[Darren Lethem]

Hi there, I wonder if one of you good people would be able to solve a mystery for me please.

A couple of weeks ago I had a major laptop crash and had to restore factory settings. Since then I have had a problem with copy and paste.

Now I run a racing tipping comp here on DS and usually I post the racecards from Racing Post through copy and paste. They looked like this

NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER RTF% JOCKEY OR TS RPR
1 9-5112 Petit Robin 49 10 11-12 Nicky Henderson50 Mr N de Boinville7 159 141 162
2 261311 Cause Of Causes 27 5 11-5 Gordon Elliott56 Davy Condon 152 141 160
3 22-121 My Tent Or Yours 29 6 11-2 Nicky Henderson50 A P McCoy 149 127 161
4 21/171 Dark Lover 57 8 11-1 Paul Nicholls52 Ryan Mahon3 148 152 164

However since the crash when I copy and paste it looks like this


NO.

FORM

HORSE

AGE

WGT

TRAINER RTF%

JOCKEY

OR

TS

RPR



1

9-5112



Petit Robin 49

10

11-12

Nicky Henderson50

Mr N de Boinville7

159

141

162



2

261311



Cause Of Causes 27

5

11-5

Gordon Elliott56

Davy Condon

152

141

160



3

22-121



My Tent Or Yours 29

6

11-2

Nicky Henderson50

A P McCoy

149

127

161



4

21/171



Dark Lover 57

8

11-1

Paul Nicholls52

Ryan Mahon3

148

152

164



I have no idea why. I tried it on my other half's laptop and it worked fine, it is just on mine. Any ideas please ?

[Stig]

So, you are copy/pasting from a browser? Which one?

[Darren Lethem]

Originally Posted by Stig

So, you are copy/pasting from a browser? Which one?

From the Racing Post website, this page

http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/ca...ate=2013-02-09

[LION8TIGER]

Copy and paste into notepad, click file and Page Setup ... it should look like this.

[Stig]

Originally Posted by Darren Lethem

From the Racing Post website, this page

http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/ca...ate=2013-02-09

Yes, but which browser; Internet Explorer 7/8/9, Firefox, Chrome?

Did your browser change when you did the reinstallation?

[Darren Lethem]

Originally Posted by Stig

Yes, but which browser; Internet Explorer 7/8/9, Firefox, Chrome?

Did your browser change when you did the reinstallation?

Oh sorry, I am on IE 9. I think i was on 8

[Darren Lethem]

Originally Posted by LION8TIGER

Copy and paste into notepad, click file and Page Setup ... it should look like this.

That didn't work. When I paste it it comes up like before and the Automatically Select drop down doesnt highlight

[tealady]

Try another browser, firefox or chrome. What happens?
This will help establish where the problem lies.

[Darren Lethem]

Originally Posted by tealady

Try another browser, firefox or chrome. What happens?
This will help establish where the problem lies.

Thank you, that has solved it. I installed Chrome and it has worked a treat.