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Word 2007 pasting problem
I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information
being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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Word 2007 pasting problem
try the paste, "paste special" command
(upper left of home) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. ...........Erica Jong "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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Word 2007 pasting problem
Just use Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.
-- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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Word 2007 pasting problem
Are they in a Text Box in Word 2003? Word 2007 doesn't create Text Boxes on
its own. Carefully check what you are copying. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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Word 2007 pasting problem
Thanks, but I do use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. I've tried Paste Special and only if
I pick unformatted text does it stop from paste in as a text box. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsof" wrote: Just use Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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Word 2007 pasting problem
I have used the Paste Special command but only the unformatted text option
brings in the word correctly, but they are now all unformatted. The MS Word 2003 document I'm cutting from is an older version of the report I'm updating in MS Word 2007 so I need to keep the formatting. "You Know Who ~" wrote: try the paste, "paste special" command (upper left of home) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. ...........Erica Jong "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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Each text box is anchored to a particular paragraph mark. If you copy the
paragraph mark that "owns" the text box, the the text box will be copied, as well. To copy just the formatting inside the text box, you need to click inside the text box, press Ctrl+A/Ctrl+C, and then press Ctrl+V where you want the text to go. If you're copying a larger area that includes one or more text boxes--including the paragraphs where the text boxes reside, then the boxes will come along for the ride. Word's pasting does not possess the kind of granularity/control you're looking for, I suspect. You would have to substitute the granularity yourself either manually or by scripting a macro. Off hand, I'd think it would take a pretty smart macro indeed to do exactly what you want--particularly if the text boxes are not in line with text--since it would need to figure out exactly where to place the text. An intermediate solution would be to copy the material into the clipboard, paste it into Wordpad (which will strip out the text boxes but not the formatting), copy that into the clipboard, and finally, paste into Word. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "AmberLaine" wrote in message news Thanks, but I do use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. I've tried Paste Special and only if I pick unformatted text does it stop from paste in as a text box. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsof" wrote: Just use Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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Word 2007 pasting problem
Are you sure as it doesn't sound like a Word thing? It may be you are
pasting from a table or perhaps you have Text Boundaries displayed? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I have used the Paste Special command but only the unformatted text option brings in the word correctly, but they are now all unformatted. The MS Word 2003 document I'm cutting from is an older version of the report I'm updating in MS Word 2007 so I need to keep the formatting. "You Know Who ~" wrote: try the paste, "paste special" command (upper left of home) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. ...........Erica Jong "AmberLaine" wrote in message ... I'm pasting parts of a 2003 document in to 2007 Word and the information being pasted appears in text boxes. How do i stop it? I used Paste Special and unformatted text and that worked. But I want the text to remain formated just not in a text box. |
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