WD2000: Selection Runs Together After Pasting as Unformatted Text

ID: Q224624

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 2000, when you copy a selection from a table cell that looks similar to the following:

apple <enter>
banana <enter>
orange <enter>

(where <enter> indicates a carriage return), and then you paste the selection as unformatted text, it loses the carriage returns and looks like this:

applebananaorange

NOTE: This functionality is different from Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

CAUSE

This functionality was implemented to improve how the information is pasted into a Microsoft Excel file.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, paste the selection by doing one of the following:

Click Paste on the Edit menu.

-or-

Click Paste Special on the Edit menu and select Formatted Text.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes in functionality and product design. For more information about how to submit suggestions, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q114491 How to Contact the Microsoft Wish Program

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb