When I paste text into an email in Outlook, the following prompt hovers near the text:
Based on the hint, instead of clicking on the button with the mouse, it looks like I should be able to press Ctrl+T. But if I do that, it indents the paragraph.
So what key combination will keep the text only?
I figured it out. It isn't Ctrl+T, it is Ctrl, T (as in press and release Ctrl, then press T).
So, the pattern to paste as text only is: Ctrl+V, Ctrl, T.
Another option is Alt+H+V+T (i.e., keeping Alt pressed until after you press T).
In Outlook 2016, when you paste, press Ctrl and then click on "Set default paste...":
When pressing Ctrl
Then just select options, that are appropriate for you.
There is an option with a small number of keystrokes, which does not involve an intermediate paste-with-format:
Ctrl+Alt+V, Unformatted text
Taken from an excellent summary of shortcuts.
CTRL+V+SPACE worked for me.
But I found a definitive solution on another web site, just by changing my default paste settings. Here are the instructions.
I hope that it works for you.
I think I've found a great solution which makes it as good as the one I had in Word 2003 etc. Back then you had to create a macro. I called it 'pasteunformatted' and assign a shortcut key (I used Ctrl+T).
If you go Customize ribbon > Check 'developer' box to open up that tab, OK. Then select it.
Grab your some text to be copy/pasted from anywhere. This is just to set up the macro.
Click 'Record Macro'. Choose a name. Assign your shortcut key.
Now go Ctrl+V to paste. Then press Ctrl (release) then 't' as described by some users above. Now stop record. You now have a macro that will paste unformatted text as you may have had previously, with the shortcut key you assigned to it.
Hope that helps.
As mentioned in the list of the keyboard shortcuts in the Outlook Help page:
Ctrl+v then Ctrl+SPACE seems a reasonable solution that gives a way to apply the current format of the mail you're writing to the text you paste. An alternative is Ctrl+v then Ctrl+Shift+z which removes any format.
You can do this in just two single key presses, no need to paste first:
Context menu key, then t.
I am not sure whether this is the answer you are looking for. I have disabled the show paste options ( options --> Mail --> uncheck show paste options when content is pasted into a message) Just using Ctrl+V to paste
With show paste options disabled you can press Menu, Ctrl, T, Enter.
The "Menu" key gives the right-click menu. It’s between Alt and Ctrl, to the right of space on my keyboard.
I was looking for an answer that works in Microsoft Word for Mac. I tried all the answers and none of them worked. Here is the procedure that worked for me:
1- Copy a sample piece of text to the clipboard.
2- View > Macros > Choose Record Macro...
It will open a new window.
3- Click the "Keyboard" button in the new window.
4- Press Ctrl + h (or whatever combination of buttons that you prefer.)
5- Click the "OK" button.
6- Use Ctrl + v to paste the copied text to somewhere in your document.
7- Using your mouse, choose paste options, and click on "Keep Text Only".
8- View > Macros > Stop Recording
From now on, whenever you want to paste anything with the "Keep Text Only," instead of Ctrl + v, you can just press Ctrl + h (or whatever combination of buttons that you prefer.)
