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Text changing formatting when pasted
I was reading an article on the MVP site regarding when you paste text from
one document based on the normal dot into another document based on another template. I created a template where the normal style is ariel 11. I opened a document based on normal dot and typed in some text. I then copied and pasted it into the document based on the template that I changed the normal style to be ariel 11. However, when I pasted the text it retained the formatting of the normal dot and anything I typed after was also times new roman 12. The article I read by Shauna Kelly states the opposite. How do I get the text of the document I copy from to take on the style of the document I am pasting to. Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Dee |
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Text changing formatting when pasted
The simple answer is to use Paste Special and paste the incoming text as
"Unformatted text." It will take on the style that is already in effect at the insertion point. To do this, first select your text in the first document and copy it. Then go to the point in the second document where you want to insert it. Press Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted Text and the incoming text will assume the style you have in effect at that point, such as "Normal" or anything else. This also works for pasting stuff from sources other than word documents. There is also a way to set this up using Smart tags, I think, but I am not smart enough. Besides, I find that this works quite well in the different versions of Word that I work with. I even have a Paste Special Macro I put on the toolbar in Word. Saves me about 2 mouse clicks. Haven't figured out what to do with all the time I have saved. "Dee" wrote in message ... I was reading an article on the MVP site regarding when you paste text from one document based on the normal dot into another document based on another template. I created a template where the normal style is ariel 11. I opened a document based on normal dot and typed in some text. I then copied and pasted it into the document based on the template that I changed the normal style to be ariel 11. However, when I pasted the text it retained the formatting of the normal dot and anything I typed after was also times new roman 12. The article I read by Shauna Kelly states the opposite. How do I get the text of the document I copy from to take on the style of the document I am pasting to. Thanks in advance for your help. Regards, Dee |
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