I was just wondering if anyone know of a Windows application that will remove formatting from any text in the clipboard? So if I copy something from Word into another document, the content is pasted as the original text without formatting. I want this to work no matter what application I paste into.
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I achieve this by pasting in to Notepad (or your text-only editor of choice) and re-copying.
Works when copying from anywhere to anywhere.
But, I imagine this isn't quite what you're looking for - but it works...
As with many small tasks, AutoHotkey is perfect for the job!
^#v::
ClipboardTemp = %ClipBoardAll%
ClipBoard = %ClipBoard%
Send ^v
sleep, 30
ClipBoard = %ClipboardTemp%
Return
Would paste de-formatted text when you pressed control-win-v
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One small caveat that may or may not apply to you: If your text contains Unicode characters, AutoHotkey will get a "downgraded" version of the characters when it reads the clipboard as text.– Bavi_HJun 18, 2010 at 1:09
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Add to this that this script can paste files/folders paths by copying the folder/file itself then Ctrl+Win+V, Nice one! Mar 5, 2021 at 19:01
Try: Ctrl+Shift+V
That's a hotkey that works in many cases. (e.g. I just tried it in Chrome with GMail.)