Access the Paste Options Menu from the Keyboard - w/o the Mouse

[e125]

Version of Word 2003: I would like to access the paste options menu directly
from the keyboard w/o using the past. The past options menu comes up whenever
one pastes within Word using ctrl-v. Having to access this from the mouse
chews up valuable time. Word 2007 has remedied this problem with a shortcut,
which I cannot recall at the moment.

Any suggestions or macros would be most appreciated.

 

[Astrid]

Hi E,

- Choose Tools - Customize from the menu
- Click on the button Keyboard at the bottom of the dialog
- On the left side of the tab browse to Edit
- On the right side of the tab browse to EditPasteSpecial
- The 'Save changes in' should be set to 'normal.dot' in order to have the
shortcut available at all times
- Position the cursor in the 'Press new shortcut key' textbox and select the
shortcut you want to use
- lick Assign
- Click Close

This should do the trick.

Kind regards,
Astrid

 

[Pablo Cardellino]

Hi, E,

Astrid has already answered you, but I did something a bit different from
what you want. Almost every time I invoke the Paste Special dialog, I want to
use the Paste as Text option. So, I have this minimal macro, wich I call with
a shortcut:

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub PasteJustText()
Selection.Range.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
End Sub
-----------------------------------------------------------------

For assigning a shortcut for the macro, do this (Astrid instructions
adaptation):

- Choose Tools - Customize from the menu
- Click on the button Keyboard at the bottom of the dialog
- On the left side of the tab browse to Macros
- On the right side of the tab browse to PasteJustText
- The 'Save changes in' should be set to 'normal.dot' in order to have the
shortcut available at all times
- Position the cursor in the 'Press new shortcut key' textbox and select the
shortcut you want to use
- Click Assign
- Click Close

Best regards,
Pablo Cardellino

 

[e125]

Dear Pablo:

Thank you for the suggestion. I will note the macro. What would be the
command if I wanted to paste in "Match Destination formatting" instead of
Paste just text? This would be very, very helpful for me.

Erik Koenke