Use source format on paste by default

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Geoff Bennett

Hi,
There's a feature of Powerpoint 2002 that's driving me crazy.

Basically what I want is for the stuff I paste to be identical to what I
copied onto the clipboard, and to be in the identical place on the new slide
that it was on the old slide. For some reason Microsoft defaults to some
other formatting, and I have to explicitly tell Powerpoint to "Use Source
Formatting" on every paste. What a pain.

I tried looking in the Options dialogue, but nothing I change seems to help
(I tried clearing the "smart cut and paste, whatever that does, but with no
luck).

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Geoff
 
Basically what I want is for the stuff I paste to be identical to what I
copied onto the clipboard, and to be in the identical place on the new slide
that it was on the old slide.
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Can you describe "stuff" more specifically? ;-)
Maybe we can dupe what you're seeing and find a way around it.
For some reason Microsoft defaults to some
other formatting, and I have to explicitly tell Powerpoint to "Use Source
Formatting" on every paste. What a pain.

I tried looking in the Options dialogue, but nothing I change seems to help
(I tried clearing the "smart cut and paste, whatever that does, but with no
luck).

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Geoff
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Hi Echo, Steve,
Thanks for looking. Shame about the feature :-)

Echo S said:
Unfortunately, there's no way to change the default behavior of the paste tags.

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Geoff Bennett said:
Hi,
There's a feature of Powerpoint 2002 that's driving me crazy.

Basically what I want is for the stuff I paste to be identical to what I
copied onto the clipboard, and to be in the identical place on the new slide
that it was on the old slide. For some reason Microsoft defaults to some
other formatting, and I have to explicitly tell Powerpoint to "Use Source
Formatting" on every paste. What a pain.

I tried looking in the Options dialogue, but nothing I change seems to help
(I tried clearing the "smart cut and paste, whatever that does, but with no
luck).

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Geoff
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