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by - delegate Scott [1 post] (2008 Mar 19 Wed, 16:27) Reply

Sometimes when pasting in large amounts of text into a document the formating goes funny. Is this a problem with Word or the settings?

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RE: Document formating

by - trainer Pete platinum contributer [772 posts] (2008 Mar 27 Thu, 10:56) Edited on 2008 Mar 27 Thu, 11:00 Reply

Hi Scott, Thank you for the post, I hope you enjoyed your course, welcome to the forum, to answer your question, this sometimes happens and can be a bit annoying, however Word should pop up a little SmartTag for AutoCorrect Options (lightning strike) when you paste the text, click this button and turn options to retain or not the formatting of pasted text.
You can also go to the Tools Menu and choose Autocorrect Options, and then click the AutoFormat as you type tab, Select or clear options as required.
Give that a try, best regards Pete

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Word tip:

Making the first letter of a document bigger (drop caps)

Making the first letter of a document bigger than the other text around it gives a document a more 'story-book' look.

To achieve this effect:

1. Click to the left of the first word in the document.

2. Go to Format - Drop Cap.

3. Choose the Dropped option (middle of the three options at the top of the Drop Cap dialogue box).

4. Choose the font for the dropped cap and select how many lines it should 'drop down' in the paragraph (effectively, the height of the letter in lines).

5. If you would like to create a gap between the dropped cap and the text around it, use the Distance from Text option to achieve this.

6. Click OK.

To make adjustments to the dropped cap, simply click inside the frame that appears around the letter, and go to Format - Drop Cap again.

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