Paste in Word 2003

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Word 2003 & XP Home. Used to be able to Copy first & then Paste into a Word
file but recently find I must open Word first before copying or the Paste
function won't work. Why has this changed? Have a second pc with identical
software and it performs the way I prefer. Any ideas? TIA Stan
 
Probably you have an add-in that clears the clipboard while Word is
starting. The only one I know for certain is the Works Add-In for Word, but
there might be others. Try removing all add-ins (see
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011514521033.aspx) and then
adding them back one at a time until the problem resumes -- that last one
will be the culprit.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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This is not really an "error" message; it's just an informational message
(if you click "Show Help," you'll learn more about what it means). VBA
(Visual Basic for Applications) is the language in which Word (and other
Office) macros are written. A macro is a very short bit of program code that
performs some operation (see Word's Help topic "About macros"). The message
indicates that macros are disabled, presumably because of your Security
settings. There are two things you need to do:

1. Go to Tools | Macro | Security and set the security level to Medium. This
will ensure that when you try to open a document containing macros, you will
be given a choice of whether or not to enable them. If the document is from
a known source, and you trust it, you can enable the macros. If you prefer,
you can disable the macros; if you don't expect to be using the macros, but
just plan to read the document, this is the sensible thing to do.

2. On the Trusted Sources tab of the Security dialog, check the box for
"Trust all installed templates and add-ins." This will ensure that macros in
templates in the user templates and workgroup templates folders are trusted,
along with macros in templates and add-ins in Word's Startup folder.
Unfortunately, the trust does not extend to templates/add-ins in the Office
Startup folder or to documents, but with security set at Medium, you'll get
a chance to okay them.

None of this should have any bearing on ability to paste, however.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Perhaps I was not clear about my situation. I am running into this
informational message as soon as I open a blank Word document, not one I
received from someone that may or may not contain a macro.
I set the Security level to Medium, in fact even lower, but no help. I am
not given an option to enable. Perhaps because there is no macro there.

"Trust all installed templates and add-ins." is checked as you suggested but
my problem remains. Actually I don't care about macros or VBA because I
don't expect to deal with them. All I really want is for that informational
message not to come up so I have to remove it. Can I do this somehow? I
would really appreciate that if possible. Thanks for your help. Stan
 
I'm happy to report that my problem has disappeared! After trying several
"fixes" with no positive results I uninstalled Office and reinstalled only
the basic programs I wanted. I had done this twice before with no success
but this time I got lucky. I don't know if I did something different or not
but now Word is behaving as it did a few weeks ago. I can copy using Print
Screen, open Word, and Paste into it without having to open Word first.
Also, I am not getting that informational message like I did before. It's
working properly and I hope it stays that way.
Thanks sincerely for all the help. Stan
 
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