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

Anonymous
2010-02-13T04:16:54+00:00

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 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2010-02-15T04:59:49+00:00

Press the Esc key.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-01-13T01:02:28+00:00

    Press the space bar.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-05T01:43:49+00:00

    Press the Esc key.

    Doug Robbins - Word MVP

    Thanks you! This has driven me crazy for years.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-17T22:35:39+00:00

    Press the Esc key.

    Doug Robbins - Word MVP

    Thank you Doug!!! It was so annoying and I just could not figure out how to get rid of it. Yours was a simple solution that worked. Thank you so much!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-03-05T01:14:08+00:00

    In addition to changing that setting sometimes as in my case I had to dump the contents of my local temp file: C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp

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