How to disable text style copying on Windows XP?

Question

Problem: I copy a text from a website, paste it on email or forum, and scream for the insanely large font it creates. Then I instantly go to notepad and re-paste, re-copy and again re-paste it to get rid of the styling.

Is there a solution for this annoyance and pasteing delay, which doesn't require me to use different buttons for paste? Note: this should work on any program, not just on a browser.

I have no idea why would I ever want to use this feature, unless I copy text between word documents, which I do extremely rarely.

Perhaps the best solution would be a program that removes the styling after new textual data was added to clipboard.

Answer 1

Haven't used XP lately, but, in the receiving program, there is usually an option under Edit or Insert called Paste Special or Paste Without Formatting that gives you the option of pasting without formatting. That will do it.

To find it, you usually have to select Edit or Insert from the menu bar of the receiving program. It usually doesn't show up in context dependent menus (when you right click in a document, etc. and a menu of options appears).

If not, you can do it the hard way by opening a text editor like notepad (not a word processor) window and pasting the selection there. That will strip most or all of the formatting. If any is left, you will see it as plain text and can just delete it manually.

Once you have the plain text in the editor (notepad), you can then copy and paste it to its final destination.

Just reread your question and saw that you already use the"hard way". I'll leave it in my answer for others to see.