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Works 4.5: When You Paste Text From WordPad, Text Is Pasted As an Embedded Object

Article ID: 203023

Article Last Modified on 9/24/2003

Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
Microsoft Works 4.5a

This article was previously published under Q203023

SYMPTOMS

When you paste text from Microsoft WordPad into a Microsoft Works word processor document, the text may be pasted as an embedded object.

RESOLUTION

To paste the WordPad text into the word processor document as text instead of an embedded object, follow these steps:

Copy the text in WordPad.
Open a Works word processor document.
On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
In the As box, click Formatted Text (RTF), and then click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

When you paste WordPad text into the word processor document as an embedded object, you must edit the text in the object window.

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