Microsoft KB Archive/178144

= Encarta: Pasting Text into Empty Word Document Resets Paper Size =

Article ID: 178144

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Encarta Reference Suite 99
 * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99 Concise Edition
 * Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99 Deluxe Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178144



SYMPTOMS
When you copy text from Encarta Encyclopedia and then paste the text into an empty document in Microsoft Word, the default paper size in Word is reset to letter.



RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, use the following steps:
 * 1) Select the text or article you want to copy from Encarta Encyclopedia.
 * 2) On the Options menu, point to Copy, and then click the appropriate command.
 * 3) Start Microsoft Word to create a new document.
 * 4) Press ENTER to place a paragraph mark at the beginning of the document.
 * 5) Paste the selected text from Encarta Encyclopedia into Word. To do this, click Paste on the Edit menu.
 * 6) Remove the paragraph mark from the beginning of the Word document.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The default paper size is reset only in the document into which the text from Encarta is pasted. The default paper size is not reset for any other Word documents.

Additional query words: multi multi-media media mm

Keywords: kbinterop kbprb KB178144

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