Quickly Remove Formatting when you Copy-Paste Text In Office

I tried with Windows Live Writer latest CTP, it did not work!!

This is nice, some of the formatting disappears, but still the font and the font size remain.
Many times I would copy to notepad and from there to office. This way there is no formatting at all.
Is there a short cut for that? That would be very useful.

Great tip. I’ve been the shortcut guy, but I didn’t know this before

Thanks

simply paste in notepad first and copy again and paste in word…this also removes all formatting…

Thanks for the tips Amit. It’s really helpful.

Good! I am always trying to remove formatting at many ways. this will save more time for me. Thanks.

Atlas! A way to stop Word from using source formatting of copied text. I had to use the small arrow menu & then select “Use Destination Formatting” option. Thanks Amit.

I do Alt-E-S downarrow downarrow Enter. That’s paste special -> unformatted text (in general in MS Word). I guess its faster than re-selecting the pasted material and removing formatting.

It doesn’t really remove all formatting (like bold, font sizes, images, etc). It kills hyperlinks and some other things…i will stick to Alt+E, S…
I wish Paste was ALWAYS paste special unformated text.

I use PureText (http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/) ALL the time for this. Works a treat, I just wish MS would provide an option to turn off format pasting.

In Word 2007 hit the Office button in the top left corner.
select “word options” (bottom right)
select the “advanced” menu option in the left column
there is a whole section “cut, copy, and paste”
make the changes to your desire
thumbs up and enjoy
you can also change your default file location here

I use PureText for this - it does the same thing as pasting into Notepad, but with fewer steps. PureText uses Windows-V instead of Ctrl-V. Easy to remember and easy to use!

I believe Ctrl + Space actually restores the underlying paragraph formatting; it doesn’t change text to plain. That is what happens in Word 2002/2003 at least.
For example, if you have a Heading 1 where you’ve changed it to red underlined italic for example (not in the styles but directly in the document) Ctrl + Space will reset to the heading 1 style.

I just use PureText:
http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/

It runs quietly in the sys tray until I need it.

Yeah, like the other poster I’m giong to stick with my [Alt-e], [s] to do unformatted pastes. I don’t currently use 2007, but if I remember correctly it wasn’t the actual shortcut path; however, Microsoft was kind enough to retain it from earlier versions.

You can also record a macro so you don’t have to go to the menu to past special with no formatting. Then give a keyboard shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+V) and voila. One keystroke.

I have the source for this and other tips: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102750211033.aspx?pid=CH102264241033 - see tip #8.

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