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When I paste into Word 2003 the default is Keep Source Formatting
. How can I change the default to Keep Text Only
?
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When I paste into Word 2003 the default is Keep Source Formatting
. How can I change the default to Keep Text Only
?
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It seems that Word 2003 doesn't let you set "Keep text only" as a default.
But you can create a macro as described in detail here: https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/word-keyboard-shortcut-to-paste-unformatted-text/
Essentially you: 1. create the macro. 2. add the macro to your template. 3. assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro.
That way, if you want to paste text only you can just use the keyboard shortcut.
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I've had a similar need so I wrote an AutoHotkey script that creates a global "paste text only" option. It's not perfect but it's fairly effective. There's a special case for Excel and you could probably create one for Word as well.
; Key: Win+V
; Cmd: Paste unformatted text
#v::
IfWinActive Microsoft Excel
{
Send !es{Down 2}{Enter} ;Edit menu, Paste Special, Text only
; This still works in 2007 and 2010 even though the Edit menu doesn't exist anymore
}
Else
{
clipOld := ClipboardAll ;Save the entire clipboard
clip := Clipboard ;Save just the text portion of the clipboard
Clipboard := clip ;Replace the clipboard with just the text portion
Send, ^v ;Paste the text
Clipboard := clipOld ;Replace the clipboard with its original contents
}
Return
Thank you for the answer. This is definitely not an ideal solution, but it does work – Steven Penny – 2016-04-26T16:18:33.233