I tried this, but it doesn't work quite correctly. I'm able to send the document to a mail recipient as you describe, and in the "compose mail" window it looks fine. Once the mail is sent, though, the formatting is still messed up in both the inbox and outbox versions.

An additional complication: I'm teaching an online college class that uses a newsgroup setup similar to Usenet. I can't figure out how to get the message to the newsgroup server instead of a regular email address.

One trick that does work: I created a PDF file from the word document. Then I copied the section of interest to a blank Word document as an image. Then I copied the image from the Word document to the OE message, and it seems to work fine. Copying the section directly from the PDF file to OE does not work - the "paste" option is not available.

Thanks for any additional advice you can offer!

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"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:OsIZIoZBGHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Workaround: Compose in Word > File > Send to > Mail Recipient
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
"Lewis Clark" <lewis_clark_644 @ yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OtYpf.7369$7f3.3869@trnddc01...
I'm trying to copy and paste text and graphics from a Word document. In the Word document, the text is spaced with tabs and the space bar to line up with certain features in the graphics. The graphics are all created with the Word Drawing Toolbar tools, and are primarily lines and arrows. The result is supposed to be a time line, with the numbers representing cash flow at each time period.

I tried to post an image of what I mean but the message got filtered out by the server. When I copy and paste directly from the Word document file to Outlook Express, all of the numbers on the timeline get shifted out of position.

I'd prefer to be able to copy and paste directly from Word and retain the formatting. My emails are set up to use Rich Text Format.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

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