My fonts in Eudora are set (as standard) to Arial/Courier New Small. I frequently cut from a Eudora message and paste into Microsoft Word 97 SR-1 and/or Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1. Despite the fact that these two packages are set to work in Arial the pasted information appears 1. in Times New Roman 10 FOLLOWED BY TWO CARRIAGE RETURNS 2. IN HYPERLINK FORMAT (WHEN I COPY AN E-MAIL OR WEB PAGE ADDRESS) Try as I might, I am unable to get rid of the pasted hyperlink formats. No amount of highlighting and changing from any style format to any other format (Headings, plain text, default para text....) convinces Microsoft to stop insisting that this must remain a hyperlink. How do I make it submit to MY will? In Excell it does another thing: it spreads the cell into which I paste into many subsequent ones to the right. I can go into Eudora Edit/Text/Clear Formating - but each time is a pain. Eudora Light did not used to do this. What am I doing wrong? David Lewin London

First, let me explain what is happening. When you view a message in Eudora, you are seeing "plain text". In the background, hidden, Eudora is using HTML. To see what I mean (if you're using Eudora), RIGHT-Click on this message. Click "View Source". NotePad (or whatever you've set as your default .txt viewer) will open and you'll see all the HTML. Now, when you highlight and copy something, say: 1. in Times New Roman 10 FOLLOWED BY TWO CARRIAGE RETURNS and that is showing up on your screen in Arial font, you don't "copy" the actual code that "tells" a program what the font should be. Looking at the "source", it looks like this: <FONT face=Arial>1. in Times New Roman 10 FOLLOWED BY TWO CARRIAGE RETURNS</FONT> When you paste the copied plain text into your word processor, it will show up in whatever font is set as default for that program. SgtGeorge At 11:08 AM 05/12/2000, David Lewin wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* My fonts in Eudora are set (as standard) to Arial/Courier New Small. I frequently cut from a Eudora message and paste into Microsoft Word 97 SR-1 and/or Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1. Despite the fact that these two packages are set to work in Arial the pasted information appears 1. in Times New Roman 10 FOLLOWED BY TWO CARRIAGE RETURNS 2. IN HYPERLINK FORMAT (WHEN I COPY AN E-MAIL OR WEB PAGE ADDRESS) Try as I might, I am unable to get rid of the pasted hyperlink formats. No amount of highlighting and changing from any style format to any other format (Headings, plain text, default para text....) convinces Microsoft to stop insisting that this must remain a hyperlink. How do I make it submit to MY will? In Excell it does another thing: it spreads the cell into which I paste into many subsequent ones to the right. I can go into Eudora Edit/Text/Clear Formating - but each time is a pain. Eudora Light did not used to do this. What am I doing wrong? David Lewin London ============================== Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: http://pml.rootsweb.com/ **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************

Thanks! that is - as we have all come to expect from you - a really clear explanation of what is happening Indeed, you started with: At 00:25 14/05/00 -0400, you wrote: >First, let me explain what is happening. :o) May I have Second: - here is how you get rid of it without each time Right clicking, and collecting the ASCII from all the rest that is on the screen.... Thanks David >When you view a message in Eudora, you are seeing "plain text". In the >background, hidden, Eudora is using HTML. > >To see what I mean (if you're using Eudora), RIGHT-Click on this >message. Click "View Source". NotePad (or whatever you've set as your >default .txt viewer) will open and you'll see all the HTML. > >Now, when you highlight and copy something, say: > >1. in Times New Roman 10 FOLLOWED BY TWO CARRIAGE RETURNS > >and that is showing up on your screen in Arial font, you don't "copy" the >actual code that "tells" a program what the font should be. > >Looking at the "source", it looks like this: > ><FONT face=Arial>1. in Times New Roman 10 FOLLOWED BY TWO CARRIAGE >RETURNS</FONT> > >When you paste the copied plain text into your word processor, it will >show up in whatever font is set as default for that program. > >SgtGeorge > > >At 11:08 AM 05/12/2000, David Lewin wrote: >*************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* >My fonts in Eudora are set (as standard) to Arial/Courier New Small. > >I frequently cut from a Eudora message and paste into Microsoft Word 97 >SR-1 and/or Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1. > >Despite the fact that these two packages are set to work in Arial the >pasted information appears >1. in Times New Roman 10 FOLLOWED BY TWO CARRIAGE RETURNS >2. IN HYPERLINK FORMAT (WHEN I COPY AN E-MAIL OR WEB PAGE ADDRESS) > >Try as I might, I am unable to get rid of the pasted hyperlink >formats. No amount of highlighting and changing from any style format to >any other format (Headings, plain text, default para text....) convinces >Microsoft to stop insisting that this must remain a hyperlink. > >How do I make it submit to MY will? > >In Excell it does another thing: it spreads the cell into which I paste >into many subsequent ones to the right. > >I can go into Eudora Edit/Text/Clear Formating - but each time is a pain. > >Eudora Light did not used to do this. > >What am I doing wrong? > >David Lewin >London > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > >**************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi