2007 Outlook and Office "Keep text only" no longer works

[Sam]

The only new feature in Office 2007 that I liked was the ability to
set the default for pasting text. I have Contacts, Email editor and
Word all set the same: Word Options > Advanced > copy, cut paste:
“Keep text only” for everything except pasting within same document.
Initially it worked everywhere (e.g. pasting from IE to Word or
Contacts Note or pasting from Outlook Word editor to Contacts Note
field. There was always a bug; sometimes it was incredibility slowly.
No longer; MS seems to have fixed the slowest by killing the feature
with an automatic Office update. All pasting now includes formatting
(font, size bold, tables, etc.). I’m back to Paste> Paste Special >
unformatted text. I would kill for a single key shortcut to paste
plain text. Does anyone know how to get this feature working again?

 

[Sam]

The only new feature in Office 2007 that I liked was the ability to
set the default for pasting text.   I have Contacts, Email editor and
Word all set the same:  Word Options > Advanced > copy, cut paste:
“Keep text only” for everything except pasting within same document.
Initially it worked everywhere (e.g. pasting from IE to Word or
Contacts Note or pasting from Outlook Word editor to Contacts Note
field. There was always a bug; sometimes it was incredibility slowly.
No longer; MS seems to have fixed the slowest by killing the feature
with an automatic Office update.   All pasting now includes formatting
(font, size bold, tables, etc.).  I’m back to Paste> Paste Special >
unformatted text.  I would kill for a single key shortcut to paste
plain text.  Does anyone know how to get this feature working again?

I spent the $50 for MS Word tech support and together we isolated the
MS Word Bug. The tech support guy was great the Office 2007 is not so
great.
I’ll publish the work around here and save the next soul some money.
The “Keep Text only” feature stops working when the unrelated “Show
Paste Options Button” option is unchecked. This check box is found
at Word Options > Advanced > copy, cut paste > “Show Paste Options
Button”
I really like “Keep Text only” and I’m irritated by the dumb “Paste
Options” dialog box popping up all the time and obscuring my view of
my work. I guess MS will fix the bug someday; for now you have to
pick your poison.