How do I make the "Paste Options" popup go away after pasting text?

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I'm using Office 2007 on Windows 7 Professional.

This drives me crazy, and right now it's blocking other text I need to edit. When I move text around, using the right-click cut and paste menu, after pasting the paste options popup shows, and it won't go away, even if I choose a paste option. How do I make the stupid thing disappear after I'm done with it?

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Press the Esc key.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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Anonymous

2013-12-09T19:51:00+00:00

Press the Esc key.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

That is a user interface nightmare. It presumes that we somehow divine that this tiny and intrusive box is modal and that the ESC key is not going to do something bad. At the least, it should respond by allowing dragging out of the way. And since you insist on putting it there you could have an icon that pops a menu that says (anchor, or never show again, or choose default or whatever.)

I thought Microsoft had a whole user interface design team that was supposed catch such nightmares before they get into the field.
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Anonymous

2013-05-14T17:53:59+00:00

Thank you!!!!
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Anonymous

2013-04-26T15:53:46+00:00

Ahhhh! Jeez so simple and worked like a charm!
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Anonymous

2013-03-13T13:23:08+00:00

Aren't we talking about the Paste Options pop-up here?
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