A quick way of repeatedly pasting unformatted text?

[Guest]

I frequently want to to copy texts from one part of a document to another.
More often than not the "format" at the destination is different to the
formatting at the source so therefore I can't just use Ctrl+V - instead, the
paste process (after copying the text of course) is:
1. Click "paste special" button on toolbar.
2. Select "unformatted text" from the resultant selection list.

With the frequency I need to do this, this is tedious to the point of
annmoyance. It would be great to reduce the "paste unformatted text"
operation to just 1 click: eg.
1. a dedicated toolbar button which *only* does "Paste Special - Unformatted
Text"
or
2. a custom shortcut like (say) Alt+Ctrl+V
or
3. "Paste Special" simply remembering my preference for the "unformatted
text" option (I seldom use the other Paste Special... options and have never
used most of them).

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[Stefan Blom]

You can use the following macro:

Sub PasteUnformatted()
On Error Resume Next
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
End Sub

Attach it to a custom toolbar button or assign a keyboard shortcut to
it.

If you need assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


in message

I frequently want to to copy texts from one part of a document to another.
More often than not the "format" at the destination is different to the
formatting at the source so therefore I can't just use Ctrl+V - instead, the
paste process (after copying the text of course) is:
1. Click "paste special" button on toolbar.
2. Select "unformatted text" from the resultant selection list.

With the frequency I need to do this, this is tedious to the point of
annmoyance. It would be great to reduce the "paste unformatted text"
operation to just 1 click: eg.
1. a dedicated toolbar button which *only* does "Paste Special - Unformatted
Text"
or
2. a custom shortcut like (say) Alt+Ctrl+V
or
3. "Paste Special" simply remembering my preference for the "unformatted
text" option (I seldom use the other Paste Special... options and have never
used most of them).

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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[macropod]

Hi David,

Try the following macro, which you can attach to a toolbar button/keyboard shortcut:
Sub PasteUnformattedText()
' The next line is in case there's nothing in the Clipboard
On Error Resume Next
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
End Sub

Also, to speed things up even more, after the 1st paste, select the next destination & press F4 to repeat the paste.

Cheers