Windows Vista™ Plain & Simple

Copying Material Between Documents

It’s easy to copy material from a document that was created in one program to a document that was created in another program. The way you insert the material depends on what it is. If it’s similar to and compatible with the receiving document—some text that’s being copied into a WordPad document, for example—you can usually insert it as is and can edit it in the receiving document’s program. If the item is dissimilar—a sound clip, say, inserted into a WordPad document—either it’s encapsulated (isolated) as an object and can be edited in the originating program only, or you simply are not able to paste that item into your document.

Copy and Insert Material

1. In the source document, select the material you want to ...