multiple text boxes when pasting in text from other programs

[Miss Mood]

When copying and pasting text from Outlook Express or other programs into a
newly created text box, each paragraph is going into its own separate text
box within the original text box. This did not happen in Publisher 2000. Is
there a way to 'turn off' this automatic text box creation and allow an
entire article to go in as pasted?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

When copying and pasting text from Outlook Express or other programs
into a newly created text box, each paragraph is going into its own
separate text box within the original text box. This did not happen
in Publisher 2000. Is there a way to 'turn off' this automatic text
box creation and allow an entire article to go in as pasted?

No, there is not a way :-(. It is something that I have complained loud
about.

If you put your cursor in the existing text box you can go to Edit > Paste
Special > Unformatted Text and this will work. Another route is to use the
Insert > Text from File for inserting text from files in to existing text
boxes.
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Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

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