windows forum.
>>
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. I should have included more info.
> 
> Currently working microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general. Is that the 
> right one. It's been a while since I've used these groups and things 
> appear to have changed.
> 
> Just for fun try this page out and see what you get when you highlight 
> the article, copy then paste into whatever version of Word you are 
> running. http://www.bcfed.ca/node/1959
> 
> I am using Word 2000 on XP SP3 but the problem also exists on a Vista 
> SP1 machine running Word 2007.
> 
> Roger

On 20/05/2010 9:46 PM, Robert2 wrote:
> That page pastes correctly and normally into Word 2007 as soon as you log
> off from the Internet. It seems that Word is trying to download unneeded
> elements from that page, and chokes on them.

Good point but it begs the question just what is IE 8 saying it must try 
to download that FireFox doesn't.

Thanks for the input. I'm going to add this to my thread in the IE group.

Roger