If you just pasted text, just click the popup and select Set Default Paste. Alternately, open the Options pane in Word manually from the File backstage menu or the Office orb in Word 2007. To paste manually, choose “Paste Text Only” from the “Edit” menu, or use the associated keyboard shortcut. If you have a field where you are sure to never need formatting, you can automate the removal of formats by setting an Auto-Enter option, like “TextFormatRemove (Self )”. How to Paste Text Only By Default in Microsoft Word 2016How to Clear Text Format Before Pasting Automatic in MS WordHow to Enable Text Only Feature in Micros.
Whenever you copy text from a website or from any other source, Microsoft Word automatically saves its appearance and the formatting each time you paste.
It can be frustrating as many users don’t know how to get rid of it. This is especially the case with Word 2016 or Word 2013. So, how do you get rid of the background color from the pasted text in Word 2016 or 2013? Let’s see how can we configure it easily.
How to by default paste unformatted text in Microsoft Word
Step 1: Open your Microsoft Word. We have opened our Microsoft Word 2013. Click the File option at the extreme upper left corner of the document.
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Step 3: From the menu, find and click on Options.
Step 4: It opens the Word Options window. On the left side of the pane, click on Advanced and on the right side of the pane, under the Cut, copy, and paste category, go to the option Pasting from other programs. From the drop-down next to it, select Keep Text Only. Press OK and you are done.
Now, when you paste text from any other source to Word, it will get pasted without the background color.
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How did you paste to OneNote and keep text only as the default when you press Ctrl+V?
Yes.
But, this setting is more subtle.
Setting Steps:
Step 1: Paste Anywhere
Press Ctrl+V in OneNote page, a float tools 'Paste Options' will be shown, click the last icon is paste and 'Keep Text Only'.
After click 'Paste Keep Text Only' icon, OneNote will paste as plain text.
And, the 'Paste Options' tools still be shown, click it again, and this time, the 'Keep Text Only' icon is selected.
Click 'Set as Default Paste' button to set the 'Keep Text Only' to the default paste option.
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