Copy and paste moves more than just text. Often brings with it formatting of web pages and other documents. You can paste without formatting in almost any application to get just the additional plain text. Use this keyboard shortcut.
No formatting means no newlines, no different font sizes, no bold or italic, and there are no hyperlinks. You won't have to waste time removing formatting items from your document. You will get only the text you copied as if you typed it directly in the application you are pasting it into.
To paste without formatting, press Ctrl + Shift + V instead of Ctrl + V. This works in a wide variety of applications, including web browsers like Google Chrome. It should work on Windows, Chrome OS y Linux.
On a mac, press Command + Option + Shift + V for “paste and match formatting” instead. This also works in most Mac applications.
Unfortunately, this keyboard shortcut does not work in Microsoft Word. To paste without formatting in Word, paste and match formatting “paste and match formatting”. paste and match formatting “paste and match formatting”.
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If this keyboard shortcut does not work in the application of your choice, there is always the low-tech method: open a plain text editor like Notepad, paste your text into it and then select and copy the text. You will get the plain text copied to your clipboard and can paste it into any application.
For a faster way to do this, We previously showed how to use AutoHotkey to automatically remove all formatting from the text you copy to your clipboard in addition.
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