Setting Default Paste Option

[Arthur]

When pasting in Word or PowerPoint there are options
including "keep source formatting" and "keep text only".
By default, the source formatting is used. However,
almost always I want to keep text only. How can I set it
as default?

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

To my great sadness, you cannot.

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[Mike Williams [MVP]]

To my great sadness, you cannot.

But you can create you own paste button with a macro to specify text only.
Someone posted code for this on a Word or Office newsgroup recently.

 

[Opinicus]

But you can create you own paste button with a macro to specify text
only. Someone posted code for this on a Word or Office newsgroup
recently.

<quote>
Sub PasteUnformatted()
'
' PasteUnformatted Macro
' Control shift V pastes the clipboard without formatting
Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteText, Placement:= _
wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False
End Sub
</quote>

I'm not the author of the above and have forgotten who gave it to me. I
believe the line beginning "wdInLine" should be a continuation of the one
above.