[Ed]

Thanks, Suzanne. I should have gone there first.
Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I'm afraid I can't help further on this because I don't have the
experience
or the expertise, but you might try posting in the
microsoft.public.word.tables group instead.

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"Ed" wrote in message
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If it's any further help, I copied four rows. Ctrl+V pasted them in, and
they changed text format. Highlight and Ctrl+Drag copied them with no
change in format.

Ed

"Ed" wrote in message
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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If you set Table Normal as the default AutoFormat, I think you'll find
this
helps.

Sorry, Suzanne, but it didn't help. A Paste still reformatted the
text.



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"Ed" wrote in message
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I may not have been clear enough, Suzanne - sorry about that. It's
not
the
style of the table itself - the borders and such. Pasting somehow
triggers
Words to change the Style of the text from Body Text 2 to Table Grid.
The
text is pasted in as copied, and then magically change to a different
font
and size.

Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Go to Table | Table AutoFormat and choose Table Normal, then click
Default... This will make Table Normal (no borders) the default for
all
documents based on the current document or attached template,
depending
on
your choice.

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"Ed" wrote in message
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What is the default Table AutoFormat for Normal.dot (or whatever
template
your document is based on)?

The Table AutoFormat dialog shows:
Category: All table styles
Table styles: Table Grid
All four "Apply To" boxes below are checked.

Ed

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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What is the default Table AutoFormat for Normal.dot (or whatever
template
your document is based on)?

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"Ed" wrote in message
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I'm in Word 2002, trying to copy repeating text from one set of
cells
into
another set. But every time I paste, Word imposes the "Table
Grid"
style
onto whatever I pasted. I can use the Format Painter to put
things
back
like I wanted. But is there any way I can stop this behavior?

Ed