Right-click (if nothing happens, click the Customize window and right-click again - keep the Customize window open).Click and hold and drag it to where you want it in the toolbar.Select Macros and locate (part of it might be cut off).Right-click the toolbar and select Customize.The next steps add a button to the toolbar.

Directly above the End Sub statement in the Sub PasteUnformattedText()section, type (or copy and paste) the following line of code:Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText.

The Microsoft Visual Basic Editor appears.

Make sure that All active templates and documents is displayed in the Macros in list, and then click Create.

In the Macro name box, type PasteUnformattedText.

Here are the steps from the Microsoft article with some minor changes: However, these don’t consider the shortcuts that come with specific programs like SnagIt. If you prefer to create a keyboard shortcut, here are the Windows keyboard shortcuts.

I had thought about making another keyboard shortcut, but I didn’t want to risk erasing another shortcut in the process. There are occasions when I do want it to paste formatted text, so I don’t want to change CTRL+V. The difference is that it changes CTRL+V to paste unformatted text. I can’t remember where I found the tip and searching for it didn’t jog my memory.Ī Microsoft article shows part of the way. It took a few days to get the hang of using the button instead of going the old-fashioned route.

Why do all that when I can create a macro and put a button on the toolbar? That’s exactly what I did. Another way to do a Paste Special is to click Edit, Paste Special and select your preference. To do Paste Special without formatting, I clicked CTRL+V to paste, selected the Paste Special icon (smart tag) and selected Keep Text Only. It became a habit like CTRL+V, CTRL+X, and CTRL+C. Once I got out of automated mode, I woke up and realized that I often use Paste Special with unformatted text when working in MS Word.

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