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.

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Anonymous

2016-10-07T00:37:50+00:00

It'll disappear by itself, yes, but it appears after I have just moved something and need to retype something there, and it's in the way. As I said on another post, why did the Word geniuses create this nuisance in the first place? It appears AFTER I've already moved what I need to move, so it's not needed.
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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2016-10-07T02:33:14+00:00

Can you not dismiss it with ESC? And of course you can disable it entirely at File | Options | Advanced: Cut, copy, and paste.
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Anonymous

2016-10-07T02:51:10+00:00

I tried the ESC button, and POOF! it was gone. Thank you, Suzanne, and everyone else who suggested this. Tell me, if I disable it altogether, it won't interfere with my general cut, paste, and copy, will it?
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Anonymous

2016-10-07T02:55:55+00:00

I disabled it in File/Options/Advanced. Thank you again.
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