(Probably) Stupid Copy/Paste Question

Hello, and thank you in advance for your help. This is my first day on the PowerBook Pro. I was previously on a PowerBook G3.
I'm having strange issue: Copying and pasting works fine...exept when copying and pasting from a website onto an HTML editor (like Composer or NVU).
It's very strange. It worked fine on my PowerBook, but now when I go to paste nothing happens. I've tried to find some setting that may have changed but haven't found anything. I'm completely stumped. Does anyone have any ideas?
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

It doesn't seem to matter what the site is. I've tried copying from different sites onto different HTML editors. I copy (via command C, or edit copy, or control click) and try to paste it into Composer nothing happens. If I paste it onto any regular text editor (MS Word, Stickies, etc) it pastes without a problem. For some reason I'm only having the problem when I paste into an HTML editor.
Very strange, no?? Perhaps there's an issue with copying something formatted? I created a hyperlink in Word and tried to copy/paste it into Composer and wasn't able to do it. Is there a setting for copying formatted text that needs to be turned on or something?
Thanks again for any help you could give!
~t
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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