Get text pasted into Word/Outlook to format properly

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If you're like me and do a lot of copying content from other applications into Word and Outlook, you're probably very accustomed to using the paste smarttag to choose whether or not to use the source or destination formatting on paste. If you're tired of constantly switching it and want it to use the right defaults, you can change it here:  

  1. Open the application into which you paste things
  2. Click on the Office icon in the upper-left corner
  3. Word Options (or "Editor Options" for pasting into Outlook)
  4. Advanced
  5. In the cut, copy and paste section, choose the appropriate defaults