Why can't I copy/past from word to mac mail anymore?

Not sure if this is the same thing, but I've noticed a strange bug between Office for Mac 2007 and OS X 10.8, which is that often I have to hit 'command-C' to copy several times repeatedly before anything is actually copied to the clipboard.

I haven't spent time tracking down what causes that, but give it a try and see if the paste function works after doing that. Basically, when you hit 'command-C' in Word you should see the 'Edit' menu in the menubar flash blue briefly as you do it. If it doesn't, then it's not copied.

Like I said, I find hitting 'command-C' rapidly a few times in succession normally does the trick.

I just noticed this also--horribly inconvenient! There's a workaround--paste the copied text into text edit, then copy that and paste into mail: works fine.

Another reason to hate Microsoft--after 25 years, they keep finding new ways to annoy you! When I recently upgraded my word for mac 2010 without thinking, I became unable to double click on a .doc document and have it open. I have to do some ridiculously inconvenient translation in two extra steps.

This is why I use Nisus Writer for everything--unfortunately, students send me stuff in Word, so I sometimes have to deal with it. Meh!