WV: Cannot Copy and Paste Floating Objects in Word Viewer

• Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000, if you open a document containing floating objects and then attempt to copy the floating object from Word Viewer and paste it into another application, a blank object is pasted.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following methods to work around this problem.

Method 1: Copy and Paste the Entire Document

1. On the Edit menu, click Select All (or press CTRL+A on the keyboard).



2. On the Edit menu, click Copy.



3. In the receiving application, click Paste.
   
   The entire document is pasted into the receiving application.



4. Delete the unwanted parts of the document in the receiving application.

Method 2: Convert the Floating Objects to Inline Shapes

1. Open the document in Word.



2. Select the object you want to convert to an inline object.



3. On the Edit menu, click Cut.



4. Position the insertion point where you want the object.



5. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.



6. Clear the Float over text check box.



7. Click Picture, and click the OK button.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For more information about Word Viewer 97-2000, please see the following Knowledge Base article:

Q165908 WV: How to Obtain Microsoft Word Viewers

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbdta kbviewer word97
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug