SmartCutPaste Property

Applies To

Options object.

Description

True if Word automatically adjusts the spacing between words and punctuation when cutting and pasting occurs. Read/write Boolean.

See Also

Copy method, Cut method, Paste method.

Example

This example sets Word to automatically adjust the spacing between words and punctuation when cutting and pasting occurs, and then it cuts and pastes some text in a newly created document. If the SmartCutPaste property were set to False, the second and third words would run together.

Options.SmartCutPaste = True
Set myDoc = Documents.Add
With myDoc
    .Content.InsertAfter("The brown quick fox")
    .Words(2).Cut
    .Characters(10).Paste
End With

This example returns the status of the Use smart cut and paste option on the Edit tab in the Options dialog box.

temp = Options.SmartCutPaste