Pasting a word coument into outlook gives extra lineshift

[Best_Boy_delete]

Hi guys,

This seems to be an oldie but I havent really found a satisfied
solution to this phenomena so I am trying again.

When I paste from Word into Outlook I get double line shifts,
I am not using word as the default editor.
I am using HTML format as standard in the mail editor.
I also see that when I start a new mail the Format->Style is set to
Normal.
After pasting the word text its automaticly set to "Paragraph"
(I am norwegian and using the norwegian version so I am not sure what
it sais in English but its the last option, buttom selection, on the
Style list)

What is funny though is that a friend is doing the same thing and he
in his Outlook he does not get double line shift.
He maintain the formatting from the word.

We have compared the settings in Outlook but have not found any
differencies.

Anyone here know a good permanent solution ?
I know I can copy the text through notepad to get rid of the
formatting and I know I can change to rich text or text instead of
HTML but that is not satisfacory for me.
I am looking for a switch or settings in either outlook or word to
remain the format/style when pasting from word.

Any clue ???


Petter

 

[DanReamsWI]

Hi guys,

This seems to be an oldie but I havent really found a satisfied
solution to this phenomena so I am trying again.

When I paste from Word into Outlook I get double line shifts,
I am not using word as the default editor.
I am using HTML format as standard in the mail editor.
I also see that when I start a new mail the Format->Style is set to
Normal.
After pasting the word text its automaticly set to "Paragraph"
(I am norwegian and using the norwegian version so I am not sure what
it sais in English but its the last option, buttom selection, on the
Style list)

What is funny though is that a friend is doing the same thing and he
in his Outlook he does not get double line shift.
He maintain the formatting from the word.

My guess is the difference between you and your friend is that your
friend uses Word, as his email editor, and perhaps he has his default
email format set to RichText. Since Word (at least pre-2007) uses
RichText formatting, your friend might be in a situation where he has
a 1-to-1 translation (or lack there-of) going on, and thus he has
successful pasting (with 'success' defined as a non-shifting of text
formatting).

Try this as an experiment:

- Open a new email message.
- Change it's formatting to RichText.
- Paste your stuff into it, From Word.
- If the formatting is fine, NOW change the email formatting from Word
to HTML.

There are obvious off-shoots of that scenario based on failure along
the road anywhere, but let's start there.

 

[Best_Boy_delete]

Hi,

No...we are both using outlook as the editor and we both use HTML.
This was the first settings we checked.

Petter

 

[DanReamsWI]

So how did the experiment work out that I advised? Your response
addressed my supposition but not my advice for solution.