Control Smart-Cut-and-Paste Settings
The Problem:
I used Word 2 for ages and got pretty darn good at selecting exactly what I needed to cut and paste. But now I've "upgraded" to Word XP, and it's driving me nuts. I cut just what I want to cut, and it knocks out a couple of extra spaces. I paste the text back in, and it jiggers the spaces around it. Tell me this is progress!
The Solution:
You seem to disagree with the "smart cut and paste" feature's judgment. Choose Tools 
Options and click the Edit tab. You can then either simply uncheck the "Smart cut and paste" box to turn off the feature altogether, or click the Settings button and use the options in the Settings dialog box (see Figure 3-4) to produce more acceptable behavior.
Figure 3-4. The Settings dialog box lets you set smart-cut-and-paste behavior to correspond to a particular version of Word, or choose custom settings that suit you.
