Formatting text for pasting into credit roll - bold, centered, tabs, etc..

Hi Everyone,

I am tasked with creating a very long credit roll. I understand the basics, but oh man, the formatting is making me crazy. Here is my question:

Are there any tricks for formatting my original text document so that PP will respect the formatting when I paste in the text? For example, keeping paragraph alignment, right/left justified tabs, bold, italics, etc? Anything at all? I am having to do so much manual formatting after I paste...and the formatting the credits author did in the original document (tabs, etc.) is just making everything a much bigger headache.

Thanks in advance for any tips,

Lori