Change Word For Mac Paste Default

Changing this default setting could save you a lot of aggravation with your paste tasks. Word 2003 doesn't give you this much control, but you can garner a bit of control. From the Tools menu. Disable Paste Box from Microsoft Word. The pop-up menu has a few useful options, but it mostly gets in the way and likes to linger around longer than necessary, slowing me down. If you’ve already pasted text via the default Paste command, you can retroactively remove its formatting. To do so, simply highlight the formatted text in your Word document and use the keyboard shortcut Control-Spacebar.

Calling ‘copy-paste’ an integral part of out lives won’t be an exaggeration, would it? Most of us would agree that we do it very frequently each day, usually on multiple devices. And almost all of that is done in the most basic way: copy text and paste it where needed. When it comes to images, we might need to be a little more careful.

As far as copying of text is concerned, we know that when we copy a chunk, its formatting comes along. And, we have also discussed solutions to that in the past.

What about images? Well, there is nothing much to worry about the formatting that comes along. But, when our destination is a tool like MS Word we need to be sure about the paste options. By default, when you copy-paste or insert an image, it is aligned in line with the text (see image below).

This usually isn’t the desired result. Indeed, each time we find ourselves adjusting the image and putting it to the right fit manually.

When we put an image in our document we are always presented with layout options and we can select the desired settings.

Clicking on see more will present a Layout modal window with three tabs – Position, Text Wrapping and Size. These cater to various preference settings for the image.

What’s more interesting is that we have have our default properties set so that whenever we import an image it gets placed with those settings. The idea is to have a default paste option. Here is how to get that.

Our steps are based on MS Word 2013. They should be very much the same on the lower versions as well.

Step 1: Navigate to the File menu and launch the backstage view.

Step 2: From the left pane of the menu, select Options.

Step 3: The Word Options window will show up. On the left pane, you will see multiple preferences. Click on Advanced.

Our steps are based on MS Word 2013. They should be very much the same on the lower versions as well.

Step 1: Navigate to the File menu and launch the backstage view.

Step 2: From the left pane of the menu, select Options.

Step 3: The Word Options window will show up. On the left pane, you will see multiple preferences. Click on Advanced.

Step 4: Now, on the right side scroll to the section for Cut, copy and paste.

Step 5: Locate the setting that reads, Insert/paste picture as and select the one you want.

Here’s what they mean:-

• In Line with Text keeps the image right where you insert it, next to the text.
• Square wraps text around the border of an image.
• Tight wraps text tightly around the image. To understand how it is different from Square, try the settings with irregular images.
• Behind Text to display text over the image.
• In Front of Text to display the image over the text
• Top and Bottom to place the image on its own line.

That is all about the default paste options with pictures on MS Word. I am sure it will help you from wasting time in manually setting up the pictures you insert next time.

Know of more tricks on picture paste? Share with us and help other readers make the most of all that’s available.

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Perhaps you’ve suspected that Word 2011 must have a special template somewhere that you can use as a default when you create that seemingly plain, blank document. Well, you’re right; this special template is Normal.dotm, and it has all the settings that control what you see when you create a new, blank Word document in Office 2011 for Mac.

The special file Normal.dotm is the template that Word uses to create new documents when you choose File→New Blank Document from the menu bar or open a new, blank document from the Word Document Gallery. As you work, things such as toolbars, AutoText, and certain preferences can be saved into Normal.dotm.

To make a pristine Normal template, locate the file by choosing Word→Preferences→File Locations→User Templates→Location from the menu bar. Then quit Word. Then rename or delete the existing Normal.dotm file. The next time Word opens, it creates a new Normal.dotm file based on default settings.

You can overwrite the Normal.dotm template to use as Word’s default for new documents. Before starting the procedure, make a copy of the existing Normal.dotm file. You also need to know where the Normal template is located. You can find (and modify) the Normal template by choosing Word→Preferences→File Locations→User Templates→Location from the menu bar. When you know where Normal is, take these steps:

1. From the menu bar in Word, choose File→Open.

2. Switch the Enable pop-up menu to Word Templates.

3. Navigate to Normal.dotm and open the file.

4. Make the modifications you desire.

5. Choose File→Save from the menu bar, click the Save button, or close the window and choose Save when prompted.

   Any new documents you make from then on will be based on the modified Normal.dotm template you saved.

After customizing, make a copy of your new Normal template in case you decide subsequent changes to Normal are not desired. If you want to create an official default template for your organization, create a custom Normal template and distribute it.