Monday, November 24, 2008

Pasting Text from Internet in Microsoft Word

Ever try to copy and paste text from the internet into MS Word only to paste all the formatting along with it? Most pages are tables without the grid lines showing. If you copy something from an internet page and try to paste it in MS Word, the default paste is to paste formatting and all. You'll save tons of time removing the formatting.

Try clicking on

  * Edit
  * Paste Special
  * Choose unformatted text.

If you do happen to have a document that you need to just remove all the formatting and start from scratch:

  * Select the text you want to remove formatting from
  * Click the style tool dropdown arrow on the formatting tool bar
  * Clear formatting

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