Sure is bizarre! When I select and copy just the text of a cell containing
two paragraphs (not the whole cell), and then paste into multiple cells, in
each of the alternative cells is get just the first word of the alternate
paragraphs, not even the complete paragraph.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Bizarre! I would suggest this workaround. Replace the paragraph break in
the
copied cell with, say, @@. Copy and paste, then use Find and Replace to
replace @@ with ^p in that column.

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"Kelly" wrote in message
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I have built a table in Word 2003. The table has seven columns and many
rows. I wish to copy the contents of one cell to almost all the cells in
a
column. The contents of the one cell has two paragraphs. I select the
one
cell and click the copy button the toolbar. I then select all the cells
where I wish to paste the contents of the original cell. I click the
paste
button on the toolbar. The results are odd. The first paragaph is
pasted
to
the first, third, fifth cell and so on. Every other cell receives the
first
paragraph from the original cell starting with the first cell I selected
to
receive the pasting. The second paragraph is pasted to the second,
fourth,
sixth cell and so on. Every other cell receives the second paragraph
from
the original cell starting with the second cell I select to receive the
pasting. I've tried everything I can think to do.

Is there an easy way to copy two paragraphs from one cell to multiple
cells
with each cell receiving the contents of the original cell and not
parsing
the contents of the orignail cell to many cells?

I appreciate any help you can provide.