[MyHandsy]

Ahhh, quite the nice dodge!

But, NOT SO FAST! If word changes, then the clone will eventually change
too. Therefore, this is the right place to suggest it.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Actually Outlook (AIUI) does not use Word as its editor but rather a clone
of Word operating fully freestanding, so your suggestion (if you want the
feature primarily for Outlook) really should be posted in an Outlook forum.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MyHandsy" wrote in message
...
Ahhh... I love how people focus on me or my particular situation and not
the
essence of my point. This tendency is truly the source of endless hours of
forum entertainment!

My point is this:
I sometimes want to post with formatting (like a table from excel), but
usually not. The formatting option is easy, the non-formatting option is
not
and it needs to be. Therefore, setting a permanent option deep within the
bowels of Word misses the point of what I am trying to suggest.

I want/need the option to be on-the-fly... as in the case with products
like
"Thunderbird." Adding a context menu item is not hard, and the current
context menu isn't very large, so there is literally no reason it could
not
be added. It would look fine and would appease many people. Those who
don't
care could happily ignore it (and proceed to insert all the clip-art they
want, since people who paste with formatting all the time are just those
kinds of people).

In point of fact; I am referring to Outlook 2007 actually but, since it's
using word for the editor, Outlook is not the right product to criticize
(at
least not for this part).


"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

No one here is "within Microsoft."

You don't bother to say what version of Word you use, but you can
simply add the "Paste Unformatted" command as a button on your QAT
(Word2007) or on whichever toolbar(s) you choose (Word2003), using the
Customize procedure.

On Aug 7, 11:04 am, MyHandsy
wrote:
I am (somewhat) sure someone within Microsoft is concerned about the
usability of Office. In particular, I am referring to the Word
component. As
it turns out, Word is quite bad at making specially formatted items
look
normal, and it is almost never the case that I even wanted it to try.

So, why do you people think it's OK to bury the "past special" option?
In
order to paste something as simply text, I have to get it into the
clipboard
and then go back to word (keystroke) select the past menu (mouse
movement and
click) select paste special (mouse movement and click) select
"unformatted
text" (mouse movement and click) then click "ok" (mouse movement and
click).
Not acceptable. I am surprised you haven't been sued for causing CTDs
for
this feature alone. Four mouse movements, four clicks, and a keystroke
is
very bad for something that is routinely used.

On the bright side, it is far faster for me to open notepad (mouse
movement
and click), paste (keystroke) select all (keystroke) and copy
(keystroke),
and go back to Word and paste (keystroke). One mouse movement and four
(consecutive) keystrokes... hundreds of dollars for the office suite
and I
have to rely on notepad to launder my clipboard items?

Whatever data you've collected suggesting that it's better to make it
difficult to paste just the text is just wrong. There is absolutely no
excuse
for a "paste as plain text" option to be missing from the context menu
in
Word. If there is a religious war going on inside Microsoft preventing
this
from happening, please fire a lot of people.

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