[WeeWilly]

I don't know if this is the proper title.. however, what I want to do is to
copy text from a document that is narrow and paste it into a new word
document and have the text move out to the edges of a standard page. In
other words, when I paste the document into my new document, the lines are
only about 4" wide. I'd like them to extend to the standard margins.

How do I do this?

Thanks, Bill

[MaryL]

"WeeWilly" wrote in message
...
I don't know if this is the proper title.. however, what I want to do is to
copy text from a document that is narrow and paste it into a new word
document and have the text move out to the edges of a standard page. In
other words, when I paste the document into my new document, the lines are
only about 4" wide. I'd like them to extend to the standard margins.

How do I do this?

Thanks, Bill

Try Paste Special (instead of Paste), assuming there were no hard returns at
the end of the lines. I'm a new user myself, so someone else will have to
explain how to search for and remove hard returns if that is the problem.

MaryL

[WeeWilly]

Thanks for the reply. When I click on Special Paste.. there are a number of
choices.. the one I tried didn't work out..

"MaryL" wrote:


"WeeWilly" wrote in message
...
I don't know if this is the proper title.. however, what I want to do is to
copy text from a document that is narrow and paste it into a new word
document and have the text move out to the edges of a standard page. In
other words, when I paste the document into my new document, the lines are
only about 4" wide. I'd like them to extend to the standard margins.

How do I do this?

Thanks, Bill

Try Paste Special (instead of Paste), assuming there were no hard returns at
the end of the lines. I'm a new user myself, so someone else will have to
explain how to search for and remove hard returns if that is the problem.

MaryL

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Clean_Up_Text.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"WeeWilly" wrote in message
...
I don't know if this is the proper title.. however, what I want to do is to
copy text from a document that is narrow and paste it into a new word
document and have the text move out to the edges of a standard page. In
other words, when I paste the document into my new document, the lines are
only about 4" wide. I'd like them to extend to the standard margins.

How do I do this?

Thanks, Bill

[Jay Freedman]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:47:00 -0700, WeeWilly
wrote:

I don't know if this is the proper title.. however, what I want to do is to
copy text from a document that is narrow and paste it into a new word
document and have the text move out to the edges of a standard page. In
other words, when I paste the document into my new document, the lines are
only about 4" wide. I'd like them to extend to the standard margins.

How do I do this?

Thanks, Bill

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...eanWebText.htm.


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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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