Mac Works 4.0: Paste Special Is Unavailable
  
PSS ID Number: Q121515
Article last modified on 10-22-1998
 
4.0 4.0a
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 4.0 and 4.0a
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SUMMARY
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When you copy a nontext object from one module of Microsoft Works 4.0 to
another, the Paste Special command in the Edit menu is unavailable
(dimmed).
 
This also occurs when you copy from any Microsoft OLE application such as
WordArt, Equation Editor, or Microsoft Graph.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The Paste Special command in the Edit menu is only available under either
of the following circumstances:
 
 - You have copied the object from another source or program such as
   Excel, Power Point, or Word.
 
   -or-
 
 - You are copying text between two different saved Works documents to
   create a link between the two documents.
 
For more information about issues relating to linking objects in Microsoft
Works documents, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q120158
   TITLE     : Works: File Linking Unavailable
 
Also, refer to pages 181-182 and 593-595 the "Microsoft Works User's Guide"
for version 4.0.
 
KBCategory: kbole kbprb
KBSubcategory: mwksole macworkskb
 
Additional reference words: kbhowto 4.00 4.00a mac m_works grey greyed
grayed
dim dimmed unavailable kbinterop feature word art gray
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Technology        : kbole
Version           : 4.0 4.0a
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.