Copied File in File Manager to Clipboard Generates Error

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SUMMARY

If you copy a file from Windows File Manager to the Windows Clipboard and then use the Paste Special command (on the Edit menu) in Word for Windows to paste the file as an Unknown Object, the following error message may occur:

   Not Enough Memory to Complete Operation

This problem does not occur when you paste an Unknown Object in Microsoft Excel or Windows Write. In Microsoft Excel, the Paste and Paste Special commands are unavailable. In Write, the Paste Special command is unavailable.

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If you copy a file to the Windows Clipboard from File Manager and then choose the Paste Special command (on the Edit menu), Word lists only Unknown Object in the Data Type box.

Workarounds

• Use the File command (on the Insert menu) in Word to copy the contents of a file to your document.

  -or-

• Open the file in Word. Use the Copy command (on the Edit menu) to place a copy of the file on the Windows Clipboard and then use the Paste Special command (on the Edit menu) to insert the data as an object.