lost paste icon

[Simon]

When copy and paste text into Word, there is an icon (paste) shown right
after the pasted text, it let's choose among options like:
- keep original format...
- same as destination format...
- more .... (I can't recall what exactly they are)

But this function is suddenly missing from my Word. don't know why. When
pasting, just keep original format.

Please help. Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you have "Show Paste Options buttons" checked on the Edit tab of Tools |
Options?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Simon]

Thanks.

Yes, it's checked. I tried uncheck, and check again, still not working.

But here is what I just found:
If I use "Paste Special", the default format selected in the popup window is
HTML. If I change it to "Formatted Text (RTF)", then the paste icon is
there!!!

Now the question is how I can change the default Paste format?