I can't take it anymore, so I beg an MVP to please respond to this e-
mail. I've encountered the following problem sporadically for several
years in various versions of Outlook, but it has happened twice today
with important e-mails, to important people, and I'm mad.

Every so often, with no discernible rhyme or reason, pasting text into
a message body using the CTRL-V function will immediately send the e-
mail (without even pasting the text). No, I'm not accidentally hitting
CTRL-ENTER, and no, I'm not hitting any other keys along the way. This
is simply a matter of having an e-mail open (with an address in the
address field), hitting CTRL-V in the body to paste something from the
clipboard (a URL, some plain text, doesn't seem to matter what), and
having the e-mail zapped from my screen and get sent.

Needless to say, this results in stupid-looking e-mails for the
recipient. "Thank you for the interview opportunity. Please have a
look at my resume he" BLANK

Google searches on both the Web and in newsgroups have turned up only
a few posts about this -- but then, searching for "outlook and ctrl-v
and send," etc., doesn't exactly make for an easy hunt, so who knows
what's out there on the topic. The few references I've found offer no
solutions, let alone explanations.

In fact, at this point I don't even care if there is a solution. I
just need to know what the explanation is. Something this frustrating
cannot remain this mysterious without making it that much more
frustrating...

Thanks very much.

what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard remappers
installed?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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wrote in message
ps.com...
I can't take it anymore, so I beg an MVP to please respond to this e-
mail. I've encountered the following problem sporadically for several
years in various versions of Outlook, but it has happened twice today
with important e-mails, to important people, and I'm mad.

Every so often, with no discernible rhyme or reason, pasting text into
a message body using the CTRL-V function will immediately send the e-
mail (without even pasting the text). No, I'm not accidentally hitting
CTRL-ENTER, and no, I'm not hitting any other keys along the way. This
is simply a matter of having an e-mail open (with an address in the
address field), hitting CTRL-V in the body to paste something from the
clipboard (a URL, some plain text, doesn't seem to matter what), and
having the e-mail zapped from my screen and get sent.

Needless to say, this results in stupid-looking e-mails for the
recipient. "Thank you for the interview opportunity. Please have a
look at my resume he" BLANK

Google searches on both the Web and in newsgroups have turned up only
a few posts about this -- but then, searching for "outlook and ctrl-v
and send," etc., doesn't exactly make for an easy hunt, so who knows
what's out there on the topic. The few references I've found offer no
solutions, let alone explanations.

In fact, at this point I don't even care if there is a solution. I
just need to know what the explanation is. Something this frustrating
cannot remain this mysterious without making it that much more
frustrating...

Thanks very much.

Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

Every so often, with no discernible rhyme or reason, pasting text
into a message body using the CTRL-V function will immediately send
the e- mail (without even pasting the text). No, I'm not
accidentally hitting CTRL-ENTER, and no, I'm not hitting any other
keys along the way. This is simply a matter of having an e-mail open
(with an address in the address field), hitting CTRL-V in the body
to paste something from the clipboard (a URL, some plain text,
doesn't seem to matter what), and having the e-mail zapped from my
screen and get sent.

what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard remappers
installed?


In addition, what software do you have on the system that might capture key
strokes? If it was an add-in, I'd expect it to happen every time you hit
control-v, but it sounds like you might run a different piece of software
that occasionally jumps in and reads the control-v and sends a
control-enter.

Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the keyboard
shortcut?

And, if you can train yourself, just start putting something completely
un-resolvable (I used to put in xyzzyxyzzyxyzzy) into the CC line. IIRC,
pop3/imap in OL won't just try to send it, but you'll want to verify that
just to be sure.

--
f.h.

"what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard
remappers
installed? "

None, and no. I wish it were that simple. And actually, this has
happened on at least three different PCs, including my (very clean)
computer at work.

"In addition, what software do you have on the system that might
capture key strokes?"

None.

"Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the
keyboard shortcut?"

As far as I can recall, this has happened only with the CTRL-V
shortcut.

Like I say, there are other reports of this behavior floating around
out there, and most of these users are baffled just like me --
reporting that there's no errant typing, no apparent software
conflicts, that it happens only every so often, etc.

I've tried to figure out a pattern. Like crazy I've tried, down to
scribbling down every action I can recall prior to the paste/send. But
it never matches up into a discernable pattern.

I can type a bit into the body of the e-mail, go to my browser, copy
10 paragraphs, paste, and BOOM. I can type a bit, copy two words from
a Notepad file, paste, BOOM. I can have an empty draft, copy whatever,
paste, BOOM. It can be the first e-mail of the day, or the 50th. It
can be with my cheapo Office Depot keyboard at home, or my MS Comfort
Curve keyboard at work. None of it seems to matter.





On Mar 5, 10:50 pm, "F.H. Muffman" wrote:
Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

Every so often, with no discernible rhyme or reason, pasting text
into a message body using the CTRL-V function will immediately send
the e- mail (without even pasting the text). No, I'm not
accidentally hitting CTRL-ENTER, and no, I'm not hitting any other
keys along the way. This is simply a matter of having an e-mail open
(with an address in the address field), hitting CTRL-V in the body
to paste something from the clipboard (a URL, some plain text,
doesn't seem to matter what), and having the e-mail zapped from my
screen and get sent.

what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard remappers
installed?

In addition, what software do you have on the system that might capture key
strokes? If it was an add-in, I'd expect it to happen every time you hit
control-v, but it sounds like you might run a different piece of software
that occasionally jumps in and reads the control-v and sends a
control-enter.

Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the keyboard
shortcut?

And, if you can train yourself, just start putting something completely
un-resolvable (I used to put in xyzzyxyzzyxyzzy) into the CC line. IIRC,
pop3/imap in OL won't just try to send it, but you'll want to verify that
just to be sure.

--
f.h.

None, and no. I wish it were that simple. And actually, this has
happened on at least three different PCs, including my (very clean)
computer at work.

All computers you use? Or is this referring to the other instances you
found?

When it happens to very few people while working correctly for 100's, it is
something with the system - possibly a driver or utility installed by the
vendor - not a bug in Outlook. You say your system is very clean - what all
is installed besides office?

What computer model do you use? did any of the others who had this problem
mention their computer model?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


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wrote in message
oups.com...
"what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard
remappers
installed? "

None, and no. I wish it were that simple. And actually, this has
happened on at least three different PCs, including my (very clean)
computer at work.

"In addition, what software do you have on the system that might
capture key strokes?"

None.

"Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the
keyboard shortcut?"

As far as I can recall, this has happened only with the CTRL-V
shortcut.

Like I say, there are other reports of this behavior floating around
out there, and most of these users are baffled just like me --
reporting that there's no errant typing, no apparent software
conflicts, that it happens only every so often, etc.

I've tried to figure out a pattern. Like crazy I've tried, down to
scribbling down every action I can recall prior to the paste/send. But
it never matches up into a discernable pattern.

I can type a bit into the body of the e-mail, go to my browser, copy
10 paragraphs, paste, and BOOM. I can type a bit, copy two words from
a Notepad file, paste, BOOM. I can have an empty draft, copy whatever,
paste, BOOM. It can be the first e-mail of the day, or the 50th. It
can be with my cheapo Office Depot keyboard at home, or my MS Comfort
Curve keyboard at work. None of it seems to matter.





On Mar 5, 10:50 pm, "F.H. Muffman" wrote:
Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

Every so often, with no discernible rhyme or reason, pasting text
into a message body using the CTRL-V function will immediately send
the e- mail (without even pasting the text). No, I'm not
accidentally hitting CTRL-ENTER, and no, I'm not hitting any other
keys along the way. This is simply a matter of having an e-mail open
(with an address in the address field), hitting CTRL-V in the body
to paste something from the clipboard (a URL, some plain text,
doesn't seem to matter what), and having the e-mail zapped from my
screen and get sent.

what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard remappers
installed?

In addition, what software do you have on the system that might capture
key
strokes? If it was an add-in, I'd expect it to happen every time you hit
control-v, but it sounds like you might run a different piece of software
that occasionally jumps in and reads the control-v and sends a
control-enter.

Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the keyboard
shortcut?

And, if you can train yourself, just start putting something completely
un-resolvable (I used to put in xyzzyxyzzyxyzzy) into the CC line. IIRC,
pop3/imap in OL won't just try to send it, but you'll want to verify that
just to be sure.

--
f.h.

wrote:

Like I say, there are other reports of this behavior floating around
out there, and most of these users are baffled just like me --
reporting that there's no errant typing, no apparent software
conflicts, that it happens only every so often, etc.

Like you, I had trouble seaching for this. Out of curiousity, can you point
me to the other mentions of this behaviour? I'd really like to see what
they said. It might give me a spark for something to search for.


I can type a bit into the body of the e-mail, go to my browser, copy
10 paragraphs, paste, and BOOM. I can type a bit, copy two words from
a Notepad file, paste, BOOM. I can have an empty draft, copy whatever,
paste, BOOM. It can be the first e-mail of the day, or the 50th. It
can be with my cheapo Office Depot keyboard at home, or my MS Comfort
Curve keyboard at work. None of it seems to matter.


So, just to make sure, it only seems to happen on the first control-v in the
message. IOW, whatever is causing this, while random, isn't random beyond
the unsent message window.

You say the machine is 'clean'. So, that tells me that there is *no*
software installed on the system besides Office?
--
f.h.

I must confess that this is the first time that I have heard of this issue
as well. Whilst this issue is being investigated might I suggest that you
add a rule to delay delivery of your messages by a few minutes. This way if
you do inadvertently have a message sent out you can catch it in time before
it causes you any further embarrassment.

--
Benjamin Gay [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights

On Mar 5, 11:27 pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
None, and no. I wish it were that simple. And actually, this has
happened on at least three different PCs, including my (very clean)
computer at work.

All computers you use? Or is this referring to the other instances you
found?

Yes, I meant that these were three PCs used by me. I found a handful
of links to reports by others, if not so informative; I've pasted them
into a response below.

When it happens to very few people while working correctly for 100's, it is
something with the system - possibly a driver or utility installed by the
vendor - not a bug in Outlook. You say your system is very clean - what all
is installed besides office?

What computer model do you use? did any of the others who had this problem
mention their computer model?

I'll see later today if I can find some common links between the two
guilty PCs I can currently access (home and work).

Thank you, by the way, for your responses.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


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wrote in message

oups.com...

"what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard
remappers
installed? "

None, and no. I wish it were that simple. And actually, this has
happened on at least three different PCs, including my (very clean)
computer at work.

"In addition, what software do you have on the system that might
capture key strokes?"

None.

"Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the
keyboard shortcut?"

As far as I can recall, this has happened only with the CTRL-V
shortcut.

Like I say, there are other reports of this behavior floating around
out there, and most of these users are baffled just like me --
reporting that there's no errant typing, no apparent software
conflicts, that it happens only every so often, etc.

I've tried to figure out a pattern. Like crazy I've tried, down to
scribbling down every action I can recall prior to the paste/send. But
it never matches up into a discernable pattern.

I can type a bit into the body of the e-mail, go to my browser, copy
10 paragraphs, paste, and BOOM. I can type a bit, copy two words from
a Notepad file, paste, BOOM. I can have an empty draft, copy whatever,
paste, BOOM. It can be the first e-mail of the day, or the 50th. It
can be with my cheapo Office Depot keyboard at home, or my MS Comfort
Curve keyboard at work. None of it seems to matter.

On Mar 5, 10:50 pm, "F.H. Muffman" wrote:
Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

Every so often, with no discernible rhyme or reason, pasting text
into a message body using the CTRL-V function will immediately send
the e- mail (without even pasting the text). No, I'm not
accidentally hitting CTRL-ENTER, and no, I'm not hitting any other
keys along the way. This is simply a matter of having an e-mail open
(with an address in the address field), hitting CTRL-V in the body
to paste something from the clipboard (a URL, some plain text,
doesn't seem to matter what), and having the e-mail zapped from my
screen and get sent.

what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard remappers
installed?

In addition, what software do you have on the system that might capture
key
strokes? If it was an add-in, I'd expect it to happen every time you hit
control-v, but it sounds like you might run a different piece of software
that occasionally jumps in and reads the control-v and sends a
control-enter.

Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the keyboard
shortcut?

And, if you can train yourself, just start putting something completely
un-resolvable (I used to put in xyzzyxyzzyxyzzy) into the CC line. IIRC,
pop3/imap in OL won't just try to send it, but you'll want to verify that
just to be sure.

--
f.h.

Like you, I had trouble seaching for this. Out of curiousity, can you point
me to the other mentions of this behaviour? I'd really like to see what
they said. It might give me a spark for something to search for.

Managed to scrape up a couple:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...0ad26a7db6c77a
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d7ff9f611b3a64
http://help.lockergnome.com/office/O...ict594140.html

Found one from a woman who assumes she's just hitting bad keys (but
I'll bet it's actually this whole deal -- I kept assuming the same
thing when it first happened):
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...aec15e0333eb31

So, just to make sure, it only seems to happen on the first control-v in the
message. IOW, whatever is causing this, while random, isn't random beyond
the unsent message window.

Yes, that's right: an unsent e-mail with an address in the address
field. And good point: As far as I can recall, it is indeed always the
first instance of CTRL-V on that unsent body. (Though not necessarily
the first CTRL-V during that session of Outlook.)

You say the machine is 'clean'. So, that tells me that there is *no*
software installed on the system besides Office?

Sorry, that was just me being a layman using a term that probably has
a technical meaning. What I meant is that the work PC is scrupulously
maintained by high-level corporate admins, and so isn't filled with
random gunk as a home PC might be.

Because of those same corporate admins, I won't be able to post
further to this thread until tonight. ;-)

Ok... so it happens to you on different computers you use. Look for common
things between the systems- programs, hardware.... voice activation. Speech
utilities are an often overlooked cause when weird things happen. If it's
enabled and a microphone is connected in a noisy room, funny things will
happen.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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On Mar 5, 11:27 pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
None, and no. I wish it were that simple. And actually, this has
happened on at least three different PCs, including my (very clean)
computer at work.

All computers you use? Or is this referring to the other instances you
found?

Yes, I meant that these were three PCs used by me. I found a handful
of links to reports by others, if not so informative; I've pasted them
into a response below.

When it happens to very few people while working correctly for 100's, it
is
something with the system - possibly a driver or utility installed by the
vendor - not a bug in Outlook. You say your system is very clean - what
all
is installed besides office?

What computer model do you use? did any of the others who had this
problem
mention their computer model?

I'll see later today if I can find some common links between the two
guilty PCs I can currently access (home and work).

Thank you, by the way, for your responses.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks?http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007:http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
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wrote in message

oups.com...

"what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard
remappers
installed? "

None, and no. I wish it were that simple. And actually, this has
happened on at least three different PCs, including my (very clean)
computer at work.

"In addition, what software do you have on the system that might
capture key strokes?"

None.

"Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the
keyboard shortcut?"

As far as I can recall, this has happened only with the CTRL-V
shortcut.

Like I say, there are other reports of this behavior floating around
out there, and most of these users are baffled just like me --
reporting that there's no errant typing, no apparent software
conflicts, that it happens only every so often, etc.

I've tried to figure out a pattern. Like crazy I've tried, down to
scribbling down every action I can recall prior to the paste/send. But
it never matches up into a discernable pattern.

I can type a bit into the body of the e-mail, go to my browser, copy
10 paragraphs, paste, and BOOM. I can type a bit, copy two words from
a Notepad file, paste, BOOM. I can have an empty draft, copy whatever,
paste, BOOM. It can be the first e-mail of the day, or the 50th. It
can be with my cheapo Office Depot keyboard at home, or my MS Comfort
Curve keyboard at work. None of it seems to matter.

On Mar 5, 10:50 pm, "F.H. Muffman" wrote:
Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote:

Every so often, with no discernible rhyme or reason, pasting text
into a message body using the CTRL-V function will immediately send
the e- mail (without even pasting the text). No, I'm not
accidentally hitting CTRL-ENTER, and no, I'm not hitting any other
keys along the way. This is simply a matter of having an e-mail
open
(with an address in the address field), hitting CTRL-V in the body
to paste something from the clipboard (a URL, some plain text,
doesn't seem to matter what), and having the e-mail zapped from my
screen and get sent.

what addins are installed? do you have any tweak or keyboard
remappers
installed?

In addition, what software do you have on the system that might
capture
key
strokes? If it was an add-in, I'd expect it to happen every time you
hit
control-v, but it sounds like you might run a different piece of
software
that occasionally jumps in and reads the control-v and sends a
control-enter.

Do you ever try the menu to paste, or are you always using the
keyboard
shortcut?

And, if you can train yourself, just start putting something
completely
un-resolvable (I used to put in xyzzyxyzzyxyzzy) into the CC line.
IIRC,
pop3/imap in OL won't just try to send it, but you'll want to verify
that
just to be sure.

--
f.h.