Illustrator CS3 won't retain/keep type style settings when pasting within same or different document

I'm working with Windows XP PentiumR 4 CPU 2.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM in Illustrator CS3. When pasting copy within same file (or pasting into new files) Illustrator won't consistently retain/keep the font's type style settings. Why?
Thank you!

Hi Sheri,
Are you facing this problem with any particular type of font?
I have tried copy paste with different font styles and it is retaining the style correctly.
Are you using XP SP2 or SP3?
Thanks
Anish

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