howto paste unformatted text automatically

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Abraham Andres Luna - 19 Jan 2006 19:13 GMT

hello everyone,

if i copy text in the web browser and then paste in word using ctrl+v then
the text is formatted to match the styling in the browser. in order to paste
the text without formatting i have to hit paste special and then choose
unformatted text. this is slowing me down alot, is there a way to set
unformatted text as the default paste method?

ty

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garfield-n-odie - 19 Jan 2006 20:33 GMT

No, but you can create a macro that pastes as unformatted text:

Sub PasteUnfText()
On Error GoTo oops
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
End
oops:
Beep
End Sub

and then assign the macro to a toolbar button or a keyboard
shortcut to make it easy to run. See:
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm .

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Graham Mayor - 20 Jan 2006 06:11 GMT

And you could re-assign CTRL+V to call that macro (though frankly I would
just add it to a custom toolbar).

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> No, but you can create a macro that pastes as unformatted text:
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>> down alot, is there a way to set unformatted text as the default
>> paste method? ty

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Abraham Andres Luna - 20 Jan 2006 13:26 GMT

thank you so much for your answer, it works perfectly :)

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