Solve : Copy/Paste from email looses text formatting.?

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Answer» Windows 2000 Sometimes I want to save the nicely formatted text body of an email. I do select and copy, but when I paste it, I have just the plain text - it lost all of it's formatting (font/color/size). Where are you PASTING your text? Some programs (such as Notepad) simply don't support this type of format.Notepad, Wordpad - where should I be pasting it? ... and have you tried it?Try pasting it into Microsoft Word or similar office programs.. Depending on what the E-mail was written in, though. Is it an HTML E-mail you're trying to copy? Quote Notepad, Wordpad - where should I be pasting it? ... and have you tried it? Of course I have. That's how I know. Try RAPTOR's suggestion; you'll probably have more luck with Word. But like he said, it depends on the type of e-mail.It works pasting into Word, but not into Wordpad. I'm using YAHOO web mail reader. Thanks guys. [size=8](from an ol' fart who's not too old to learn)[/size]WordPad will sometimes retain formatting, depending on what it is. For example, I just copied some text with bold font from an email to WordPad and the bold font carried over to WordPad. But, WordPad is more limited than Word in what formatting can be copied to it and, as previously stated by others, NotePad retains no formatting. Sometimes, people want the opposite effect; they want formatting NOT to be carried over from, say, a web page. So, copying to NotePad, PERHAPS as an intermediate step to copying to another application, can be used to drop/lose the formatting. Quote It works pasting into Word, but not into Wordpad. I'm using Yahoo web mail reader. Thanks guys. [size=8](from an ol' fart who's not too old to learn)[/size] Wordpad will usually display certain fonts, colors, and styles...but it won't always display the proper formatting/layout. As we've established, Word is your best bet for this. You could try pasting the content into Word, copying it again, and then pasting it into Wordpad. But that's a bit of a hassle and I'm really not even sure it would work. I suppose it's worth a SHOT, though.

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Windows 2000
Sometimes I want to save the nicely formatted text body of an email.
I do select and copy, but when I paste it, I have just the plain text - it lost all of it's formatting (font/color/size).
Where are you PASTING your text? Some programs (such as Notepad) simply don't support this type of format.Notepad, Wordpad -
where should I be pasting it?
... and have you tried it?Try pasting it into Microsoft Word or similar office programs..

Depending on what the E-mail was written in, though. Is it an HTML E-mail you're trying to copy? Quote

Notepad, Wordpad -
where should I be pasting it?
... and have you tried it?

Of course I have. That's how I know.
Try RAPTOR's suggestion; you'll probably have more luck with Word. But like he said, it depends on the type of e-mail.It works pasting into Word, but not into Wordpad.
I'm using YAHOO web mail reader.

Thanks guys.
[size=8](from an ol' fart who's not too old to learn)[/size]WordPad will sometimes retain formatting, depending on what it is. For example, I just copied some text with bold font from an email to WordPad and the bold font carried over to WordPad. But, WordPad is more limited than Word in what formatting can be copied to it and, as previously stated by others, NotePad retains no formatting.

Sometimes, people want the opposite effect; they want formatting NOT to be carried over from, say, a web page. So, copying to NotePad, PERHAPS as an intermediate step to copying to another application, can be used to drop/lose the formatting. Quote

It works pasting into Word, but not into Wordpad.
I'm using Yahoo web mail reader.

Thanks guys.
[size=8](from an ol' fart who's not too old to learn)[/size]

Wordpad will usually display certain fonts, colors, and styles...but it won't always display the proper formatting/layout. As we've established, Word is your best bet for this. You could try pasting the content into Word, copying it again, and then pasting it into Wordpad. But that's a bit of a hassle and I'm really not even sure it would work. I suppose it's worth a SHOT, though.

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