Set PPT's Paste Options default to "Keep Source Formatting"?

[Stephen Simmons]

I've just upgraded from PPT 2000 to PPT 2003. In PPT 2000, pasting text would
keep the original formatting. But now pasted text always takes the template's
standard format by default (the "Use Design Template Formatting" option). I
am constantly having to switch from keyboard to mouse to change the Paste
Options setting back to "Keep Source Formatting".

So does anyony know how to change the default setting for pasting in PPT
2003 to "Keep Source Formatting" (or even "Keep Text Only")?

If I can't find a solution to this, I will probably have to change back to
PPT 2000.

Thanks

Stephen

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Stephen,

I came across this a few months ago

http://stevemiller.net/puretext/

from the site ===
Have you ever copied some text from a web page, a word document, help, etc.,
and wanted to paste it as simple text into another application without
getting all the formatting from the original source? PureText makes this
simple.
===

can you report back here if it helps any?

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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