Microsoft KB Archive/297680

= Options used for &quot;Smart cut and paste&quot; settings in Word =

Article ID: 297680

Article Last Modified on 7/5/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The Smart cut and paste functionality is used to adjust the formatting for text or objects that are cut or copied and then pasted into a Word document.

The Smart cut and paste option is on by default. To clear or set this option, click Options on the Tools menu, click the Edit tab, and then click to clear or select the Smart cut and paste check box. If you want to specify default pasting options for the Smart cut and paste feature, click Settings. You can set default options for Microsoft Word or specify custom settings. This article describes the seven options in the Settings dialog box.



MORE INFORMATION
There are seven choices in the Individual options section in the Settings dialog box. The following table lists these options and explains how they work.   Option                              Explanation

Adjust sentence and                Adjusts spaces between words after word spacing automatically         a paste. Removes extra spaces when deleting text or adds spaces when pasting text from the clipboard.

Adjust paragraph spacing           Preserves paragraph spacing when on paste                           pasting text to prevent empty paragraphs or inconsistent paragraph spacing.

Adjust table formatting and        Controls paste options for alignment on paste                 formatting and aligning tables.

Single Cell: Pasted as text.

Partial table: Pasted as rows into an existing table (rather than as                                      a nested table).

Adding a table to an existing table: The pasted table is adjusted to                                       match the existing table.

Smart style behavior               Controls style conflicts in a                                       document. Styles are handled consistently when the style in the document you are pasting from has the same name as a style in the document you are pasting to. The Paste options allow you to choose between keeping the formatting and matching the formatting of the destination document.

Merge formatting when              Controls the results when pasting pasting from PowerPoint            from Microsoft PowerPoint.

Applies the formatting of                                      surrounding text or tables to the pasted selection by default.

Applies the most recently used bullet/number/list style for all bulleted/numbered lists.

Preserves such items as tables, hyperlinks, images, OLE objects, and shapes.

Adjust formatting when pasting     Controls pasting results when from Microsoft Excel               pasting data from Excel. The default is to paste the data in a table in                                      the Word document. When pasting an                                      Excel chart, it is pasted as a                                        picture (uses less disk space) rather than as an OLE object. Link and embed options are still available.

Merge pasted lists with            Controls formatting of pasted list. surrounding lists                  List items will be formatted like the surrounding lists by default. The paste options allow you to                                      change the formatting of the list when pasting.

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