MVPs, Please Help

[Fred]

A few hours ago, I posted this question, but I haven't received an answer
yet, and I keep screwing up my documents with trash styles and other garbage.
I know that between JoAnn, Suzanne, and Garfield-n-Odie, at least ONE of you
has GOT to know the answer.

Here's the question I posted under the title "Disabling Keyboard Commands:

Is it possible to disable a keyboard command? I'm importing text from a
series of badly formatted documents into a nice clean, new template. I will
be doing a lot of cutting from the old and pasting into the new, but I want
to use Paste Special so I don't bring any nasty stuff from the old documents.

Is there a way to temporarily disable the Cntl-V command for pasting? Old
habits are hard to get over, and I know that I'll use the keyboard command
out of habit if I don't think about it.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

You can remove Ctrl+V as the keyboard shortcut for Edit->Paste in
Word by clicking on Tools | Customize | Keyboard | Categories:
Edit | Commands: EditPaste | Current keys: Ctrl+V | Remove |
Close. Ctrl+V will remain disabled until until you change it back.

Then you can create a macro that pastes as unformatted text:

Sub PasteUnfText()
On Error GoTo oops
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
End
oops:
Beep
End Sub

and then assign the macro to a toolbar button or a keyboard
shortcut (such as Ctrl+V) to make it easy to run. See:
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToHotkey.htm .

 

[Carol]

Hi,

I'm not an MVP and I can't tell you how to disable your keyboard shortcut,
but perhaps I can help a bit.

Why not add Past special to your right-click menu?

Start Word.
Click ALT+F8.
In the Macro name box, type PasteUnformattedText.
Make sure that All active templates and documents is displayed in the Macros
in list, and then click Create. The Microsoft Visual Basic Editor appears.
Directly above the End Sub statement in the Sub PasteUnformattedText()
section, type (or copy and paste) the following line of code:

Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText


Click ALT+Q to return to Word.
The next steps add a button to the toolbar.

Right-click the toolbar and select Customize.
Ensure the Commands tab is selected.
Select Macros and locate Normal.NewMacros.PasteUnformated.Text (part of it
might be cut off).
Click and hold Normal.NewMacros.PasteUnformatedText and drag it to where you
want it in the toolbar.
Right-click Normal.NewMacros.PasteUnformatedText (if nothing happens, click
the Customize window and right-click again — keep the Customize window open).
Change Name to whatever you want, so you can shorten it.
You can use an image instead, if you prefer. In this case, while the
Customize window is still open:

Right-click the new button you created, select Change Button Image, and pick
an icon.
Right-click the button again and select Default Style. Only an image
appears. You can leave it as image and text, if you prefer.

 

[Fred]

I already have it on my toolbar, but it's such a habit to copy with Ctrl-C
and then paste with Ctrl-V, that I keep slipping up. Then I paste in
paragraph markers with screwy styles in them, and I cuss, and I hit Ctrl-Z
and cuss again.

 

[Fred]

Thanks! I knew that one of you would know the answer.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I see that Garfield got you the answer. Great. (Heck, I'm tickled to be
named in the same sentence with Suzanne. She's my hero.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

By the time I saw this question, I'd already seen Garfield's (or someone's)
answer to the original post in this or another NG. I do wish posters would
be more patient.

I see that Garfield got you the answer. Great. (Heck, I'm tickled to be
named in the same sentence with Suzanne. She's my hero.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

A few hours ago, I posted this question, but I haven't received an answer
yet, and I keep screwing up my documents with trash styles and other
garbage.
I know that between JoAnn, Suzanne, and Garfield-n-Odie, at least ONE of
you
has GOT to know the answer.

Here's the question I posted under the title "Disabling Keyboard Commands:

Is it possible to disable a keyboard command? I'm importing text from a
series of badly formatted documents into a nice clean, new template. I
will
be doing a lot of cutting from the old and pasting into the new, but I
want
to use Paste Special so I don't bring any nasty stuff from the old
documents.

Is there a way to temporarily disable the Cntl-V command for pasting? Old
habits are hard to get over, and I know that I'll use the keyboard command
out of habit if I don't think about it.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

This is the age of instant gratification. We have to have a solution NOW.

I occasionally post questions in the newsgroups. I usually get a response
within a few hours. I'm always grateful if I get any help at all. And I
should mention that I post *after* I've googled for a solution. That solves
my problems 95% of the time.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

By the time I saw this question, I'd already seen Garfield's (or
someone's)
answer to the original post in this or another NG. I do wish posters would
be more patient.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

I see that Garfield got you the answer. Great. (Heck, I'm tickled to be
named in the same sentence with Suzanne. She's my hero.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

A few hours ago, I posted this question, but I haven't received an
answer
yet, and I keep screwing up my documents with trash styles and other
garbage.
I know that between JoAnn, Suzanne, and Garfield-n-Odie, at least ONE
of
you
has GOT to know the answer.

Here's the question I posted under the title "Disabling Keyboard Commands:

Is it possible to disable a keyboard command? I'm importing text from a
series of badly formatted documents into a nice clean, new template. I
will
be doing a lot of cutting from the old and pasting into the new, but I
want
to use Paste Special so I don't bring any nasty stuff from the old
documents.

Is there a way to temporarily disable the Cntl-V command for pasting? Old
habits are hard to get over, and I know that I'll use the keyboard command
out of habit if I don't think about it.

 

[Fred]

I apologize for being impatient with JoAnn's hero. I wish I had been given
the time for patience, but the project was a pressing one and I was in the
middle of it. I waited to re-post until the original posting had been kicked
down to the second page of messages, since I figured that once it was off
page 1 the chances of anybody seeing it would have dropped enormously.

By the time I saw this question, I'd already seen Garfield's (or someone's)
answer to the original post in this or another NG. I do wish posters would
be more patient.

I see that Garfield got you the answer. Great. (Heck, I'm tickled to be
named in the same sentence with Suzanne. She's my hero.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

A few hours ago, I posted this question, but I haven't received an answer
yet, and I keep screwing up my documents with trash styles and other
garbage.
I know that between JoAnn, Suzanne, and Garfield-n-Odie, at least ONE of
you
has GOT to know the answer.

Here's the question I posted under the title "Disabling Keyboard Commands:

Is it possible to disable a keyboard command? I'm importing text from a
series of badly formatted documents into a nice clean, new template. I
will
be doing a lot of cutting from the old and pasting into the new, but I
want
to use Paste Special so I don't bring any nasty stuff from the old
documents.

Is there a way to temporarily disable the Cntl-V command for pasting? Old
habits are hard to get over, and I know that I'll use the keyboard command
out of habit if I don't think about it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Most of us who post answers read these NGs in an NNTP newsreader (the
Communities Web interface is much too cumbersome for us); even with a
generous preview pane allotted (almost half the screen), I still see 20
threads, which is enough to see all the new posts in most NGs (I have OE set
to Hide Read Messages).

I apologize for being impatient with JoAnn's hero. I wish I had been given
the time for patience, but the project was a pressing one and I was in the
middle of it. I waited to re-post until the original posting had been kicked
down to the second page of messages, since I figured that once it was off
page 1 the chances of anybody seeing it would have dropped enormously.

By the time I saw this question, I'd already seen Garfield's (or someone's)
answer to the original post in this or another NG. I do wish posters would
be more patient.

I see that Garfield got you the answer. Great. (Heck, I'm tickled to be
named in the same sentence with Suzanne. She's my hero.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




A few hours ago, I posted this question, but I haven't received an answer
yet, and I keep screwing up my documents with trash styles and other
garbage.
I know that between JoAnn, Suzanne, and Garfield-n-Odie, at least ONE of
you
has GOT to know the answer.

Here's the question I posted under the title "Disabling Keyboard Commands:

Is it possible to disable a keyboard command? I'm importing text from a
series of badly formatted documents into a nice clean, new template. I
will
be doing a lot of cutting from the old and pasting into the new, but I
want
to use Paste Special so I don't bring any nasty stuff from the old
documents.

Is there a way to temporarily disable the Cntl-V command for

pasting?
Old

habits are hard to get over, and I know that I'll use the keyboard command
out of habit if I don't think about it.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Ew! That awful web interface! Even Google Groups interface is better than
that mess. I use OE so I can see what's been answered and what hasn't.

And you need to accept the fact that sometimes posts are not answered
because no one has an answer. Just because you're in the middle of a
pressing project doesn't mean that we'll have an answer in your time frame
or at all.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I apologize for being impatient with JoAnn's hero. I wish I had been given
the time for patience, but the project was a pressing one and I was in the
middle of it. I waited to re-post until the original posting had been
kicked
down to the second page of messages, since I figured that once it was off
page 1 the chances of anybody seeing it would have dropped enormously.

By the time I saw this question, I'd already seen Garfield's (or
someone's)
answer to the original post in this or another NG. I do wish posters
would
be more patient.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

I see that Garfield got you the answer. Great. (Heck, I'm tickled to be
named in the same sentence with Suzanne. She's my hero.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




A few hours ago, I posted this question, but I haven't received an
answer
yet, and I keep screwing up my documents with trash styles and other
garbage.
I know that between JoAnn, Suzanne, and Garfield-n-Odie, at least ONE
of
you
has GOT to know the answer.

Here's the question I posted under the title "Disabling Keyboard Commands:

Is it possible to disable a keyboard command? I'm importing text from
a
series of badly formatted documents into a nice clean, new template.
I
will
be doing a lot of cutting from the old and pasting into the new, but
I
want
to use Paste Special so I don't bring any nasty stuff from the old
documents.

Is there a way to temporarily disable the Cntl-V command for pasting? Old
habits are hard to get over, and I know that I'll use the keyboard command
out of habit if I don't think about it.