How to change cut and paste preferences to text only?

[jemiller]

I do a lot of cut and pasting from different sources. I typically have to
always select paste unformatted text only. Is there a way to make this the
default and then I can change later if I do something else?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I do a lot of cut and pasting from different sources. I typically
have to always select paste unformatted text only. Is there a way to
make this the default and then I can change later if I do something
else?

If you have Word 2007, go to Office button > Word Options > Advanced > Cut,
copy, and paste. The first four dropdowns in that group allow you to set the
defaults for various situations. Probably only the "Pasting from other
programs" dropdown needs to be set to Keep Text Only. You may or may not
want to check the option for Show Paste Options Buttons, which lets you
change the selection after each paste.

Earlier versions of Word don't have the default options, but the Paste
Options buttons are available (at least in 2003, I'm not sure how far back
they go).

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[Graham Mayor]

Or you could add the following macro to a toolbar button or keyboard
shortcut

Sub PasteUnfText()
On Error GoTo Oops
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText, _
Placement:=wdInLine
End
Oops:
Beep
End Sub
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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