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Encarta: Pasting Text into Empty Word Document Resets Paper Size

Article ID: 178144

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007


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SYMPTOMS

When you copy text from Encarta Encyclopedia and then paste the text into an empty document in Microsoft Word, the default paper size in Word is reset to letter.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, use the following steps:
  1. Select the text or article you want to copy from Encarta Encyclopedia.
  2. On the Options menu, point to Copy, and then click the appropriate command.
  3. Start Microsoft Word to create a new document.
  4. Press ENTER to place a paragraph mark at the beginning of the document.
  5. Paste the selected text from Encarta Encyclopedia into Word. To do this, click Paste on the Edit menu.
  6. Remove the paragraph mark from the beginning of the Word document.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The default paper size is reset only in the document into which the text from Encarta is pasted. The default paper size is not reset for any other Word documents.

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