Word 2004 shows bracket characters "[" and "]"

[Clive Huggan]

[Hang on till I change the preferences back -- I personally can't stand
things cluttering my screen, so I got rid of them; I just apply
Control-spacebar to remove manually applied character formatting from pasted
text, or use my customized "Paste Special, plain text" button if I want to
remove paragraph formatting.]

Yes.

Clive H.
============

Clive,

Thanks.

Is that "plain text" you are talking about the same as the "Keep text
only" that I see on such popup menu?


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In Word 2004, Word menu -> Preferences -> Edit -> Cut and Paste Options ->
select "Show Paste Options buttons".

When you paste, operating the pop-down on the Smart Button next to the
pasted text gives you options that include plain text.

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
===================

Hi,

Where is such "Smart Button" to paste text only?

Thanks.

---On 2004-08-29 09:21:27 +0200, Clive Huggan
<[email protected]> said:

You're right. This option even changes the paragraph mark(s) in the pasted
text from whatever it was / they were, to the same paragraph mark(s) as the
paragraph in which you had the insertion point when you paste -- which is
the same as if one used Paste Special » Plain Text.

[But for anyone wanting to have the facility available on a toolbar (or
keyboard shortcut), it's described in my notes "Bend Word to Your Will",
downloadable from http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm,
in appendix E.]

Thanks for asking this, Susan -- it got me out of my one-track mind! (I
don't like the Paste Options button, or any other "Smart button", so I had
it turned off in Preferences).

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe,
so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================


On 28/8/04 2:19 AM, in article [email protected],

Would you get the same result from choosing "Text Only" from the pasting
Smart Button?


You can put this

Public Sub PastePlainText()
Selection.PasteAndFormat wdFormatPlainText
End Sub


in your normal template (or an add-in:

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/GlobalTemplate.htm

for why that's better), and assign it a keyboard shortcut.
.

 

[Tony]

Clive,

Thanks!

---

[Hang on till I change the preferences back -- I personally can't stand
things cluttering my screen, so I got rid of them; I just apply
Control-spacebar to remove manually applied character formatting from pasted
text, or use my customized "Paste Special, plain text" button if I want to
remove paragraph formatting.]

Yes.

Clive H.
============

Clive,

Thanks.

Is that "plain text" you are talking about the same as the "Keep text
only" that I see on such popup menu?


---

In Word 2004, Word menu -> Preferences -> Edit -> Cut and Paste Options ->
select "Show Paste Options buttons".

When you paste, operating the pop-down on the Smart Button next to the
pasted text gives you options that include plain text.

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
===================


On 30/8/04 9:18 AM, in article 2004083001183816807%nospam@nospamcom, "Tony"

Hi,

Where is such "Smart Button" to paste text only?

Thanks.

---On 2004-08-29 09:21:27 +0200, Clive Huggan
<[email protected]> said:

You're right. This option even changes the paragraph mark(s) in the pasted
text from whatever it was / they were, to the same paragraph mark(s) as the
paragraph in which you had the insertion point when you paste -- which is
the same as if one used Paste Special » Plain Text.

[But for anyone wanting to have the facility available on a toolbar (or
keyboard shortcut), it's described in my notes "Bend Word to Your Will",
downloadable from http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm,
in appendix E.]

Thanks for asking this, Susan -- it got me out of my one-track mind! (I
don't like the Paste Options button, or any other "Smart button", so I had
it turned off in Preferences).

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe,
so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
============================================================


On 28/8/04 2:19 AM, in article [email protected],

Would you get the same result from choosing "Text Only" from the pasting
Smart Button?


You can put this

Public Sub PastePlainText()
Selection.PasteAndFormat wdFormatPlainText
End Sub


in your normal template (or an add-in:

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/GlobalTemplate.htm

for why that's better), and assign it a keyboard shortcut.
.