Death to MS Word

Re:Death to MS Word by maguay on Thursday April 12, 2012 @08:13AM (#3832003)

I hit CMD+space, CMD+V, CMD+A, then CMD+X all the time to use OS X' Spotlight text field to stip formatting from text I've copied from the web and other applications. It's far from an elegant solution, but it does work!

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Re:Death to MS Word by npongratz on Thursday April 12, 2012 @09:59AM (#3832298)

For OS X, you might also consider Shift+Option+CMD+V, which pastes using the formatting of the target document. I have found this does not work for all target applications, however. (PowerPoint is one. Lame.)

If you find you always desire to paste without formatting, you can remap CMD+V in OS X:

  * Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Application Shortcuts
  * Click the + under the right-hand list to add a shortcut
  * Application: All; Menu Title: Paste and Match Style; Keyboard Shortcut: type CMD+V

Ask MetaFilter's discussion of above: http://ask.metafilter.com/187733/OSX-How-to-copy-plaintext-a...

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