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You can now do it quicker with CTRL+Shift+V (Windows) and Option+Shift+Command+V (Mac). Both will paste without the formatting.

haser_au 9y ago
Windows: Only works in specific applications. Chrome it works, Microsoft Office suite is doesn't work.
- stronglikedan 9y ago
  Ctrl-Alt-V for Office and its ilk. My tip is to always set to paste without formatting by default, and use the shortcut when you want to paste with formatting, because the fancy format you want is usually pre-selected on the menu, but the plain text format never is.
Infernal 9y ago
I use the Option+Shift+Command+V all the time, especially in emails - that text that I copied from SAP or a Word doc invariably has bizarre formatting and if I Command+V paste it into my email, now the rest of what I type after it is going to be screwed up. A four button shortcut sounds like a pain, but once you use it two or three times it comes pretty naturally. Similar to Command+Control+Shift+4 for setting up a screenshot that will grab straight to clipboard, it's easier than it sounds when doing it on the regular.
- ballenf 9y ago
  I wish email clients would ignore font and font size, but maybe not bold & italics of content pasted into the middle of an existing paragraph. But keep almost all formatting (except font size) if pasted into a new empty paragraph. But under no circumstances have the formatting under the cursor after the operation changed. I know that breaks all convention and would probably cause more problems, but boy would I be happy.
  - Infernal 9y ago
    Yeah - seems like it would be one of those things that you could allow the user to configure and they'd set it once and never again. I suppose you could switch your client to plaintext composition, but would be nice if there was a setting like you describe "don't change formatting after pasting" and/or "always strip formatting when pasting".

haser_au 9y ago

Windows: Only works in specific applications. Chrome it works, Microsoft Office suite is doesn't work.

stronglikedan 9y ago
Ctrl-Alt-V for Office and its ilk. My tip is to always set to paste without formatting by default, and use the shortcut when you want to paste with formatting, because the fancy format you want is usually pre-selected on the menu, but the plain text format never is.

Infernal 9y ago

I use the Option+Shift+Command+V all the time, especially in emails - that text that I copied from SAP or a Word doc invariably has bizarre formatting and if I Command+V paste it into my email, now the rest of what I type after it is going to be screwed up. A four button shortcut sounds like a pain, but once you use it two or three times it comes pretty naturally. Similar to Command+Control+Shift+4 for setting up a screenshot that will grab straight to clipboard, it's easier than it sounds when doing it on the regular.

ballenf 9y ago
I wish email clients would ignore font and font size, but maybe not bold & italics of content pasted into the middle of an existing paragraph. But keep almost all formatting (except font size) if pasted into a new empty paragraph. But under no circumstances have the formatting under the cursor after the operation changed. I know that breaks all convention and would probably cause more problems, but boy would I be happy.
- Infernal 9y ago
  Yeah - seems like it would be one of those things that you could allow the user to configure and they'd set it once and never again. I suppose you could switch your client to plaintext composition, but would be nice if there was a setting like you describe "don't change formatting after pasting" and/or "always strip formatting when pasting".