I suppose this will be too complicated, but here goes... I have a BIG requirement to paste "unformatted text" into many applications. I used to copy and then paste into Notepad (which strips out any formatting) and then copy from Notepad to the final destination. But this was cumbersome and took too much time. I have found a little program call PureText which runs when I boot up my computer each day. This program allows me to do a copy (Ctrl + C) and then Paste using the PureText Paste Key Combination (<Windows Key> + V). It is quick and easy to get used to and saves a lot of time if you need to do this sort of thing. Not sure if this would solve your problem, Judith, but I thought I would give it a try !!! PureText http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ Regards, Kevin. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Judith <judith.bn@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > I have just bought Microsoft Office 2007.  I am > trying to insert Digger Birth records into a word document. > The originals are in single line spacing but every time > I insert them they come out in double line. > Is there anyway to prevent this?  The document is > set to single line spacing.   It seems to be connected to > the fact that if I dont type a full line and hit return > the next line is double spacing.  How do I overcome > either or both of these problems, it is so annoying! > > Regards > Judith > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com

Hi Kevin, Thank you. I have downloaded it and will give it a try as I have also done a lot of the save to notepad and copy and paste stuff. I've had three different suggestions all of which worked so it has been really helpful. Regards Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Ross" <kr5927@gmail.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] How to make inserted text retain originalformatting in Word 2007 >I suppose this will be too complicated, but here goes... > > I have a BIG requirement to paste "unformatted text" into many > applications. I used to copy and then paste into Notepad (which > strips out any formatting) and then copy from Notepad to the final > destination. But this was cumbersome and took too much time. > > I have found a little program call PureText which runs when I boot up > my computer each day. This program allows me to do a copy (Ctrl + C) > and then Paste using the PureText Paste Key Combination (<Windows Key> > + V). > > It is quick and easy to get used to and saves a lot of time if you > need to do this sort of thing. > > Not sure if this would solve your problem, Judith, but I thought I > would give it a try !!! > > PureText > http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ > > > Regards, > Kevin. > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Judith <judith.bn@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Listers, >> >> I have just bought Microsoft Office 2007. I am >> trying to insert Digger Birth records into a word document. >> The originals are in single line spacing but every time >> I insert them they come out in double line. >> Is there anyway to prevent this? The document is >> set to single line spacing. It seems to be connected to >> the fact that if I dont type a full line and hit return >> the next line is double spacing. How do I overcome >> either or both of these problems, it is so annoying! >> >> Regards >> Judith >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > -------- > K. Ross > kr5927@gmail.com > > >