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WD: Space Added Before Number After Pasting to Text

Article ID: 118900

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 6.0a
Microsoft Word 6.0c
Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 95a

This article was previously published under Q118900

SYMPTOMS

When you paste a numbered list as unformatted text (using the Paste Special command on the Edit menu), a space appears before numbers greater than 1, but the space does not appear before the first item, as in the following example:

   1. Apples
    2. Oranges
    3. Bananas
    4. Grapes

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when Smart Cut And Paste is turned on, when "Alignment of List Text" is set to Right, and you apply numbering to the text using Word's Bullets And Numbering feature.

WORKAROUND

Method 1

Turn off the Use Smart Cut And Paste option before pasting the numbered list. To locate this option, click Options on the Tools menu, and select the Edit tab.

Method 2

If Smart Cut And Paste is turned on, paste the numbered list as Formatted text. To do this, follow these steps:

Select the list.
On the Edit menu, click Copy.
Position the insertion point where you want to paste the list.
On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
Select Formatted Text (RTF) and click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: formatted unformatted text

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