About 2 days ago, it started that highlighting and right clicking copy in an
e-mail message or web page would not then right click paste into a Wrod
document.    Neither does selecting copy and paste from toolbar or Ctrl V on
keyboard.  

I thought was a mouse issue - new mouse is same.  

I have checked the tools>options>edit settings on the word document and they
all seem fine.  

Now here is the real kicker - when I try to copy in the other direction..  
highlight and right click something in a word document and go to paste it in
another word file or in outlook express, it is the same link I copied two
days ago.     Something is hung up in the word program.  

Help appreciated.    Ruth

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