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How To remove All Formatting in Selected Text in Word

Anonymous
2024-06-05T20:00:43+00:00

Sometimes I need to remove all formatting of text I wish to paste into a Word document. Or maybe I need to select specific text in Word and remove all formatting.

So far, the only way I have found to do this is to paste the text into a text file, and then copy and paste it back into Word.

I wonder if there is an easier or faster way to do this within Word?

Your advice would be appreciated.

Kind regards

Chris

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  1. HansV 462.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-06-05T20:05:09+00:00

    To paste unformatted text, press Ctrl+Shift+V instead of Ctrl+V.

    To remove formatting from existing text:

    Select the text.

    Press Ctrl+spacebar to reset the character formatting to that of the applied style.

    Press Ctrl+Q to reset the paragraph formatting to that of the applied style.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-06-06T11:39:54+00:00

    Thank you very much Hans. This solution works for me.

    Kind regards

    Chris

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