Re: Pasting text in to Word

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Web sites and e-mail always have formatting included. Try the Paste Special
function (Edit> Paste Special) I personally use a little program that is
called Pure Text. After copying the text to the clip board, I simply click
on the Pure Text icon in the task bar next to the clock (the formatting is
cleared in the clipboard) then paste normal.
http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/
"jackmerwede" <jackmerwede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It doesn't seem to matter where I'm pasting from, Chuck. Usually it's
either
from emails or web sites. The result is always the same...that damn little
red box. If I click on it it will straighten and if I click the field it
turns blue inside a black box!! Insane. Thanks for your help.

"Chuck Davis" wrote:

Where are you pasting from? If there is some formatting that Word doesn't
recognize you may get that result. Try Paste Special...
"jackmerwede" <jackmerwede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Every time I try to paste in to a Word document, a small red box,
slightly
tilted, is displayed. The text to be pasted is not. This is driving ne
nuts!!! PLEASE HELP!





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