after highlighting and copying text or an image, if i open Word or
Netscape mail, the clipboard gets cleaned before i can paste the data.
 in order to cut and psate like i want, i have to open Word or
Netscape first and formally save the image onto the drive and then
"attach" it rether than just pasting it.
is this a software "switch" in the wrong default - either in my
regedit, Word and/or Netscape??

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Request for Question Clarification by mathtalk-ga on 19 Oct 2004 03:43 PDT

What happens if you open both of them first, then cut and paste?

regards, mathtalk-ga

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Clarification of Question by iaman-ga on 21 Oct 2004 14:48 PDT

first, thanks guys, for the quick responses.

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response to mathtalk-qa:  if MS Word and "drudgereport.com" are both
open and i highlight an image and some text from "drudge", then ^C,
then goto Word, then ^V; i don't get the images or text dumped
immediately, i get the statement "word is retrieving data from
nnnnn.com" and the process begins.   this takes a minute or longer. 
why does it have to go back to the source - why isn't the stuff
already in the clipboard, and why does this take so long anyway?

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response to dreamboat-ga:  
i'm not familiar with "Detect and Repair".  what is it, where is it? 
you say it's "in the application"?  let me at it!

We really need more information. What version? Have you tried running
Detect and Repair or other troubleshooting methods in the
applications? You *should* definitely have this capability. No switch
to my knowledge.

Word troubleshooting (written by me): www.theofficeexperts.com/word.htm