I used to always have to do this as well (I work in graphic design and oftentimes I have to paste text from Word/PowerPoint into my layout/design apps -- it's a

I used to always have to do this as well (I work in graphic design and oftentimes I have to paste text from Word/PowerPoint into my layout/design apps -- it's a nightmare) Then I discovered this handy little utility, PureText: https://stevemiller.net/puretext/ https://stevemiller.net/puretext/ Now all you gotta do is press Win-V to paste the pure text representation of your clipboard. It's a 43k download and unobtrusive. Great program.