[day10]

Are you saving the list of names in a Word doc? try saving it in a plain text doc using Notepad - that may make cutting and pasting more successful. This is all, of course, given that I understand the problem to begin with.......

[franksolich]

After I am on Free Republic--via Explorer, naturally--and then wish to open the Microsoft Word document from which I "copy" to "paste" here (such as this news story from that excellent newspaper the Aftenposten), well.....

Explorer is open, and I am opening the Microsoft Word document.....

.....and I manage to get one and a half cigarettes smoked while patiently waiting for the Microsoft Word document to open.....

I go back to Explorer (this page), so as to "paste" the document.....

.....and I manage to get another one and a half cigarettes smoked while patiently waiting for the document to "paste" itself.

Sometimes I think it would actually be faster, if I were to print the article from its web-site, and then type the whole thing in myself.

[Born Conservative]

I use Microsoft Word for my "ping list" names, and it works fine (I use IE at work, Firefox at home). I've found that when I copy the FReeper name and then go to paste it, it's best to first copy it, then (in Word) click "edit", then "Paste Special", then "Unformatted Text". This might fix your problem. Of course, this is a non-issue with Notepad, so that should work as well.