About pasting text and graphics

When pasting text or graphics into the Normal pane in Microsoft FrontPage, the Paste Options button appears near the pasted elements.

When you click the Paste Options button, a list appears that lets you determine how the item is pasted into your web page. The available options depend on the type of content you are pasting, the program you are pasting from, and the format of the text where you are pasting.

Pasting text

• Use Destination Styles   Use this option to remove the styles copied from the original document, and use the styles in the current FrontPage document instead.

  Example

  If you copy Heading 2 text from a Microsoft Word document to a page in FrontPage, selecting Use Destination Styles ensures that the FrontPage Heading 2 style is applied. This is useful if Heading 2 is formatted differently between the two programs and you want to use the FrontPage formatting.

• Keep Source Formatting   Use this option to preserve the style formatting of the source document, regardless of the current FrontPage settings.

  Example

  If you copy Heading 2 text from a Microsoft Word document to a page in FrontPage, selecting Keep Source Formatting ensures that the Word Heading 2 style is applied. This is useful if Heading 2 is formatted differently between the two programs and you want to keep the Word formatting.

• Keep Text Only   Use this option to remove all formatting, and paste the selection as plain text.

  Example

  In FrontPage, if you copy a sentence that uses Arial font and is bolded, and paste it to another spot in the same document, selecting Keep Text Only ensures that just the text is pasted and that the font and text formatting are removed.

• Treat as HTML Tags   Use this option when you want FrontPage to render rather than display HTML tags.

  Example

  If you copy an example of HTML code from a Web browser (for example, <i>italic text</i>) to a page in FrontPage, selecting Treat as HTML Tags ensures the example code is rendered as italic text.

Pasting drawing objects or graphics

• Keep Source Formatting   Use this option to preserve the positioning attributes that were applied to the drawing object in the source document.

  Example

  If you copy a right-aligned drawing object (for example, an AutoShape) from a Microsoft Word document to a page in FrontPage, selecting Keep Source Formatting ensures that the original alignment is preserved.

• Microsoft Office Drawing Object   Use this option to paste a drawing object without preserving the positioning attributes from the original document.

  Example

  If you copy a right-aligned drawing object (for example, an AutoShape) from a Microsoft Word document to a page in FrontPage, selecting Microsoft Office Drawing Object removes the code specifying the alignment of the drawing object.

• Paste as an Image Tag   Use this option to convert a pasted Microsoft Office drawing object into a GIF file when the page is saved.

  Example

  If you copy a drawing object (for example, an AutoShape) from a Microsoft Office document to a page in FrontPage, VML code associated with the image is visible in the HTML pane. The  Paste as an Image Tag option ensures the conversion of the element to a GIF image.

  Note   You are prompted to save the newly created GIF file when you save the web page.