formattedText to clipboard

[Mark Swindell]

Via a button, how can I capture the formatted text of a field and put  
it into the clipboard so that it can then be pasted with formatting  
intact into a word processor??

"Set the clipboardData to field x", puts the text but without  
formatting.

"Set the clipboardData to the htmlText of field x" puts the text plus  
all the tags.

"Set the clipboardData to the rtfText of field x" puts the text plus  
all the tags.

But if I manually select within the field, copy it, and then paste it  
directly into Pages or Word, I get the formatted text (with some  
glitches, but essentially ok for my purposes).

Thanks
Mark