Text Formatting Lost When You Paste Text from Internet Explorer

ID: Q181417

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you copy text from a text (.txt) file you are viewing in Internet Explorer, and then paste the text into another program, the text formatting may be lost.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, copy the text, paste it into Notepad, copy the text from Notepad, and then paste it into another program. The text formatting should remain the same.

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords          : kbtool msiew95 msiew98 
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 20, 1999