Stripping all formatting and codes when copying/pasting

[Guest]

I am copying and pasting documents from Word 2003 to Word 2007 and want them
to paste into Word completly stripped of all formatting, codes, etc.,
including headers, footers, tab settings, fonts, etc. What is the best way to
do this? Should I paste from Word 2003 into Notepad and then from Notepad
into Word 2007? It is essential that nothing come into Word 2007 other than
keystrokes in the body. Thanks in advance.

Arlene

 

[Stefan Blom]

Copy the text. In Word 2007, click the Home tab of the ribbon. Click Paste,
and then click Paste Special. Choose "Unformatted Text" and then click OK.
The pasted text will assume the formatting at the insertion point.

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[Graham Mayor]

Paste special > unformatted text (or use the following macro)

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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[Guest]

Is there a reason I would use a macro over paste special?

 

[Guest]

Would this strip out any header and footer codes that might have been present
in the original document as well?
What is the difference between Unformatted Text and Unformatted Unicode Text?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Attached to a QAT button or keyboard shortcut it simply uses fewer
keystrokes to attain the same result.

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[Guest]

Thank you. I went to your link and created the macro but the link doesn't
tell me how to run the macro or assign it to a keyboard shortcut. Do you have
another link for that?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I feel sure Graham's article includes a link to his article at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. For the rest, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm (both
written for versions before Word 2007, but the principle is the same).

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[Guest]

Thanks so much!!

I feel sure Graham's article includes a link to his article at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. For the rest, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm (both
written for versions before Word 2007, but the principle is the same).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Graham Mayor]

The tools to assign items to the QAT or to the Keyboard are both located on
the QAT editor

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[Guest]

Would this strip out any header and footer codes that might have been present
in the original document as well?
Yes.

What is the difference between Unformatted Text and Unformatted Unicode Text?

I'm not sure. I guess pasting as Unicode preserves any Unicode text (which
includes "special" characters not supported by ASCII or ANSI) that might be
included in the copied data?