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Word lets you decide after you paste any block of content. After hitting Ctrl + V, look for the tiny clipboard icon at the end of the pasted text. Click it or press Ctrl and the arrow key to ...

Thankfully, you can, thanks to the Paste Special command. Most word processors ... but don’t just click that clipboard icon; click the bottom half of the button, the one with the down arrow.

An icon appears above the highlighted word(s) (looks very similar to the ... once the cursor is set/blinking and the soft keyboard appears, a paste icon (again, looks the same as the paste icon ...

An icon appears above the highlighted word(s) (looks very similar to the ... once the cursor is set/blinking and the soft keyboard appears, a paste icon (again, looks the same as the paste icon ...

From there, click on the Paste icon located at the top-left corner of ... To insert the same text in multiple places in Word, use the REF field. First, create a bookmark for the text, then insert ...