

When you paste an image into Word, it gives you some flexibility on the format.
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RELATED: How to Change the Default Paste Setting in Microsoft Word Paste Images the Way You Want The “Set Default Paste” option lets you change the default paste action (when you press Ctrl+V) if you don’t want “Keep Source Formatting” to be the default. If you copied an image, you can change the format of the image when you paste (which we’ll talk more about in the next section). If you copied text, for example, you could insert it as a separate Word document. The options available in the Paste Special window change depending on what you’ve copied. For example, you could paste as a Word document, picture, or even HTML.

The “Paste Special” command lets you paste whatever you’ve copied as a special document type. There are also a couple of other options on the “Paste” drop-down menu. The text will take on the default formatting of the paragraph into which you insert the text.

Technically, Word copies the formatting marks in the text, which can be interpreted in different ways. This means that the text will look like it did in the original location. When you paste text using Ctrl+V, Word defaults to pasting both the text and any formatting applied to that text.
