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Why do my Office 2007 programs automatically copy my data?

S

Stu

Flightless Bird
A few days ago, Outlook, Word, Excel and OneNote started automatically and
erroneously copying data from within the programs. For example, in Excel
different cells will appear as "copied" even though I only selected them.
Also when I exit Outlook, I am asked whether I want to keep the many data on
the clipboard available to other programs.

I have been running Office 2007 SP2 on Vista Home Basic SP2 without problems
for several months. However I started actually using OneNote, which was
already installed, at the same time as the onset of this problem.
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Copying items can be set off by pressing CTRL+C or CTRL+Insert perhaps
you have a problem with a sticky CTRL key?

Stu wrote:

> A few days ago, Outlook, Word, Excel and OneNote started automatically and
> erroneously copying data from within the programs. For example, in Excel
> different cells will appear as "copied" even though I only selected them.
> Also when I exit Outlook, I am asked whether I want to keep the many data on
> the clipboard available to other programs.
>
> I have been running Office 2007 SP2 on Vista Home Basic SP2 without problems
> for several months. However I started actually using OneNote, which was
> already installed, at the same time as the onset of this problem.
 
S

Stu

Flightless Bird
I experimented with the keys and mouse. They are not the source of the
problem. In Excel *any* user input will copy the selected cell(s). A similar
problem happens in OneNote. And somehow I always put a large amount of data
on the clipboard while using Outlook.

It all started at the same time I set OneNote to startup in the taskbar upon
the startup of Windows Vista, which was about a week ago.

"Bob I" wrote:

> Copying items can be set off by pressing CTRL+C or CTRL+Insert perhaps
> you have a problem with a sticky CTRL key?
>
> Stu wrote:
>
> > A few days ago, Outlook, Word, Excel and OneNote started automatically and
> > erroneously copying data from within the programs. For example, in Excel
> > different cells will appear as "copied" even though I only selected them.
> > Also when I exit Outlook, I am asked whether I want to keep the many data on
> > the clipboard available to other programs.
> >
> > I have been running Office 2007 SP2 on Vista Home Basic SP2 without problems
> > for several months. However I started actually using OneNote, which was
> > already installed, at the same time as the onset of this problem.

>
> .
>
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Does this also happen in Notepad or WordPad?

Stu wrote:

> I experimented with the keys and mouse. They are not the source of the
> problem. In Excel *any* user input will copy the selected cell(s). A similar
> problem happens in OneNote. And somehow I always put a large amount of data
> on the clipboard while using Outlook.
>
> It all started at the same time I set OneNote to startup in the taskbar upon
> the startup of Windows Vista, which was about a week ago.
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
>
>>Copying items can be set off by pressing CTRL+C or CTRL+Insert perhaps
>>you have a problem with a sticky CTRL key?
>>
>>Stu wrote:
>>
>>
>>>A few days ago, Outlook, Word, Excel and OneNote started automatically and
>>>erroneously copying data from within the programs. For example, in Excel
>>>different cells will appear as "copied" even though I only selected them.
>>>Also when I exit Outlook, I am asked whether I want to keep the many data on
>>>the clipboard available to other programs.
>>>
>>>I have been running Office 2007 SP2 on Vista Home Basic SP2 without problems
>>>for several months. However I started actually using OneNote, which was
>>>already installed, at the same time as the onset of this problem.

>>
>>.
>>
 
S

Stu

Flightless Bird
I could not replicate the issue in either Notepad or WordPad, but it does not
matter to me anymore. I found the source of the problem and it is not
Microsoft.

The problem is caused by Oxford English Dictionary CD-ROM, which has a
funtion to automatically enter whatever is double-clicked in another program.
It's unfortunate that I have to disable that otherwise useful function.

Bob I, thank you very much for your time and help anyway. I appreciate your
efforts here.

"Bob I" wrote:

> Does this also happen in Notepad or WordPad?
>
> Stu wrote:
>
> > I experimented with the keys and mouse. They are not the source of the
> > problem. In Excel *any* user input will copy the selected cell(s). A similar
> > problem happens in OneNote. And somehow I always put a large amount of data
> > on the clipboard while using Outlook.
> >
> > It all started at the same time I set OneNote to startup in the taskbar upon
> > the startup of Windows Vista, which was about a week ago.
> >
> > "Bob I" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Copying items can be set off by pressing CTRL+C or CTRL+Insert perhaps
> >>you have a problem with a sticky CTRL key?
> >>
> >>Stu wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>A few days ago, Outlook, Word, Excel and OneNote started automatically and
> >>>erroneously copying data from within the programs. For example, in Excel
> >>>different cells will appear as "copied" even though I only selected them.
> >>>Also when I exit Outlook, I am asked whether I want to keep the many data on
> >>>the clipboard available to other programs.
> >>>
> >>>I have been running Office 2007 SP2 on Vista Home Basic SP2 without problems
> >>>for several months. However I started actually using OneNote, which was
> >>>already installed, at the same time as the onset of this problem.
> >>
> >>.
> >>

>
> .
>
 
B

Bob I

Flightless Bird
Thank you for posting back with your discovery. This will help someone
else in the future who may run into this issue.

Stu wrote:

> I could not replicate the issue in either Notepad or WordPad, but it does not
> matter to me anymore. I found the source of the problem and it is not
> Microsoft.
>
> The problem is caused by Oxford English Dictionary CD-ROM, which has a
> funtion to automatically enter whatever is double-clicked in another program.
> It's unfortunate that I have to disable that otherwise useful function.
>
> Bob I, thank you very much for your time and help anyway. I appreciate your
> efforts here.
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
>
>>Does this also happen in Notepad or WordPad?
>>
>>Stu wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I experimented with the keys and mouse. They are not the source of the
>>>problem. In Excel *any* user input will copy the selected cell(s). A similar
>>>problem happens in OneNote. And somehow I always put a large amount of data
>>>on the clipboard while using Outlook.
>>>
>>>It all started at the same time I set OneNote to startup in the taskbar upon
>>>the startup of Windows Vista, which was about a week ago.
>>>
>>>"Bob I" wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Copying items can be set off by pressing CTRL+C or CTRL+Insert perhaps
>>>>you have a problem with a sticky CTRL key?
>>>>
>>>>Stu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>A few days ago, Outlook, Word, Excel and OneNote started automatically and
>>>>>erroneously copying data from within the programs. For example, in Excel
>>>>>different cells will appear as "copied" even though I only selected them.
>>>>>Also when I exit Outlook, I am asked whether I want to keep the many data on
>>>>>the clipboard available to other programs.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have been running Office 2007 SP2 on Vista Home Basic SP2 without problems
>>>>>for several months. However I started actually using OneNote, which was
>>>>>already installed, at the same time as the onset of this problem.
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>

>>
>>.
>>
 
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