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Summary

After you perform a copy-and-paste operation in Microsoft Excel, the Paste Options button is displayed near the paste destination. This step-by-step article explains how to make the Paste Options button disappear and how to prevent options from appearing.

Paste Options Microsoft Word

How to make the Paste Options button disappear

The Paste Options button is displayed until one of the following actions occurs:

  • You perform an action that can be undone. This action differs from those that are listed in the Paste Options list.

    Note

    An action that can be undone is an action that is added to the undo stack. When you click the Undo button, you see the list of actions that can be undone.

  • The Clipboard contents change because you copy information in another Microsoft Office program.

  • You use the Undo command.

  • You type something in the worksheet or document.

In some situations, you can also press ESC to make the Paste Options button disappear.

Note

These conditions also apply to the Auto Fill Options and the Insert Options that appear in Excel.

How to prevent options from appearing

To prevent the paste options, the auto fill options, and the insert options from appearing, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of Excel that you are running.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007

  1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options.
  2. Click Advanced.
  3. Under Cut, copy, and paste, use one or both of the following procedures:
    • To turn off Paste Options and Auto Fill Options, click to clear the Show Paste Options buttons check box.
    • To turn off Insert Options, click to clear the Show Insert Options buttons check box.
  4. Click OK.

Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and earlier versions of Excel

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
  2. Click the Edit tab.
  3. Use one or both of the following procedures:
    • To turn off Paste Options and Auto Fill Options, click to clear the Show Paste Options buttons check box.
    • To turn off Insert Options, click to clear the Show Insert Options buttons check box.

References

For more information on Paste Options, see How to use the Paste Options button in Excel.

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Symptoms

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Text is not copied from the Clipboard as expected in Microsoft Office Word 2007 or Microsoft Office Word 2010. This behavior occurs in the following scenario. You configure Microsoft Office Word 2007 or 2010 to use the following default behavior when you paste items:

  • Keep the source formatting when you paste items from the same document.
  • Keep only the text when you paste items from another program.

You copy formatted text from a document to the Clipboard. Then, you copy this text from the clipboard and paste it to the document from which you copied this text. In this scenario, the text that you pasted to the document does not include the source formatting.

Note To view the Clipboard, click the Clipboard Dialog Box Launcher on the Home tab.

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Cause

Paste Option In Word

This issue occurs because the default Paste settings do not apply to the 2007 or 2010 Office Clipboard. The default Paste settings apply only when you use the Paste command or the CTRL+V keyboard shortcut.

More Information

The 2007 or 2010 Office clipboard is a unique data source. None of the default Cut, Copy, or Paste settings apply to the Clipboard.

To configure the Cut, Copy, and Paste settings in Word 2007 or 2010, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, and then click Advanced.
  2. Under Cut, copy, and paste, configure the settings that you want to use as the default behavior.