I don't have Word 97, but in Word 95 the formatting codes are imbedded in
the Paragraph symbols. There are two ways of displaying these symbols. The
first way is from the toolbar. Immediately to the left of the setting which
shows what percentage the page is being displayed at there is a button with
the paragraph symbol. This is a toggle; if you click on it all hidden
characters will be displayed. If you find *all* the characters distracting
and only want to see the paragraph symbol (which is all that you really
need if you want to keep font formatting with moved text), go to
Tools\Options\View\Non-Printing Characters and select paragraph marks.

As long as you include the paragraph sign with the text you cut and paste,
it should keep its formatting.

HTH,

Safi H. Newman
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At 07:09 2/10/98 -0600, Earl Truss  wrote:
>At 09:29 PM 2/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >In Word, during routine cut and paste operations within a document,
>>> >sometimes the pasted text takes on a different font and size than it had
>>> >when I lifted it.
>>
>>also, your best bet is to play around and figure out how the tags work, and
>>how to move them with your cut and pasted text.  it's complicated to
>>explain, but simple to do.  email me if you want me to try -- i don't want
>>to bore everyone with it.  good luck.
>
>Other people have this same problem.  If you have a solution, I'd like to
>hear it.  Thanks


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