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Old 09-02-2025, 05:38 AM
chrisjj chrisjj is offline Word 2003: How can I get paste unformatted text to preserve table cells' content format? Windows 7 64bit Word 2003: How can I get paste unformatted text to preserve table cells' content format? Office 97-2003
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Default Word 2003: How can I get paste unformatted text to preserve table cells' content format?

I create a table and set cell #1 para format. Then (DOC attached) copy some lines and paste Unformatted into multiple cells :



I expect para format preserved, but it is lost:





Why? And what do you suggest as a workaround?

Paste to a single cell works as expected.
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I have moved your question to the Word Tables forum.


So, your existing paragraph formatting in cell A1 is numbered with indent?

The same thing happens here in Word 2003 and in Word 365.

I do suggest that you look at How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Word 2003 and earlier versions.
I do not know that it will help with your problem, though.



Workaround: You could use the Format painter or apply a numbered paragraph style as described in Shauna Kelly's article.
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So, your existing paragraph formatting in cell A1 is numbered with indent?
Yes. But other para formatting suffers the same.

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Workaround: You could use the Format painter or apply a numbered paragraph style as described in Shauna Kelly's article.
Thanks.
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