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SHORTCUT PASTE WITHOUT FORMATTING CODE
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SHORTCUT PASTE WITHOUT FORMATTING PC

SHORTCUT PASTE WITHOUT FORMATTING TRIAL

Here is what I ended up with through trial and error:Īndy, It works for me without time delay! Maybe, it depends on the computer.

SHORTCUT PASTE WITHOUT FORMATTING CODE

However, I had to modify the ^+c:: code to get it to work for me. I just hate the fact that windows copies formatting when you use the clipboard. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.ġ4 Responses to “Shortcut to paste text unformatted – Autohotkey solution” You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. This entry was posted on Apat 1:18 am and is filed under Autohotkey. But this is a very rare occurence, at least for me and I am quite happy with the solution I have come up with. If you want to print it somewhere else immediately with formatting, you will have to go back and copy the text again.

There is one drawback to this approach though – After you perform this, the formatting of the copied text in clipboard is gone for ever.

This operation sheds all the formatting associated with the clipboard item. This is how I went about it –Īs you can see the code above, the approach is very simple – Read the clipboard and assign it to an Autohotkey variable. For hot key 2 (unformatted paste), I use V, which is quite close to normal paste shortcut. For hot key 1 (unformatted copy), I use C, which is quite close to normal copy shortcut. I use either of it depending on my convenience.

Copy the formatted text and paste it in unformatted fashion (using hot key 2).

Copy the text unformatted (using hot key 1) and paste it wherever you like using standard V.

I have set up 2 variants of hot keys for this – Now, thanks to Autohotkey, I have managed to write a shortcut for it. But I was looking for a universal and convenient approach to do this. For instance, you can copy the text from wherever you want and paste it without formatting in MS Word or MS Excel using Edit -> Paste Special -> Unformatted text. Of course, many softwares that host the target location have provision for this.

SHORTCUT PASTE WITHOUT FORMATTING PC

I find my Windows PC lacking support for this elementary feature. How many times have you found yourself needing to copy a formatted text and paste it onto a different document without the formatting? I have felt the need for this very often and every time I do it, I miss a convenient shortcut for it. Almost all computer users would use C and V keys extensively.