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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Hi,
When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a
toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Herb,
ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Hi Epinn
Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Shauna,
Thank you for explaining. I was about to give up and now after reading your post I will close the case. I should make a point to learn from your web site. Cheers, Epinn "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Hi Epinn
I'm glad it helped. Shauna Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Shauna, Thank you for explaining. I was about to give up and now after reading your post I will close the case. I should make a point to learn from your web site. Cheers, Epinn "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Odd. When I tested it before posting, I assigned EditPasteOption to a
keystroke. Pressing that keystroke caused the paste options icon to appear--every time. It did nothing else. Tonight, it pastes the contents of the clipboard AND displays the paste options icon. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
When you first tested, was there anything on the Clipboard?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Odd. When I tested it before posting, I assigned EditPasteOption to a keystroke. Pressing that keystroke caused the paste options icon to appear--every time. It did nothing else. Tonight, it pastes the contents of the clipboard AND displays the paste options icon. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Please correct me if I am wrong.
I just don't see how the Clipboard can be empty. If it is empty, that means there is nothing to paste. If there is nothing to paste, the paste (regular or editpasteoption) icon won't even be highlighted. Appreciate guidance. Epinn "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... When you first tested, was there anything on the Clipboard? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Odd. When I tested it before posting, I assigned EditPasteOption to a keystroke. Pressing that keystroke caused the paste options icon to appear--every time. It did nothing else. Tonight, it pastes the contents of the clipboard AND displays the paste options icon. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ....... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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I think I have got the paste option button working!!
Herb,
Thank you for pointing me to the right direction in your first post. Today, I reopened the case because you told me it worked for you the other day. I have done some experiments and I think I have figured it out. The other day, I missed one step and that was why it didn't work. You probably missed the same step that I missed when it didn't work for you subsequently??? Let's say I have clicked the **regular** paste button and the text is pasted and the paste option icon appears. I choose "keep source formatting" and hit enter. Oops, I want to change my mind and use "match destination formatting." At this point, I want to invoke the paste option icon again but I don't want to paste again. Here is the tricky and important part. I MUST **HIGHLIGHT** THE PASTED TEXT. Now, I can click on the EditPasteOption icon that I previously dragged over from toolscustomizecommandsall commandsEditPasteOption and inserted into my format toolbar. Viola! I can click "match destination formatting." Task accomplished i.e. I have invoked the paste option icon after I have lost it (by hitting enter) **without repasting the text**. I think the important step of highlighting the text addresses Shauna's concern about the system remembering what the source formatting is. I tried NOT to invoke the paste option button as soon as I lost it. Instead, I did a lot of typing and formatting at another location and came back to the text in question. I highlighted it and invoked the paste option button. As soon I did that, the original formatting appeared and the paste options icon also appeared. Very interesting. Please correct me if I am wrong. If you think I am on the right track and you can get it working as well, please let me know and I'll celebrate cause I finally get something, which I think is **impossible**, to work. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Odd. When I tested it before posting, I assigned EditPasteOption to a keystroke. Pressing that keystroke caused the paste options icon to appear--every time. It did nothing else. Tonight, it pastes the contents of the clipboard AND displays the paste options icon. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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How to invoke the "paste options" icon from a toolbar?
Probably.
-- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... When you first tested, was there anything on the Clipboard? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Odd. When I tested it before posting, I assigned EditPasteOption to a keystroke. Pressing that keystroke caused the paste options icon to appear--every time. It did nothing else. Tonight, it pastes the contents of the clipboard AND displays the paste options icon. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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I think I have got the paste option button working!!
I think you're on the right track, although I didn't need to reselect the
text. The key question is: Is it now working the way you want when you want it to? If the answer to that is Yes, then you've done it! Cheers, -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, Thank you for pointing me to the right direction in your first post. Today, I reopened the case because you told me it worked for you the other day. I have done some experiments and I think I have figured it out. The other day, I missed one step and that was why it didn't work. You probably missed the same step that I missed when it didn't work for you subsequently??? Let's say I have clicked the **regular** paste button and the text is pasted and the paste option icon appears. I choose "keep source formatting" and hit enter. Oops, I want to change my mind and use "match destination formatting." At this point, I want to invoke the paste option icon again but I don't want to paste again. Here is the tricky and important part. I MUST **HIGHLIGHT** THE PASTED TEXT. Now, I can click on the EditPasteOption icon that I previously dragged over from toolscustomizecommandsall commandsEditPasteOption and inserted into my format toolbar. Viola! I can click "match destination formatting." Task accomplished i.e. I have invoked the paste option icon after I have lost it (by hitting enter) **without repasting the text**. I think the important step of highlighting the text addresses Shauna's concern about the system remembering what the source formatting is. I tried NOT to invoke the paste option button as soon as I lost it. Instead, I did a lot of typing and formatting at another location and came back to the text in question. I highlighted it and invoked the paste option button. As soon I did that, the original formatting appeared and the paste options icon also appeared. Very interesting. Please correct me if I am wrong. If you think I am on the right track and you can get it working as well, please let me know and I'll celebrate cause I finally get something, which I think is **impossible**, to work. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Odd. When I tested it before posting, I assigned EditPasteOption to a keystroke. Pressing that keystroke caused the paste options icon to appear--every time. It did nothing else. Tonight, it pastes the contents of the clipboard AND displays the paste options icon. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Epinn Two things are going on here. First, there are several different commands that share the same icon and the same tooltip. So when you look in the Tools Customize All Commands list, you see lots of commands whose names start with "Edit". They all do different things, but if you drag them all to a toolbar, several of them have the same icon and the same tooltip. That's not very useful to you and I, but you can change the icon and/or the text if you want to distinguish them. Second, the EditPasteOption command pastes *and* displays the Paste Options button. I can't find a way to just display the Paste Options button on its own. And when I think about it, I'm not sure how it could work. If I could invoke it at will, then the document would have to remember, for each item ever pasted, what was the 'source' formatting and what was the 'destination' formatting at the moment of the paste. And the document does not do that. I don't think you can achieve what you have in mind. Sorry. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Epinn" wrote in message ... Herb, ToolsCustomizeCommandsEditPaste and ToolsCustomizeCommandsAll CommandsEditPasteOption are exactly the same. When the latter was dragged to a toolbar and moused over, the tip displayed "paste" instead of "paste options." In other words, when I clicked on it, the copied item was **pasted for a second time**, just like the regular paste button. What I want is to invoke the paste options icon but not to repaste. Where can I find that command? Thanks. Epinn "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... You can assign the EditPasteOption command to a shortcut key or to a toolbar. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Epinn" wrote in message ... Hi, When we click paste, the "paste options" icon appears and we can choose "keep source formatting" or "match destination formatting" or ...... Is there another way (other than repasting) to invoke this icon if it disappears when I hit enter accidentally? I can probably use format painter or ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v if I want to use source formatting. But how, if I want to match destination formatting without actually selecting the lines and keying in the font type and size. I am looking for a shortcut here. Thanks. Epinn |
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