Copying text from InDesign to Word: formatting problems

Hi all,
I have copied a large amount of text from an InDesign CS4 document into Word. I am now having formatting problems. The main problem is that where long words run over two lines, they are not appearing as hyphenated, and I am not able to stop them running over two lines. Inserting the cursor at the start of the second part of such a word and deleting simply deletes the preceding letter on the line above, as if there were no line break.
Any help much appreciated.
Jon Cope

Instead of Copy/Paste, try selecting the text and exporting to .rtf (or if you have an active cursor, but no selection, theentire story will be exported). Open the .rtf in Word.

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