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↵Office offers multiple different pasting options within a document for both words and images. This article will cover the different paste features. 

1. Open Word with your image or text copied (right click and select copy, or use the key combination Ctrl + "C").
2. The next step involves pasting. There are multiple ways to paste, and you can choose the one that best fits your needs.
   • Use the key combination Ctrl + "V"
   • Right click empty space on the document and select "Paste."

   • Under the "Home" tab, select the "Paste" button to see the different paste options.

     

3. When you paste text into the document, "Paste Options" will appear and allow you to select different options depending on the type of content you're pasting. 

   

   • Keep source Formatting: This option preserves the look of the original text.
   • Merge Formatting: This option changes the formatting so that it matches the text that surrounds it. 
   • Keep Text Only: This option removes all the original formatting from the text.

4. When you paste pictures into a document, the paste options will look a bit different. 

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   • Keep Source Formatting: This option preserves the look of the original selection
   • Picture: This option inserts as an image

There are several other paste options that are offered by Microsoft Office 2010, 2013, and 2016.

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Microsoft Word gives you many options when formatting a document that includes images. This tutorial will give you an overview of those options. 

1. Once you have your picture on the document (Ctrl+V to paste it in), you can click and drag it around to the desired location.
   • You can click on the picture or select it and then choose the position options in the "Home" tab to center, left align, or right align. 

     

2. Once your image is in the desired approximate location, you can select it to see multiple options for formatting the photo and wrapping the text.
   • You can change the angle of the picture by clicking on it and holding and dragging the curved arrow as shown.

     

   • You can change the size of the image by clicking and dragging any of the boxes in the corners. 

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   • Clicking and dragging on the boxes in the center around the picture, as shown below, will change the shape of the picture by stretching or compressing it. 

     

   • Clicking the box that appears to the upper right of the picture you selected will give you many text wrapping options. You can see those options displayed below.