Unable to Copy and Paste

Have you tried using the keyboard commands for Copy & Paste.

Depress the Command+C keys for copy.
Depress the Command+V keys for paste.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

Copy/Cut relies on a file
System Folder > Clipboard
for which you need Read/Write access

Hi Grant,

Could you please flesh out the path you mentioned re System File > Clipboard.
I was asked to Copy to Clipboard for another application and the text just sits there in its Clipboard window, copy and edit commands greyed out and unable to highlight the text to drag and drop.
I'm sure there must be someting I haven't done, but at this stage I feel a proper Wally.

Regards,

Tom Johnson

The Clipboard is the magic place where Copy and Cut stash selected things, and Paste takes the Clipboard contents and puts it in at the insertion point.

"Show Clipboard" is provided as a convenience to you to VIEW, but not manipulate the Clipboard. You cannot, by definition, copy or cut or paste in the "Show Clipboard" window, since it is showing you what is already on the clipboard, and it will not edit anything there or do recursion.

You need to find a new destination (such as a new TeachText document) and Paste the contents of the clipboard there. At that point, you could select a subset and copy or cut. (Another way is simply to select a smaller amount of stuff before you cut or copy.)

When the contents of the Clipboard gets too large, or when you switch Applications between Cut and Paste, the contents of the in-memory Clipboard is often stored in the Clipboard File inside the System Folder.

Drag and Drop was introduced very late in the development of OS 9. It may not be available AT ALL in 9.0.4. You should see if you can get it done using only Cut/Copy and Paste.

Thank you.
I'm sorry for not getting back to you.
The 3rd party to whom I wanted to send the clipboard contents to, left me in on the miracle and I have been using it like an old hand since.
Regards