The subject says it all.

Did you try it?
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
The subject says it all.

Why have a 'paste special'? If I select an item to copy then go to paste it
in a document I have two choses 'paste' and 'paste special'. Why use one over
the other? Other than trial and error, where can I find info on the features
of 'paste special' asuming it has more features /functions. Do these
features/functions add overhead (size??) to the document if I have a large
number of items pasted with 'paste special'?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Did you try it?
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
The subject says it all.

The functional difference is that when you insert something with "Paste" you
get pretty much whatever formatting was with the text at the point where you
copied or cut it. including website formatting or even styles in Word
documents. This may be OK in many situations but a problem in others. For
example, if you want to insert text into a document, this may create some
havoc with your formatting.

Do this with "Paste Special" and you can paste the incoming stuff and have
some options about formatting. One option which is particularly useful for
text is the option for inserting text as Unformatted. This means that the
incoming text will lose whatever formatting it was carrying and adopts
whatever formatting you have in effect at the insertion point.

Could Microsoft have combined both into one? Of course. Should they have
done so? Well, who can say?

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
Why have a 'paste special'? If I select an item to copy then go to paste
it
in a document I have two choses 'paste' and 'paste special'. Why use one
over
the other? Other than trial and error, where can I find info on the
features
of 'paste special' asuming it has more features /functions. Do these
features/functions add overhead (size??) to the document if I have a large
number of items pasted with 'paste special'?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Did you try it?
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
The subject says it all.

Thank you for this information. When did paste special stop being part of
ole (or what ever phrase might be used when linking data )?

"Joseph McGuire" wrote:

The functional difference is that when you insert something with "Paste" you
get pretty much whatever formatting was with the text at the point where you
copied or cut it. including website formatting or even styles in Word
documents. This may be OK in many situations but a problem in others. For
example, if you want to insert text into a document, this may create some
havoc with your formatting.

Do this with "Paste Special" and you can paste the incoming stuff and have
some options about formatting. One option which is particularly useful for
text is the option for inserting text as Unformatted. This means that the
incoming text will lose whatever formatting it was carrying and adopts
whatever formatting you have in effect at the insertion point.

Could Microsoft have combined both into one? Of course. Should they have
done so? Well, who can say?

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
Why have a 'paste special'? If I select an item to copy then go to paste
it
in a document I have two choses 'paste' and 'paste special'. Why use one
over
the other? Other than trial and error, where can I find info on the
features
of 'paste special' asuming it has more features /functions. Do these
features/functions add overhead (size??) to the document if I have a large
number of items pasted with 'paste special'?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Did you try it?
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
The subject says it all.

You can still Paste Special and link as an OLE object, but there are other
variations as well.

--
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.

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
Thank you for this information. When did paste special stop being part of
ole (or what ever phrase might be used when linking data )?

"Joseph McGuire" wrote:

The functional difference is that when you insert something with "Paste"
you
get pretty much whatever formatting was with the text at the point where
you
copied or cut it. including website formatting or even styles in Word
documents. This may be OK in many situations but a problem in others.
For
example, if you want to insert text into a document, this may create
some
havoc with your formatting.

Do this with "Paste Special" and you can paste the incoming stuff and
have
some options about formatting. One option which is particularly useful
for
text is the option for inserting text as Unformatted. This means that
the
incoming text will lose whatever formatting it was carrying and adopts
whatever formatting you have in effect at the insertion point.

Could Microsoft have combined both into one? Of course. Should they
have
done so? Well, who can say?

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
Why have a 'paste special'? If I select an item to copy then go to
paste
it
in a document I have two choses 'paste' and 'paste special'. Why use
one
over
the other? Other than trial and error, where can I find info on the
features
of 'paste special' asuming it has more features /functions. Do these
features/functions add overhead (size??) to the document if I have a
large
number of items pasted with 'paste special'?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Did you try it?
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"butchkn" wrote in message
...
The subject says it all.