Microsoft KB Archive/121515

Mac Works 4.0: Paste Special Is Unavailable

PSS ID Number: Q121515 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.0 4.0a

MACINTOSH

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= SUMMARY =

When you copy a nontext object from one module of Microsoft Works 4.0 to another, the Paste Special command in the Edit menu is unavailable (dimmed).

This also occurs when you copy from any Microsoft OLE application such as WordArt, Equation Editor, or Microsoft Graph.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The Paste Special command in the Edit menu is only available under either of the following circumstances:

  You have copied the object from another source or program such as Excel, Power Point, or Word. -or-   You are copying text between two different saved Works documents to create a link between the two documents. 

For more information about issues relating to linking objects in Microsoft Works documents, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q120158 TITLE : Works: File Linking Unavailable

Also, refer to pages 181-182 and 593-595 the “Microsoft Works User’s Guide” for version 4.0.

KBCategory: kbole kbprb KBSubcategory: mwksole macworkskb

Additional reference words: kbhowto 4.00 4.00a mac m_works grey greyed grayed dim dimmed unavailable kbinterop feature word art gray ====================================================================== Technology : kbole Version : 4.0 4.0a Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.