Assinging a hotkey to paste Unformatted Text.

[Gnibtay]

In Word 2003, Can anyone tell me how to assign a set of key strokes to
implement the following menu command:
Edit >Paste Special>Unformatted Text

So far, using the Customize Toolbar feature, I have assigned Key strokes to
the "Paste Special" commend, but it won't let me go one step further and
bring up "Unformatted Text" with a single set of key strokes. Instead, I get
to "Paste Special", and it shows the menu list with all the choices (of which
Unformatted Text is one --I never have any use for the other choices). Then
I have to take my fingers off the keyboard, go to the mouse, and click on my
choice. This slows me down tremendously in my typing. Is there anyway to
get into that last level of the menu, so that when I hit some pre-assigned
keys, Unformatted Text is pasted into my document without further ado?

Hint to Word: having to stop and use the mouse is a major momentum buster
for touch typists. The more that is accessible via key combinations, the
better.

 

[Jay Freedman]

In Word 2003, Can anyone tell me how to assign a set of key strokes to
implement the following menu command:
Edit >Paste Special>Unformatted Text

So far, using the Customize Toolbar feature, I have assigned Key strokes to
the "Paste Special" commend, but it won't let me go one step further and
bring up "Unformatted Text" with a single set of key strokes. Instead, I get
to "Paste Special", and it shows the menu list with all the choices (of which
Unformatted Text is one --I never have any use for the other choices). Then
I have to take my fingers off the keyboard, go to the mouse, and click on my
choice. This slows me down tremendously in my typing. Is there anyway to
get into that last level of the menu, so that when I hit some pre-assigned
keys, Unformatted Text is pasted into my document without further ado?

Hint to Word: having to stop and use the mouse is a major momentum buster
for touch typists. The more that is accessible via key combinations, the
better.

Using the steps in http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm, install this
macro in the Normal.dot template:

Sub PasteSpecialUnformatted()
On Error Resume Next
Selection.PasteSpecial Datatype:=wdPasteText
End Sub

Then use the steps at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm to assign
a shortcut key combination to the macro.

 

[Gnibtay]

Thank you I'll give that a try & let you know how it works out. never made a
"macro" before....