What is the keyboard shortcut for pasting without formatting in MS Word?
In Microsoft Word 2019, if I want to paste using: Ctrl+Shift+V, that doesn't work, what is the new shortcut?
There seems to be no direct shortcut for that, but here's something you can do:
Paste text (Ctrl+V) and then press Ctrl for paste options to appear and then press T for pasting the text with "Keep text only" paste option.
The result will be pasted text without formatting.
You can also Ctrl+V then press backspace if a link was pasted and it will undo link formatting.
This works in older versions of MS Word too.
Or, you can simply set the keyboard shortcut for PasteTextOnly
to Ctrl+Shift+V, then it works like before again.
That shortcut is a bit hidden though, so here's the steps how to get there:
-
File
>Options
>Customize Ribbon
>Keyboard shortcuts: Customize...
- Under
Categories
, selectAll Commands
- Under
Commands
, look forPasteTextOnly
- Set the keyboard shortcut for
PasteTextOnly
to Ctrl+Shift+V
Use Alt+H, V, T
It should be faster than Ctrl+Alt+V then select unformatted text
Ctrl+Alt+V does the trick. It opens up Paste Special, then you need to select Unformatted Text to get the desired result.