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Cannot Copy and Paste Floating Objects in Word Viewer

Article ID:166060
Last Review:January 19, 2007
Revision:3.1
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SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000, if you open a document that contains floating objects and then try to copy the floating object from Word Viewer and paste it into another program, a blank object is pasted.

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WORKAROUND

Use one of the following methods to work around this problem.

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Method 1: Copy and Paste the Entire Document

In Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000, follow these steps to copy the whole document:
1.On the Edit menu, click Select All (or press CTRL+A on the keyboard).
2.On the Edit menu, click Copy.
3.In the receiving program, click Paste.

The wholee document is pasted into the receiving program.
4.Delete the unwanted parts of the document in the receiving program.

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Method 2: Convert the Floating Objects to Inline Shapes

To convert a floating object to an inline shape, follow these steps:
1.Open the document in Word.
2.Select the object that you want to convert to an inline object.
3.On the Edit menu, click Cut.
4.Position the insertion point where you want the object.
5.On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
6.Click to clear the Float over text check box.
7.Click Picture, and then click OK.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

You can use the Microsoft Word 97-2000 Viewer to view documents that were created in Microsoft Word 97, in Microsoft Word 2000, in Microsoft Word 2002, and in Microsoft Office Word 2003.

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REFERENCES

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
889347 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889347/) Description of the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft Word 97 Viewer
Microsoft Office Word 2003
Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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Keywords: 
kbbug kbinterop KB166060

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