Tip: Remove Formatting and Paste

When copying text from Web pages into their MS Office documents, people often want to just capture words, not their format. Fortunately, MS Office provides a special command to paste the contents of your clipboard as unformatted text. Follow these steps.

1. Choose Edit > Paste Special. A dialog box opens. (If you do not see this command listed, Personalized Menus may be enabled. Click on the expand menu icon (>>) at the bottom of the Edit menu to reveal hidden menu items.)
2. Select “Unformatted Text” from the scrolling “As:” section. (In some Office variations, the choice is “Text” rather than “Unformatted Text”.)
3. Click OK. MS Office pastes the text after removing all formatting information.

Die Dulci Fruere