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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> tech-vi@groups.io <tech-vi@groups.io> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Goldfield via groups.io<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 18, 2024 11:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tech-VI Announcement List <tech-vi@groups.io><br><b>Subject:</b> [Tech-VI] From Brian Vogel: BIG change in Paste behavior in MS-Word 365 - Default changing from "Keep source formatting" to "Merge formatting"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> chat@nvda.groups.io <chat@nvda.groups.io> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Vogel<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>For as long as I can remember, and that's at least 4.5 decades or more, Microsoft Word has used "Keep source formatting" as its default paste option. As of this morning, at least for me (and it will be coming to everyone using M365), the default paste option has changed to "Merge formatting."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This effectively means that no matter what font and point size had been used for the thing copied, it will be pasted in the font and point size for the text in the document at the location where it's being pasted. Things like bold and italic are maintained, but not font and point size.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I love, love, love this change as I have been hand selecting "Merge formatting" for the vast majority of pastes I have been doing forever. There are rare occasions where I want the source formatting, but I'd rather have to select that option for those exception cases instead of needing to select "Merge formatting" almost every time I paste.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See the following Microsoft Page for details: <em><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#351C75;background:white'><a href="https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/updated-default-paste-option-in-word-for-windows"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Updated default paste option in Word for Windows</span></a></span></em><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=defangedmsonormal style='margin:0in'><em><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Connecticut;color:#7030A0;background:white'>Brian </span></b></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>·</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>♂️</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>·</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🏳️🌈</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>· </span><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:black'> </span></strong><span style='font-family:"helvetica neue"'>Virginia, USA</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#7030A0'> </span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:black'>- </span></strong><span style='font-family:"helvetica neue"'>Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631; M365 Family</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:black'>; Android 13 (Xiaomi HyperOS 1.0.2.0)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=defangedmsonormal style='margin:0in'><strong><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Fairwater Script";color:#0066FF'>Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=defangedmsonormal style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif'> ~ Gail Godwin</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Groups.io Links:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>You receive all messages sent to this group. <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/7383" target="_blank">View/Reply Online (#7383)</a> | <a href="mailto:tech-vi@groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5BTech-VI%5D%20From%20Brian%20Vogel%3A%20BIG%20change%20in%20Paste%20behavior%20in%20MS-Word%20365%20-%20Default%20changing%20from%20%22Keep%20source%20formatting%22%20to%20%22Merge%20formatting%22" target="_blank">Reply To Group</a> | <a href="mailto:david.goldfield@outlook.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5BTech-VI%5D%20From%20Brian%20Vogel%3A%20BIG%20change%20in%20Paste%20behavior%20in%20MS-Word%20365%20-%20Default%20changing%20from%20%22Keep%20source%20formatting%22%20to%20%22Merge%20formatting%22" target="_blank">Reply To Sender</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/mt/107419377/17455" target="_blank">Mute This Topic</a> <br><a href="https://groups.io/g/tech-vi/editsub/17455">Your Subscription</a> | <a href="mailto:tech-vi+owner@groups.io">Contact Group Owner</a> | <a href="https://groups.io/g/tech-vi/leave/8954496/17455/1106850279/xyzzy">Unsubscribe</a> [terrypowers59@gmail.com]<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white'>_._,_._,_<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>