Paste text into RTF doc: keep original formatting but with larger default font?

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When I want to copy and paste selected text* into a newly created RTF file in DTP, I seem to have two options:

(1) Do a simple Edit / Paste (⌘V) – or right-click Paste. This apparently retains original formatting and perhaps font size, but the font size is far too small for me. Once it’s pasted into the RTF, I have to manually select the pasted text and change the font size.

(2) Do an Edit / Paste and Match Style (⌥⇧⌘V). The resulting text in my RTF conforms to my default font settings for RTF docs, but loses original formatting such as italics.

Can I eat my cake and have it, too? I’d like to see the pasted text in my RTF at the large point size that I need (18) but retain original formatting, especially italics, which occur often in my pasted texts.

*Source document is a book included as part of a proprietary biblical studies library (Logos), not a freestanding PDF or a PDF which I’ve added to DEVONthink Pro.

I read in the manual and searched this forum, but I didn’t find what I needed.

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Not possible, I think

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You could select the pasted text in the document and press Cmd-+ as often as desired to increase the font size. Or use a simple script:

tell application id "DNtp"
	tell selected text of think window 1 to set size to 18
end tell
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OK, thank you, chrillek and cgrunenberg. Now that I know that I can’t really do what I most want to do, it’s no longer as frustrating. :zany_face:

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The script works fine. I’ll be using this often enough that I put an icon (shortcut) for it on my toolbar.

Thanks.