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Microsoft is removing WordPad from Windows after nearly 30 years (www.theverge.com)
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[–] wwtw 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ctrl + shift + V should paste in plain text for most applications with the exception of Office products. ~~In Office these keys are mapped to other functions because reasons in 1989 or something. I thought you could configure a hot key for it but I can’t remember off the top. Google fu it.~~

Edit: This was bugging me.

Excel appears to respect ctrl shift V

Word, you have two options, I used the latter. https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/paste-text-only-shortcut-in-word?ocid=usoc_TWITTER_M365_spl100003894688686

or

https://superuser.com/questions/988527/how-can-i-use-ctrl-shift-v-to-paste-plain-non-formatted-text-into-a-word

Outlook is being Outlook. You can go to File, Options, Mail, Editor Options, Advanced, and scroll down to the Cut, Copy and Paste section. Make the adjustments that fit your use case. I set Keep Text Only under Pasting from other programs

[–] bassomitron 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure I've tried Ctrl Shift V in Excel to no avail (think it brings up a menu where you can then select plain text). Excel is the biggest culprit of where I'd love a default to plain text Ctrl V functionality. I'll double check the next time I use it, but I'm like 90% certain I've tried it... Thanks for the tips, though!