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Erratic Copy/Paste Transfer area in Word
Thread poster: Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 03:23
Portuguese to English
May 19, 2011

Hello folks!

I am using Word 2007 and Wordfast for a standard document I received in Word.

Initially the transfer area for copy/cut and paste works fine, then in time things I copy/cut are not collected to the area, nor pasted from it, or appear in red, or change font and case...

This has never happened to me before.

Any comments/suggestions. I apologise in advance if I have not provided sufficient info, but the document has been a bit of a s... See more
Hello folks!

I am using Word 2007 and Wordfast for a standard document I received in Word.

Initially the transfer area for copy/cut and paste works fine, then in time things I copy/cut are not collected to the area, nor pasted from it, or appear in red, or change font and case...

This has never happened to me before.

Any comments/suggestions. I apologise in advance if I have not provided sufficient info, but the document has been a bit of a slog and the brain is sluggish.

Thanks!! ▲ Collapse
 
David Wright
David Wright  Identity Verified
Austria
Local time: 07:23
German to English
+ ...
Can't help, May 20, 2011

but as far as font (often) and set language (always) are concerned, I have had this problem for many many years and just learned to live with it - reformatting texts, changing language back to what it should be (having set english in both source and target, it STILL insists on being German!). Changing colours hasn't yet appeared, but no doubt Word in its infinite wisdom will one day decide to do that as well. It's a pity that otherwise Word is a very good program, so that switching ot another wo... See more
but as far as font (often) and set language (always) are concerned, I have had this problem for many many years and just learned to live with it - reformatting texts, changing language back to what it should be (having set english in both source and target, it STILL insists on being German!). Changing colours hasn't yet appeared, but no doubt Word in its infinite wisdom will one day decide to do that as well. It's a pity that otherwise Word is a very good program, so that switching ot another word processor is just not on. ▲ Collapse
 


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