Indeed, users expect that Ctrl + Shift + V will paste plain text, so when this doesn’t work, the experience can be frustrating. In the case of keyboard shortcuts, the industry standard has diverged from Word’s initial implementation of these features. While the engineering team continues to work on new features for improved user experiences with refreshed and more advanced technology, we don’t always have the opportunity to revise pre-existing behavior. This long-standing legacy creates a precedent for established user expectations. Word has been a product since 1983 (Word turns 40 this year!). Notice how the pasted content matches the neighboring text formatting, rather than preserving its original font size, color, etc. Press Ctrl + Shift + V ( Cmd + Shift + V on Mac).In your Word document, place the cursor where you want the text to appear.

Select a range of text from your current document, or another document or.No matter what you call it, the Paste Text Only shortcut is now available in Word for Windows and Word Mac. You might be familiar with this shortcut Ctrl + Shift + V ( Cmd + Shift + V on Mac)-it’s also called “keep text only” or “paste plain text”-because of its popularity in other applications like Microsoft Teams, Word for the web, Google, and Gmail. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just copy and paste text from a website into your document and have it look good? Imagine not having to manually remove the source formatting like font size, type, or background color. I’m happy to announce that the Paste Text Only shortcut is available in Word for Windows and Word for Mac! Paste Text Only shortcut in Word Hi, Microsoft 365 Insiders! I’m Ali Forelli, a Product Manager on the Word team working on Accessibility features.

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