Options.SmartCutPaste Property

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

Syntax

expression.SmartCutPaste

expression   An expression that returns an Options object.

Example

This example sets Word to automatically adjust the spacing between words and punctuation when cutting and pasting occurs, and then it deletes 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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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 Smart cut and paste option on the Edit tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu).

Visual Basic for Applications 
  temp = Options.SmartCutPaste

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