How to Paste in Word and Apply Normal Formatting Copy the text from the original source you wish to paste into your Word document. Open your Word document.

Microsoft Word makes it easy to copy and paste everything from a single character to multiple pages of text and graphics. You can copy the entire document if desired and paste into a separate ...

If Formatting marks or or non-printing characters are turned on in Word, it displays hidden characters such as Tab characters, Spaces, Paragraphs marks, Hidden text, Optional hyphens, etc.

You copy something, paste it into Word, and suddenly it’s a formatting disaster. You aren't alone. I learned these paste tricks the hard way—so you don’t have to. Paste Special should be ...

Formatting in a Word document is important to manage properly. If you copy and paste content from one source to another, formatting may remain from the original document.

Learn how to always paste in Plain Text Only mode without formatting in MS Word. You can make the Keep Text Only option as a default setting.