Forget Formatted Text, Paste Plain Text Into Microsoft Word
Tired of every time you copy and paste something into Microsoft Word you get all the formatting atributes? Using these steps you can remove formatting from your Word Processing life.
- In Word, select some text and press Ctrl-C to copy it.
- Click Tools, Macro, Record New Macro (in Word 2000, you may have to extend the Tools menu to see the Macro option).
- In the Macros dialog box’s name field, enter PlainPaste.
- Click the Keyboard button to get the Customize Keyboard dialog box.
- In the ‘Save changes in’ drop-down menu, select Normal.
- Put the cursor in the ‘Press new shortcut key’ field, and press Alt-V.
- Click the Assign button, then Close.
- In the small, TV-shaped floating toolbar on Word’s screen. Select Edit, Paste Special, and double-click Unformatted Text.
- Click the Stop Recording button (the solid square) on the toolbar.
- Henceforth, Alt-V will act as a keyboard command to paste unformatted text.
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