WD: Copy Paragraph Formatting (To or From) Does Not Work

Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
Article ID: Q32078

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 4.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, when you try to copy a paragraph format to (COMMAND+OPTION+V) a destination, the destination does not change.

MORE INFORMATION

To copy a format from a source paragraph to a destination, use the appropriate method for your version of Word.

Word 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

  1. Select the source paragraph.

  2. Press COMMAND+SHIFT+C. (Copy Format)

  3. Select the destination paragraph.

  4. Press COMMAND+SHIFT+V. (Paste Format)

Word 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

  1. Click the cursor in the destination paragraph.

  2. Press COMMAND+OPTION+V.

  3. Select the source paragraph by double-clicking in the selection bar to the left of it (to highlight the whole paragraph). As noted in the previous example, highlighting the paragraph by dragging is unreliable.

  4. Press RETURN.

Please note that pressing COMMAND+PERIOD will cancel the operation. To make the Copy From message, rather than the Format To message, appear at the bottom of the screen, the insertion point must appear in a paragraph; nothing can be highlighted.


Additional query words:
Keywords : macword word6 kbui
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,5.0,5.1,6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbhowto kbprb
Solution Type : kbworkaround


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Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
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