For some unknown resin I am unable to copy and paste text from Word into Mail. There us an underlying problem in that text is dropped and the formatting is dud.
I suspect that the problem is in my choice of formats or views to Word
I cam use the web formatting but that then seen to do all formatting
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There is some weirdness that Word is imparting on the clipboard. It shows up in Mail, and I'm not sure anywhere else.
If you paste what you got from word into TextEdit, then copy and paste into Mail, it seems to look ok short of the elements that cannot be converted.
Or, if you format the text in any other word processor, copy, and then paste into Mail, that looks ok, too. It just seems to be Word.
There is some weirdness that Word is imparting on the clipboard. It shows up in Mail, and I'm not sure anywhere else.
If you paste what you got from word into TextEdit, then copy and paste into Mail, it seems to look ok short of the elements that cannot be converted.
Or, if you format the text in any other word processor, copy, and then paste into Mail, that looks ok, too. It just seems to be Word.
I have used Text Edit. But this is a pain as Text Edit imposes format problems of its own Using Pages is no better
Talked to MSN and they blame Apple
Apple owes us an explanation and a fix
It is not surprising that you cannot copy from Word to email and keep the format and layout. Email is not a Word processor. Word uses lots of formatting and layout special characters. This is why Word can do much more than an email client in terms of formatting and layout. If you want to copy from Word to email save your Word document as plain text. Then copy and paste the text into your email.
Or, if you must keep the formatting and layout but don't want to send the Word document first save your Word document as a PDF document then attach the PDF document to your email.
Apple owes you nothing with respect to Word. Word is a Microsoft product. It is a richly featured word processor. If your email could do the same as Word there would be no need for word processors.
Maybe so about Microsoft and word processors. But Pages is no better. And using Text Edit is a extra step and a nuisancw
Even Wordpress has solved this formatting problem. Why not Apple?
I think you are not understanding the difference between a feature rich Word processor and a plain text based email client.
I found a simpler solution to copy in Word and then Paste as Quotation to Mail
Loses some of the formatting but creates an acceptable solution.
I will take your advice and use your link to Apple - and suggest basic formatting after the paste
Of course using an attachment is an option but something to be avoided these days
Pasting from Word to Mac Mail
