how do I copy text when the copy icon has been "greyed" out?

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1.I am having trouble in copying a text between word documents

I am  having trouble in copying a text from a  word document to another word 
document. I mark the desired text and press ctrl-c in one document and then 
go to the other document and press ctrl-v and nothing happens ! I can copy a 
text between a word document and a notepad and then, between the notepad and 
the word document, but never between word documents !
The trouble started when I tried to copy from a message in outlook (where I 
use the word as editor) to a word document and it didn't work ! It is funny 
because I can copy texts to the subject area of the mail message, but not the 
to the message area ! I tried to use plain text instead of microsoft word, 
but the problem remains the same ! I can see the text in the clipboard, but 
it simply doesn't get copied to the document or to the mail message ! Could 
anyone help me ?Thanks Marcia

2.Word- copy, paste & cut icons greyed out

i'm a tech support analyst & a client had a problem with 
her copy, paste & cut buttons always being greyed out/
unavailable.

highlighting the text/graphic & using the short cut keys 
do work without any problems
e.g. ctrl + c to copy, ctrl + x to cut

her configurations for word and everything 
seems to be normal, i've trawled the internet including 
microsofts support site for a resolution and havent found 
anything remotely close to the source of the problem

i would be extremely grateful if anyone could give me 
advise on this problem !!

thanks for your time & effort :)

3.I am having problems doing a mail merge between word & excel

When I attempt to do a mail merge from excel to word I get as far as select 
recipients, I pick the print area of the spreadsheet I'm working with.  It 
gives me table which is blank and it changes the file name I am working with. 
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4.Having text automatically copy from one form field to another

I am new to Word programming and I'm setting up a physical asset form where users enter information about asset number, location, etc. in Word document form fields, i.e. text field, check box, or drop-down. I would like the bottom of the form to be a cut-out section that is pasted on the asset. The cut-out section will have much of the same information as on the main form and I would like the fields in the cut-out section to be filled (copied) automatically from information in the form fields of the main part of the document. That is, when the user enters asset number in the text field on the main part of the document, I would like the asset number to automatically appear in the cut-out section text field at the bottom of the document. Is this possible to accomplish in a simple way

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5.when i scroll after copying some text, the copied text is lost

Hi,

I have XP Home

At the time of copying and pasting across text, when i scroll after copying 
some text, the copied text is lost. When I say Ctrl +V a screen snapshot gets 
pasted instead of original copied text.

This is very annoying.

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