Q: How do I copy a photo into a word document. Can't do this with the photos app?

No this is no longer possible.

Send feedback:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

You could drag and drop the photo to the desktop and then into word (won't be the original) or Export modified or original from the menus, but what was once easy will currently take a few more steps.

Insert Menu -> Photos -> From Browser

Works here. Can you see the Photos Library in the browser?

jofromyork wrote:

 

This way is the way I used to do it but no longer works

There was another thread along the same lines as yours - I don't recall a solution, the problem is that certain things that seem not to work might be achieved in other ways or via more hidden options - give TD's solution a go if you haven;t tried, it may work for you.

Boot into the recovery partition and reinstall the OS. Back up first, of course.

I can't see Photo Library in the browser in Word.  It works in Pages and Numbers but no other program seems to be able to find the Photos library.

Apparently some folks have fixed this by... Starting iPhoto. Then trying again.

I tried that and now Word shows the iPhoto library, but that doesn't include any recent photos or my photo stream.