We’ve all had the experience of copying something from a web page, pasting it into a Word document or OneNote using CTRL-V, and the formatting is all messed up compared to the existing formatting. Yes, you can right-click and hope to see the Paste Option feature to paste as plain text, but here’s an easier way to do that… use the CTRL+SHIFT+V keyboard shortcut. Here’s how that works…
I’m in OneNote for this example. I copied some content from a web page and then used CTRL+V. The pasting appears using the formatting that was present in the web page, and it doesn’t make it easy to merge the content with existing content:
Instead of CTRL-V, I chose to use CTRL-SHIFT-V instead. Now I had plain text that is easier to clean up and format based on what I really want:
I could have right-clicked the mouse, found the Paste Option setting, and chose the Plain Text icon. But with the keyboard shortcut, I never have to have my fingers leave the keyboard after the CTRL-C for copying the text…
