WD: Entire Table Pasted With Paste Special, Unformatted Text

ID: Q135070

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

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.

3. 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          : kbinterop kbole
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: February 3, 1998