Well, it turns out there's three relatively easy workarounds: Copy and paste your text as normal, then, highlight the text and hit Ctrl+Space - this handy little shortcut will remove any existing. Hi, still seeking a solution for pasting unformatted text using Word for Mac (v16.29) with a single command. Standard way takes three steps: Right-click Paste Special Unformatted Text You suggest Paste and Match Formatting, but that doesn’t paste unformatted text: it keeps formatting and attempts to match formatting. On a Mac, press Command+Option+Shift+V to “paste and match formatting” instead. This works in most Mac apps, too. This keyboard shortcut unfortunately doesn’t work in Microsoft Word. To paste without formatting in Word, you can use the special Paste option on the ribbon to “Keep Text Only.”.
Paste special made easy!
I just so happen to copy and paste ample amounts of text into Microsoft Word on a regular basis, and the fact that it copies over existing formatting has always been something of a niggle.
A niggle, it should be added, not big enough for me to warrant hunting a solution. Nonetheless, a solution presented itself today and it's become a niggle I'm glad to see the back of.
So, how do you get to that Paste Special function a little easier?
Well, it turns out there's three relatively easy workarounds:
- Copy and paste your text as normal, then, highlight the text and hit Ctrl+Space - this handy little shortcut will remove any existing formatting.
- Get rid of the niggle once and for all. In Microsoft Word 2007, navigate to Word Options (via the Office Orb), choose the Advanced tab and scroll down to Cut, Copy and Paste. Here you'll be able set Word to paste as text only from a variety of sources.
- Remember the key process. If you only need to paste unformatted text from time to time, hitting Alt, H, V, S, Up Arrow, Enter will do just the trick.
It's making my life a whole lot easier already!
Source:Digital Inspiration
Outlook 2016 for Mac lets you choose whether to compose and send messages in plain text or formatted text. The default is formatted text.
Configure Outlook's Default Setting
Outlook For Mac Ribbon Paste Unformatted Text Message
- From the menu, select .
- Click .
- In the Format and account section of the dialog box, check or uncheck Compose messages in HTML by default.
- Close the dialog box.
Outlook For Mac Ribbon Paste Unformatted Text Shortcut
Change the Setting for One Message
Outlook For Mac Ribbon Paste Unformatted Text Editor
You can also switch between HTML or plain text for an individual message: while composing a message, click the tab, then toggle the control.