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
    2012-08-05T08:28:56+00:00

    Couldn't the smart guys at MS just put a CLOSE button at the top right corner???

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-07-27T01:12:53+00:00

    ARE YOU SERIOUS? IT'S THAT SIMPLE???  It worked.  Dough you are amazing!  That's been a frustation of mine for years.  It just popped up today, and stayed there, per usual. I finally got so frustrated I said to myself surely there's an answer on the internet.   Four words and you cut down my drinking problem.  "Press the Esc key."  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-02-13T04:53:22+00:00

    Thank you for the response, but that sounds as if I only have two options - have the thing appear and stay around, or not have it appear at all.  I do sometimes use it.  I'll keep experimenting and see if there's a third way...

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  4. 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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