Modify default formatting of pasted text

Craig Fletcher

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Mar 22, 2006, 10:49:38 PM3/22/06

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Is there a way that you can make default formatting of pasted text to ALWAYS
match destination formatting, instead of having the little menu come up and
having to choose that option each time. Or, maybe change it to "Keep text
only?" Basically, I'd like the ability to change the default paste format to
and fro.
Thanks

Charles Kenyon

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Mar 23, 2006, 12:18:26 AM3/23/06

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No. In some templates or even documents, I've written macros that intercept
Ctrl-V and paste the way I want (usually unformatted text). Since that is
the way I almost always paste, it works. Otherwise, you can have the macro
intercept the actual Word command but it takes more to do that.
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Stefan Blom

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Mar 23, 2006, 3:35:04 AM3/23/06

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Put the following macro in normal.dot in order to intercept the
EditPaste command:

Sub EditPaste
On Error Resume Next
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText, _
Placement:= wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub

If you are unfamiliar with macros, see the installation instructions
at: http://gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

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Craig Fletcher

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Mar 23, 2006, 9:32:14 AM3/23/06

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You would think this would be something that could be more easily
configured. I wonder if this would be a valid DCR (Design change Request) at
Microsoft for Office 12? I have a good relationship with them, perhaps I
should submit this request, or have you guys already done that?

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John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]

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Mar 24, 2006, 1:55:42 AM3/24/06

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Hi Craig:

That's only been submitted 9,999 times. We need 10,000 to get it on the
list, so PLEASE submit it :-)

However, you will find that the macro method is actually a very easy way to
do it. I normally use a macro similar to Stefan's (mine does a 'fall-back',
depending on what is on the clipboard).

I have another macro, which I assign to the Insert key, that runs Word's
default paste command. There are times (very rare...) when you do NOT want
the thing to paste as text. For example: When you have a picture on the
clipboard.

The problem is that "Match destination format" is not a VBA-accessible
option. If you paste as "Text Only", it "will" match the destination
formatting. But if the content of the clipboard is NOT text, you get
nothing :-) And VBA does not provide a way to discover what *is* on the
clipboard...

Cheers

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Would you be willing to share your macro for the INSERT key?

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John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]

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Mar 26, 2006, 10:30:50 PM3/26/06

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The top macro simply intercepts the standard "EditPaste" command wherever it
appears. If you name a macro the same as a Word command, it replaces the
command.

The second macro performs a normal "Let Word figure it out" paste. That's
the one I put on the Insert key.

Sub EditPaste()
On Error GoTo notAvailable

Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText
End

notAvailable:
Selection.Paste

End Sub

Sub NormalPaste()

Selection.Paste

End Sub

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