Is there someplace in the settings of excel 2003 sp1 where I can set cut and
paste up to just do normal cut and paste instead of whatever it is that excel
determines I want to do?

For example. I want to cut the contents of one cell (text) and append it to
the end of the contents in another cell. So, I highlight the cell with the
contents I want to move and hit 'Cut'. Then I highlight the cell I want to
append the data to, hit F2 and move the cursor to the spot I want the data
inserted. And there is NO paste option. How can this be fixed?