Copying and Pasting from Mozilla Firefox ??

vicwatson

How come I cannot copy and paste a picture using Firefox yet I can from Internet Explorer, In order for me to copy and paste a picture, say from Google, into an e-mail I need to open up IE and then it will work. What's up with doing it from Firefox ??

TIA

chin_grin

When you right click the image does it give you the option to copy it? Or click it and press ctrl+c.

yoyo

There are two options in firefox when you right click an image:
Copy Image Location: Copys the image's URL address so if clicked should show the image
Copy Image: The one you want, copys the image as it is to the clipboard,
Try use "Copy Image" and see if it works

Nick

vicwatson

Hi Chin Grin,

Yes I can "copy" it but when I go to paste it the option is not highlighted

vicwatson

Hi Nick,

Yes its the copy image one I've been using but it wont let me paste

yoyo

vicwatson wrote: »

Hi Nick,

Yes its the copy image one I've been using but it wont let me paste

Can you paste the image into say Microsoft Paint and it works? It could be something to do with the way your email client handles clipboard data, can you copy text stuff into the email easy enough?

Nick

vicwatson

Can you paste the image into say Microsoft Paint and it works?

Tried this and works no problem

can you copy text stuff into the email easy enough?

Tried this and no problem either

yoyo

vicwatson wrote: »

Tried this and works no problem



Tried this and no problem either

What email client are you using? Sounds like it is the problem!

Nick

vicwatson

It's outlook express (yeh probably out of date but I've gone through 3 computers with and am very used to it !)

Gadgetman496

vicwatson wrote: »

It's outlook express (yeh probably out of date but I've gone through 3 computers with and am very used to it !)

Outlook Express has always been like that when it came to pasting pictures from the Web. There's nothing wrong with FF, It's just Microsoft being Microsoft, they only let OE interact with other MS applications.

If for example, you copy a pic from the Web, paste it into a Word document, copy it from the word Doc & you will be able to paste it into Outlook Express.

Another option, if you don't need to do it too often? is to right click the pic on the Web and save it to your Desktop, then when you have your new email open, choose to "Insert Picture" and point to wherever you downed it. (see Pic below)

yoyo

vicwatson wrote: »

It's outlook express (yeh probably out of date but I've gone through 3 computers with and am very used to it !)

Why not download Windows Live Mail? OE is a security nightmare and should be stopped using as soon as possible! Liva mail will import your accounts & mailbox from OE, I would definately reccomend you take the plunge

Nick