Chapter 15: Stuck Like Glue – Word's Deceptively Simple Paste Options
Copying and pasting in a word processing program is one of the first things beginner students do in class—not only is it a seemingly simple thing to learn and to practice, but it is so darn useful. We reuse content all the time, and for quick on-the-spot decisions, copying and pasting chunks of content is an easy solution.
It's so popular that these commands get the most prime real estate in the Microsoft Word user interface—that is, they are in the very first group on the very first tab on the ribbon:
Figure 15.1 – Word's Clipboard group
This group, named the Clipboard group, does a bit more than simply copy and paste what you've selected though. In fact, the vast majority of users I've talked to don't at all realize what Word or other Microsoft Office programs can do when copying and pasting information. So, when problems do...
