I want to set up my computer to paste unformatted text by default. When I try to do this (following the advise of several online guides) my paste no longer works. I went to keyboard > shortcuts > app shortcuts > +. See my changes below. When I try command+v in Microsoft Word, nothing happens. What went wrong here? Is there a way I can make this work in Microsoft Word?
MacOS – El Capitan “Paste and Match Style” not working in Microsoft Word
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Format > Styles
There you can modify the styles in use for the current document, including hyperlink colours.
Unfortunately MS Office products live in the own world.
So to make the Alpha and Sigma words be replaced with Greek symbols you need to do following.
Open Word- Preference.
Now choose the Auto Correct
There is a field called Replace -With where you can now do that.
See this example:
Use same process for PowerPoint.
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Best Answer
http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2015/07/unformatted-paste/
First make a new macro in Word. Go to Tools > Macro > Macros… and make a new macro called PasteUnformatted.
Paste this code into the Visual Basic editor:
Sub PasteUnformatted() Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText End Sub
Then remap the cmd+V shortcut by going to Tools > Customize Keyboard… then pick ‘Macros’ from the Categories list. Find PasteUnformatted and assign cmd-V to it, click on the ‘assign’ button, and now every time you press cmd-V it should paste unformatted text that matches the formatting of the new document you are working on.