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Error Pasting Text into Header, Footer, or Footnote

Article ID: 140690

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2004


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SYMPTOMS

When you paste text into a header, footer, or footnote of a Works 4.0 document, the following error may occur:
Cannot paste selection.

The selection may not be valid, or you encountered other special circumstances in a footnote, or header/footer.

RESOLUTION

To paste text into a header, footer, or footnote, the text must be unformatted text.

To paste unformatted text into a header, footer, or footnote, do the following:

  1. Click the header, footer, or footnote where you want the text to be inserted.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
  3. Click Unformatted Text.
  4. Click OK.

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