Pasting from Word ridiculously slow

Hi I wonder if anyone has had this problem:
When I paste from Word (Word 2004 for Mac) to ID 5 it takes a ridiculously long time--maybe a full mintue for 10 lines or so.
I am a book designer and going back and forth from Word to ID all day long--this is driving me crazy (it only started in the past month or so).
I often PLACE (which is also very slow, but it makes more sense since it brings in the formatting) but sometimes I need to PASTE short bits of text and it is excruciating!
Anyone else have this trouble? Know how to fix it?
Any suggestions, much appreciated.
Debbie B

lesliefromvt wrote:
Thanks for responding, Gail. Yes, I am copying and pasting properly. I had no problem whatsoever pasting Word into Mail until I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion.
As far as the other question goes, I will put off taking a lot of time trying to get through to Microsoft Word for as a long as I can!
Leslie
Just tested. No problem with cut & paste here from Word to Mail. Using Office 2011 (14.3.2) which opens all my old word files. You could try Pager or OpenOffice to try to open your old .docs if you wish, but I would try uninstalling and reinstalling MS Office first. Should not be acting like this, and have never had a copatability problem.
Cheers
Pete

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Scimino wrote:
> My co-worker and I are both running Dreamweaver. However
for some
> reason I can copy and paste from Word into Dreamweaver
and retain the
> formatting (bold/italic etc) but she can not. I've done
searches on
> this board and online in general but haven't found
anything about
> this issue. Keep in mind that we are not importing HTML
from word,
> just basic cutting and pasting. The paragraph returns
are retained
> but the bold/italic formatting is lost. We don't need
the styles to
> come through (and would rather they not -they tend to
corrupt the
> html-it get's all wonky) just the formatting.
>
> I'm sure it's something silly like a preference in Word
or
> Dreamweaver but we can't seem to find it, or any one
else who is
> having the same issue.
>
> Our next step is to reinstall Dreamweaver to see if that
may clear
> the issue...
>
> Any thoughts?

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> Hi,
> I've been converting several Word documents, written by
authors at
> multiple
> institutions, to HTML using Dreamweaver 8.
>
> My apologies for the length of this post. If there's a
full description
> of
> the process of converting from Word to HTML using
Dreamweaver, please
> point it
> out. Otherwise, here are some questions.
>
> 1. Is there a way to specify how graphics are named? I'm
comparing this
> process with the File, Get Photos process in Photoshop
Elements, which
> allows
> the user to specify a renaming convention on the fly.
>
> 2. For some of the graphics, multiple files are created,
sometimes with
> different file extensions (both GIF and JPG show up),
and sometimes with
> additions to the file names (0001, 0002). These multiple
files seem to
> have
> smaller file sizes.
>
> 3. I'm looking for a batch rename facility. I can open
the graphics files
> in
> the Files panel and rename by pressing F2, and request
via update option
> (on
> the General tab of Edit, Preferences) that the
referencing file(s) be
> updated.
> But this is slow when you have more than just a couple
to do. The batch
> rename
> facility I wish for would both rename the files and
update files that link
> to
> them.
>
> 4. In Microsoft Word, when I do File, Save for Web (or
File, Save for Web
> (filtered) -- not sure of the spelling), I can click the
Tools button in
> the
> Save dialog box and select from a bunch of different
settings, including
> dpi
> etc. for graphics. Which such setting(s) are used by
Dreamweaver? I'm
> using
> the copy-n-paste method because the File, Import method
does not complete
> on my
> machine.
>
> 5. Are there recommended steps to clean up Word first?
For example,
> Microsoft
> says that Word documents can be saved as RTF, then
re-opened, to clear up
> damage (see Microsoft Knowledgebase article 826864). I
found, for
> example,
> that creating internal links in Word is faster than
creating doing the
> same in
> Dreamweaver). And I found that I should avoid the
Dreamweaver option that
> preserves styles. I want very simple output -- no forms,
etc.
>
> 6. Is there a way to compare outputs? Adobe mentions
that leaving off the
> final paragraph mark in Word can cause some formatting
to be lost. I'd
> like to
> do a paragraph-by-paragraph comparison (I know that 's
ambiguous because
> list
> items are treated as paragraphs in Word but not in
HTML.)
>
> 7. To meet the request of a client, I want to preserve
highlighting in the
> resulting HTML (yes, I know, i'd be using the
<font> tag, but only so that
> the
> authors can quickly find last-minute changes for
review). I'd clean those
> <font> tags out before going live. Can I fine-tune
the HTML conversion
> process?
>
> Again, my apologies for the number of questions. Partial
answers are most
> welcome.
>
> Bob Stromberg
> Greenwich, NY
>
>

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mattresshero wrote:
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