Need help with Microsoft Word 2007

[chevysoldier]

Hopefully someone can help me with an issue I am having. I need to copy information from one Word document to another document on my computer. I open up the original and ctrl+c what I need. We'll say:

A

B

C

D

E

F

Then when I go to my new document and ctrl+v, it always pastes something like this:

F

B

C

D

E

A

It's really messing me up. Sometimes it will split a paragraph and I will get half of it at the top of my paste and the other half at the bottom. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

Edit: I should add that I am copying different sections separately, not all at once. So I'd highlight "A" then "B" and so fourth. Even though I copy them in order from the start of the document to the end, it still gets mixed up.

Edit Edit:

Video of problem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue0FGpAgtbU

Edited August 15, 2011 by chevysoldier

[serpentracer]

go in the options(more commands) by clicking on the downward facing arrow thing in the top of the page. (forget the name of this area) and go to the advanced tab. then go to the cut,copy, paste section and set the pasting between documents to the default option of "keep source formatting"

other than that option I couldn't tell you.

Edited August 15, 2011 by serpentracer

[Jamez]

Something simple but are you copy/pasteing from the bottom up?

Try copy/paste starting at the top of the document - just a thought

[chevysoldier]

go in the options(more commands) by clicking on the downward facing arrow thing in the top of the page. (forget the name of this area) and go to the advanced tab. then go to the cut,copy, paste section and set the pasting between documents to the default option of "keep source formatting"

other than that option I couldn't tell you.

Yeah I tried that. Set everything to default and to "keep source formatting".

Something simple but are you copy/pasteing from the bottom up?

Try copy/paste starting at the top of the document - just a thought

Yeah, I have been copying in order from the top down.

[serpentracer]

try the resources tab and see if there is an update you need or run the office diagnostics.

[chevysoldier]

try the resources tab and see if there is an update you need or run the office diagnostics.

No updates. Running diag now...

[Habi]

Try doing a little at a time instead of the whole thing at once. Sometimes the formating will be messed up in one spot.

[serpentracer]

I notice you have a lot of options unchecked that I have checked. one being use smart cut and paste.

[chevysoldier]

Try doing a little at a time instead of the whole thing at once. Sometimes the formating will be messed up in one spot.

I tried three separate words and it put them out of order.

[serpentracer]

here's a screen shot of mine.

[Habi]

Have you tried copy/paste from different document? Just to see if its THAT document or Word.

[chevysoldier]

here's a screen shot of mine.

Set mine up identical to yours and still the same. Tried closing and reopening but nothing.

Set mine up identical to yours and still the same. Tried closing and reopening but nothing.

Have you tried copy/paste from different document? Just to see if its THAT document or Word.

Just tried, no dice.

Thanks for adding something a value, jerk.

[chevysoldier]

IP

Here it is as it happens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue0FGpAgtbU

[chevysoldier]

Btw, Diag came back with no errors...

[serpentracer]

wonder if it's a layout issue with your clipboard.

[chevysoldier]

Is there a way to reset it or something? I cleared the clipboard but nuttin

[serpentracer]

honestly I don't even know how you selected the text in your video lol

[chevysoldier]

haha. Just double clicked and held ctrl for each word.

[granda080]

Did you at anytime accidentally click on "Sort" and change if from ascending to descending? I think that can make your pastes go last to first instead of first to last.

[chevysoldier]

I see it at top but I cant do anything with it when I have text selected.

Edited August 15, 2011 by chevysoldier

[Disclaimer]

Edit -> paste special... Pick one that works

Probably plain text

[Habi]

email it and have someone else do it, then have them send it back.

[chevysoldier]

Edit -> paste special... Pick one that works

Probably plain text

I'm not following?

[chevysoldier]

email it and have someone else do it, then have them send it back.

uh, yeah. There are like 60 files I need to copy stuff from and I'm only gonna have more. These are school papers. I need to copy important stuff from them into one document for study purposes. That's be a pain in the butt to do. lol

[Habi]

so your saying you need it to be a group project then?

Didn't realize it was so many files.