Copy and paste special (unformatted)

[Beth]

I am in the midst of copying a document to a different,
table-based format. The original document was not done
with styles, but I am using styles in the new document.

I have already set up the new document with the styles
that I want. However, when I copy and paste from the old
to the new, the text pastes in as "Normal" rather than
the format of the current table cell. If I use "paste
special > unformatted text" the text pastes in and
preserves the formatting. It is quite cumbersome,
however, to choose Edit > Paste Special > unformatted
text for each cell I need to copy over. Is there a way
to optimize this process? I have MANY of these documents
to do.

It is a selective cut and paste, so I really can't just
take the old document and reformat it.

Suggestions?

 

[macropod]

Hi Beth,

You could use a macro and attach it to a toolbar button (see Word's help on
how to do that). Here's a suitable macro:

Sub PasteUnformattedText()
On Error Resume Next
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText,
Placement:=wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub

Cheers