Here's a weird one

[sf]

Maybe someone can tell me how to fix this problem. I copy something
from the internet which has been posted in Mastercook Mac form. I put
it into Notepad to strip the formatting and it looks fine, all I need
to do is change the font. Copy/paste it into Word... now, it's a mess
and requires lots of work from me to make it look decent.

What's wrong with this picture?

TIA

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

What's a mess? Could be anything.

See the article "Cleaning up text pasted from the Web" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm


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[sf]

1. I thought pasting text into notepad strips formatting, it doesn't?
2. When I paste it into Notpad, the tabs are fine. When I copy from
notepad and paste into word, the tabs are messed up, no other problems

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[sf]

What's a mess? Could be anything.

See the article "Cleaning up text pasted from the Web" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm

I should have used paste special. It's a little better, not much but
better. Tabs were my only problem.

 

[POP]

1. I thought pasting text into notepad strips formatting,
it doesn't?
2. When I paste it into Notpad, the tabs are fine. When I
copy from notepad and paste into word, the tabs are messed
up, no other problems

``````````````````````````````

Notepad uses spaces to represent tabs; which you are discovering.

HTH
Pop

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You could use a wildcard Replace to replace say 3 or more spaces with a tab
space

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