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Having difficulty copying and pasting.

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Anarch

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Apr 7, 2015
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Hi, please help.

I'm trying to copy text from websites but keep running into the same problem, which is hitting and paste, and ending up with a space and no text.

I have tried highlighting the text and then used shortcuts (Command + C and Command + V) as well as double-clicking my touchpad to get the drop down menu to appear to select copy and paste there, but to no avail.

This is not something that has always happened with this Macbook Pro, so what could be the problem?

My information:

MacBook Pro
15-inch, Late 2011

Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB
Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F1066)

Thanks for any help given.
 
Anarch said:
I'm trying to copy text from websites but keep running into the same problem, which is hitting and paste, and ending up with a space and no text.
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Some sites use JavaScript to prevent copying content. Can you share which site it is?
 
Okay, what I just discovered, is that I can get the text, once I hit the drop down menu in Power Point and instead of hitting paste, I hit paste special.

It's working, but it's tedious. Anyway around this problem?
 
Anarch said:
Okay, what I just discovered, is that I can get the text, once I hit the drop down menu in Power Point and instead of hitting paste, I hit paste special.

It's working, but it's tedious. Anyway around this problem?
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Did you try my suggestion?
 
Anarch said:
How do I do that?
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Click here:
Screen Shot 2015-04-07 at 12.02.48 PM.PNG​
 
O, I just tried using Safari. Copy/Paste is working fine using that browser. I was previously using Google Chrome.
 
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