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Copy/paste sans formatting
The default in Word is to paste with the format of the copied text,
rather than the format of where the text is being inserted. I hate that, especially when pasting into corporate templates where the layout has to be just so. I either have to use: Edit - paste special - unformatted text or paste the text, then apply the right formatting. But this is painful as Word starts to add its own ideas on styles to my styles menu based on the pasted text. To ease my pain, I have created a small macro that uses pasteUnformatted. However, now I get the "your document contains macros..." warning whenever I open Word documents. But what I would *really* like to do is turn off the "feature" in Word that makes pasteFormatted the default. Is this possible? As a related question, I use Powerpoint to create drawings, then past them into Word. By default, Word makes them an object, which I hate - I just want a picture. So I tell it to paste as picture. But now Word ignores my default for pasting pictures, which is "inline with paragraph". How can I tell Word not to paste objects, just pictures, *and* use my default for pasting - i.e. inline? -- Rob |
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Rob,
Open Notepad. Copy your text to the clipboard, paste into Notepad. Select all in Notepad, copy to the clipboard, and then paste into your word document. "RobG" wrote in message news The default in Word is to paste with the format of the copied text, rather than the format of where the text is being inserted. I hate that, especially when pasting into corporate templates where the layout has to be just so. I either have to use: Edit - paste special - unformatted text or paste the text, then apply the right formatting. But this is painful as Word starts to add its own ideas on styles to my styles menu based on the pasted text. To ease my pain, I have created a small macro that uses pasteUnformatted. However, now I get the "your document contains macros..." warning whenever I open Word documents. But what I would *really* like to do is turn off the "feature" in Word that makes pasteFormatted the default. Is this possible? As a related question, I use Powerpoint to create drawings, then past them into Word. By default, Word makes them an object, which I hate - I just want a picture. So I tell it to paste as picture. But now Word ignores my default for pasting pictures, which is "inline with paragraph". How can I tell Word not to paste objects, just pictures, *and* use my default for pasting - i.e. inline? -- Rob |
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For information on how Word handles copy and paste, please see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...xtChanges.html and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ionsWorks.html. -- Stefan Blom "RobG" wrote in message news The default in Word is to paste with the format of the copied text, rather than the format of where the text is being inserted. I hate that, especially when pasting into corporate templates where the layout has to be just so. I either have to use: Edit - paste special - unformatted text or paste the text, then apply the right formatting. But this is painful as Word starts to add its own ideas on styles to my styles menu based on the pasted text. To ease my pain, I have created a small macro that uses pasteUnformatted. However, now I get the "your document contains macros..." warning whenever I open Word documents. But what I would *really* like to do is turn off the "feature" in Word that makes pasteFormatted the default. Is this possible? As a related question, I use Powerpoint to create drawings, then past them into Word. By default, Word makes them an object, which I hate - I just want a picture. So I tell it to paste as picture. But now Word ignores my default for pasting pictures, which is "inline with paragraph". How can I tell Word not to paste objects, just pictures, *and* use my default for pasting - i.e. inline? -- Rob |
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I have written a macro, just a simple "Paste Special Unformatted"
prespred as a recorded keystroke macro. Sub Paste_Special_Unformatted() Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _ wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False End Sub and then bound it to Alt+V Tools = Customize = Keyboard = Macros . . . Then I paste with Alt+V instead of Ctrl+V and get the behavior you wish. Fred Holmes On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:33:40 GMT, RobG wrote: The default in Word is to paste with the format of the copied text, rather than the format of where the text is being inserted. I hate that, especially when pasting into corporate templates where the layout has to be just so. I either have to use: Edit - paste special - unformatted text or paste the text, then apply the right formatting. But this is painful as Word starts to add its own ideas on styles to my styles menu based on the pasted text. To ease my pain, I have created a small macro that uses pasteUnformatted. However, now I get the "your document contains macros..." warning whenever I open Word documents. But what I would *really* like to do is turn off the "feature" in Word that makes pasteFormatted the default. Is this possible? As a related question, I use Powerpoint to create drawings, then past them into Word. By default, Word makes them an object, which I hate - I just want a picture. So I tell it to paste as picture. But now Word ignores my default for pasting pictures, which is "inline with paragraph". How can I tell Word not to paste objects, just pictures, *and* use my default for pasting - i.e. inline? |
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