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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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Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2017-02-01T20:27:50+00:00 If you just ignore it and continue typing, the Paste Options button should go away.
If that doesn't work, you can hide the button permanently. In Word, click File | Options | Advanced and clear "Show Paste Options button when content is pasted."
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Anonymous
2017-02-01T11:48:13+00:00 This Paste options icon is an absolute menace, if you don't press Esc straight away to get rid of it, it's stuck there. You have to close the document and re-open it to get the icon to go away.
Word is getting worse and worse. There are very few reasons any more not to ditch Microsoft Office at last, and use Apple's equivalents.
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Anonymous
2017-02-01T10:02:50+00:00 Grrrrrrrrrrr!!! Why are there never any instructions with these things?!!
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Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2016-10-07T13:52:22+00:00 Even with the Paste Options button disabled, you can choose how to paste by using the Paste Special dialog box (Home | Paste | Paste Special).