Yeah, I wish the paste options smart tag could have a user-settable
default. Maybe someday.
I don't know of any other way to get what you want, though. Sorry.
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teresa wrote:
>
> When I try to copy and paste any regular old text from
> PPT 2002 into PPT again in another spot, etc. it loses
> the formatting and appears to paste using fonts and sizes
> from the master page (though I cleared that, so not sure
> where it's coming from, it's Times 24). I know I can use
> the format painter, eyedropper, etc, but I want it to
> just "keep source formatting" as it always did in my
> previous versions of PPT! Seems simple enough...
>
> Right now I'm using the paste options button right after
> I paste something, but I still need to click that and
> choose "keep source formatting" which is still such a
> waste of time for such a simple thing. I just want it to
> paste back in the same formatting it was when I copied it.
>
> thanks much,
> Teresa