In Mavericks, how can I make Paste and Match Style the default for Cmd-V?
The instructions for Mountain Lion and other OSs do not seem to apply to Mavericks.
While it may not work in all applications there is a way of doing this for a large number. Certainly it works in Pages
, Numbers
and TextEdit
but not Microsoft Word, where you have to do it within the application.
All you need to do is open System Preferences
> Keyboard
> Shortcuts
and select App Shortcuts
in the left hand pane. Click on All Applications
in the right hand pane and the +
at the bottom.
In the Menu Title
field enter Paste and Match Style
then click in the Keyboard Shortcut
field and press command-V. Then click on Add
You will now see that your shortcut is added. When you open Pages
, for example, you will see that Paste
no longer has a shortcut (you could add one using the same method) and right next to Paste and Match Style
in the Edit
menu is your new working shortcut,command-V. Oh, frabjous joy!
defaults write .GlobalPreferences -dict-add NSUserKeyEquivalents "Paste and Match Style" -string "@v”