paste icon in Word 2003

[Guest]

using XP pro. Office 2003, the paste icon obscures the text I'm working on:
can I shut if off forever?
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Paul A.

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[Anne Troy]

Hi, Paul. Try this:
http://www.officearticles.com/misc/kill_the_office_clipboard_in_microsoft_office.htm

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using XP pro. Office 2003, the paste icon obscures the text I'm working on:
can I shut if off forever?
--
Paul A.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tools | Options | Edit: Clear the check box for "Show Paste Options
buttons." And please don't post questions as "Suggestions for Microsoft."

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

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using XP pro. Office 2003, the paste icon obscures the text I'm working on:
can I shut if off forever?
--
Paul A.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...80da3d72593&dg=microsoft.public.word.newusers

 

[Guest]

Since the smart tag can be very useful, once you get used to it, you might
want to try a less drastic solution:
Hitting the Esc key should banish the smart tag... although I think (perhaps
erroneously) that it didn't always work for me.

Regards,
Klaus