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Word 2003 table reformats when pasted to Word 2007
Situation: In a Word 2003 document, I copied a table. I moved to a Word 2007
document and pasted the table. Result: table converted to text, font size changed, text contained in many paragraphs, table content extended over two pages. Troubleshooting efforts: Subsequent copy/pastes did not correct problem. The content would not return to table format. Question: What happened? Why? How to avoid in future? -- CSC |
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Word 2003 table reformats when pasted to Word 2007
When you paste into 2007 you should get a smart tag with the option to keep
destination formatting. Otherwise, you could try using paste special instead of just paste, this usually hangs on to the original formatting. "Bill Gruener" wrote: Situation: In a Word 2003 document, I copied a table. I moved to a Word 2007 document and pasted the table. Result: table converted to text, font size changed, text contained in many paragraphs, table content extended over two pages. Troubleshooting efforts: Subsequent copy/pastes did not correct problem. The content would not return to table format. Question: What happened? Why? How to avoid in future? -- CSC |
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Word 2003 table reformats when pasted to Word 2007
Look at the cut, copy, and paste setting in Word options. Change it to the
default choice. If you used Ctrl+v, it's possible that someone has overridden the paste command with paste unformatted text. Paste via the menus instead. If this doesn't help, I hope someone else has another idea. Pam Bill Gruener wrote: Situation: In a Word 2003 document, I copied a table. I moved to a Word 2007 document and pasted the table. Result: table converted to text, font size changed, text contained in many paragraphs, table content extended over two pages. Troubleshooting efforts: Subsequent copy/pastes did not correct problem. The content would not return to table format. Question: What happened? Why? How to avoid in future? -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ables/200906/1 |
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Word 2003 table reformats when pasted to Word 2007
Thanks Pamilia you're recommendation did the trick.
BTW: the someone who changed the settings in Word Options is me. I switched back the the defaults and what I expected to happen did happen. -- CSC "Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" wrote: Look at the cut, copy, and paste setting in Word options. Change it to the default choice. If you used Ctrl+v, it's possible that someone has overridden the paste command with paste unformatted text. Paste via the menus instead. If this doesn't help, I hope someone else has another idea. Pam Bill Gruener wrote: Situation: In a Word 2003 document, I copied a table. I moved to a Word 2007 document and pasted the table. Result: table converted to text, font size changed, text contained in many paragraphs, table content extended over two pages. Troubleshooting efforts: Subsequent copy/pastes did not correct problem. The content would not return to table format. Question: What happened? Why? How to avoid in future? -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ables/200906/1 |
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Word 2003 table reformats when pasted to Word 2007
Glad to help.
I changed those settings too, but, fortunately, discovered the disadvantages before I'd forgotten that I'd done it. I changed everything back to the defaults and am continuing (from W2003) to use a paste special macro assigned to alt+v (not ctrl+v). Pam Bill Gruener wrote: Thanks Pamilia you're recommendation did the trick. BTW: the someone who changed the settings in Word Options is me. I switched back the the defaults and what I expected to happen did happen. Look at the cut, copy, and paste setting in Word options. Change it to the default choice. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] Question: What happened? Why? How to avoid in future? -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ables/200906/1 |
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