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RSSPaste plain text in Word, any in any applications using GT4T
Copy/paste – I know pasting text with format information (e.g. fonts, color, size etc) is an important feature, but probably around 9 out of 10 times we need only to paste the plain text so the text fits into the position pasted. You can paste plain text with Word, to do that,
in Word 2003, click Edit->Selective Paste->plain text.
You can also use the keyboard – ALT+E, L and then select.
I always wonder why Microsoft doesn’t make it easier. Why isn’t there a direct keyboard short cut to such an useful operation? Microsoft doesn’t provide a shortcut, but you can create one yourself:
With Word 2003:
Go to Tools->Macro->Visual Basic Editor->Right click on Normal and then click Insert–>Module. Copy and paste the following code to that Module and save.
Sub PastePlain() Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatPlainText) End Sub
Now you have created a small macro named PastePlain. The next step is to create a shortcut to that macro: In Word 2003, Click tools ->customize->commands->Keyboard button. Select Macros in the Categories list, choose PastePlain, click “Press new shortcut” box and press down a key combination like ALT+V.
Next time you you copy some text, you can use the usual CTRL+V to paste rich text, and ALT+V to paste plain text.
However, your shortcut will only work within Word. To paste plain text in all applications, (pasting a table on a webpage to Excel, for example), you can download the new version of GT4T. The pasting plain text and checking Google Dictionary features of GT4T are free, which means you will never get the payment request notice if you only use them.
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