How to Match Destination Formatting in Word

1. Launch Microsoft Word and open your document. Highlight and copy or cut the source material that you want to paste. Click within your Word document where you want to paste the copied text. Right-click or depress the 'Control' button simultaneously with the letter 'v.' Recent versions of Microsoft Word will show a little clipboard icon titled 'Paste Options.' Click on the 'Paste Options' button and a drop-down box will appear. If this is the only material that you intend to copy and paste, select the radio-button to the left of 'Match Destination Formatting' and your content will paste, matching what is already in your document. Click 'Edit' then 'Paste Special' if you are using earlier versions of Word. Alternatively, you can select the 'Tool' menu then click 'Options,' 'Edit' and then 'Show Paste Options.'
2. Change the default so that the paste font, size and color will automatically match every time. Select the 'Set Default Paste' option to change the default setting in the drop-down menu. A new window called 'Word Options' will appear. Scroll down the page to 'Cut, Copy, and Paste'. Drop-down boxes appear to the right of the first five options. The option 'Match Destination Formatting' appears in the first four boxes. Select your desired preferences. Click 'OK' at the bottom right.
3. Click the Microsoft Office Button in the upper left corner of your Word document to set the default in recent versions of Word before you select any material for pasting. Click the 'Word Options' box in the lower right corner of the box. From the menu column at the left, select 'Advanced.' The same window as in Step 2 will appear. Scroll down the page to 'Cut, Copy, and Paste'. Drop-down boxes appear to the right of the first five options. The option 'Match Destination Formatting' appears in the first four boxes. Select your preferences. Click 'OK' at the bottom right of the window.