WD: Space Is Inserted or Lost When You Cut or Paste Text

ID: Q118833

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

The following behavior may occur in Word when you cut, delete, or paste text:

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you enable the "Use Smart Cut and Paste" option and you cut, delete, or paste text.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use the following steps to disable the "Smart Cut and Paste" option:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options (Preferences Word 98).

2. Click the Edit tab.

3. Clear the "Use Smart Cut and Paste" check box. Click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

"Smart Cut and Paste" removes extra spaces when you delete text and adds spaces when you insert text from the Clipboard.

Word 7.0

For more information, click Microsoft Word Topics on the Help menu, click the Index tab, and type "smart" (without the quotation marks) in the text box.

Double-click the selected text to go to the "smart cut and paste" topic.

Word 6.0

For more information, click "Search for Help on" on the Help menu, click the Index tab, and type "spacing" (without the quotation marks) in the text box.

Double-click the "spacing around deleted or inserted text" topic to go to the "automatically adjusting spacing around deleted or inserted text" topic.

Additional query words: revise accept buglist6.0a buglist6.0c buglist7.0 buglist6.0.1

Keywords          : kbfield winword macword word6 
Version           : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: February 25, 1999