Microsoft KB Archive/135070

= WD: Entire Table Pasted With Paste Special, Unformatted Text =

Article ID: 135070

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q135070



SYMPTOMS
When you paste a table column as Unformatted Text, Word pastes the text of the entire table instead of just the column you copied.

This occurs when you select a column of a table, click the Copy button on the tool bar, click Paste Special on the Edit menu, and then select Unformatted Text.

It does not occur when you click Paste Link before selecting Unformatted Text, nor does it occur when you choose one of the other Paste Special options.



WORKAROUND
To paste only a column of a table, use the Paste Link option, and then break the link:
 * 1) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
 * 2) Click Paste Link, and select Unformatted Text. Click OK.

The text appears in the document.
 * 1) Click the pasted text and press CTRL+SHIFT+F9 (Windows) or COMMAND+SHIFT+F9 (Macintosh).

The text should be unlinked.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. This problem has been corrected in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: paste special unformatted text table column

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbinterop KB135070

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