Pasting Text into Windows Paintbrush

Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q83295

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

When transferring formatted text from Windows 3.1 Write to Paintbrush, the text will not retain its formatting (that is, italic, bold, and so on). Rather, it will take on the currently selected text attributes in Paintbrush (in the Text, Fonts menu). Paintbrush does not support superscript or subscript.

When pasting text in Paintbrush, the text tool must be chosen, and the cursor placed on the screen; an attempt to paste when a different tool is selected results in the following error message:

   Only Text is available on the Clipboard. To paste text, first
   select the position for pasting text, and then use the Paste
   command.

Text cannot be pasted into Paintbrush in Windows 3.0; the paste command is unavailable (dimmed).

KBCategory: kbusage kbtool
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11 3.1 grey gray paint brush

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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