buyorsell- Two suggestions: 1. The next time there is a problem, disconnect the mouse receiver (I assume it's USB) and then plug it back in and try the same operation again. 2. Go into your mouse properties and see if the buttons are all set to the functions you want; even if they seem ok, it might be good to change the properties and then change them back and apply the settings again. Occasionally my 4-button Logitech wireless wheel mouse "forgets" what it's set for (like the button over the wheel, which I have set to "close," but which sometimes doesn't work).

I have word 2010 there are 2 or 3 ways to paste. The first one just pastes, the third pastes without the formatting so you can edit it and not sure what the second is. Check and see if your word has that feature. This post was edited by EmmaR on Sun, Jun 23, 13 at 13:10

I guess I wasn't clear enough with my questions. As I understand, "coping" copies the intended data to the clipboard, and "pasting" copies what is on the clipboard and puts it where you direct. So to achieve a pasting, the data is copied twice. I already know the end results of "Copy here" and "Move here," and how to do that. But to achieve said results with Copy here or Move here, does the OS still use the clipboard? In other words, does it still copy the data twice, or just once? I am interested because there is always the risk of loosing complete data, like with photo files, when being copied. So it would seem that if I do a lot of reorganizing of my photos, it would behoove me to use the method that copies a minimum amount of times. Am I being unnecessarily picky? What I interpolate from you answer is that "Copy here" and "Move here" bypasses the clipboard. Is this true? Thanks Rick

Giving one (the wrong one) the finger ... ... might put her finger on the trigger! Some guys are really smart! o j