Why can I not copy and paste?

[Bohne]

All I get on pressing CTL-V is 'undefined', other ABers seem to be able to do it, though...

[parkesquay]

Your CTL-V is a little confusing. Just to clarify:

CTRL + C to copy and CTRL + V to paste. Alternatively having highlighted something you should be able to 'right' click on your mouse and select the option to copy.

[Bohne]

OK, so CTRL+V
However, after I try to paste, all that appears is 'undefined' instead of the copied text.

[LeMarchand]

What computer/OS are you using?

[Bohne]

Windows XP with IE 6.0

[parkesquay]

I have to assume that you mean when you want to copy something that somebody else has posted in the AB or do you mean eg in MS Word?

[Bohne]

OK, now once more, really slowly!

I would like to copy something INTO the Answer Box.
For example a long recipe, that I have written somewhere else, Word, or whatever.
So I copy it from the other editor, go to the AB answer box and press CTRL-V

And what comes up is the word 'undefined'.

I have no problems copying text from AB into another editor.

[parkesquay]

Can't help you on that as I don't have the same problem. I can say for certainty though that if what you are copying is more that 2,000 words(I think that is the limit it will not be accepted until reduced.

Strangely enough I can't do the opposite. For example there was a joke in AB that I wanted to copy but everytime I tried to highlight the specific section just about everything else got highlighted. I failed to find out what it was that I was doing wrong.

[LeMarchand]

Possibly your security settings?