Paste as plain text in Word
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Pasting from a browser, an email, or another document often brings fonts, colors, and heading styles you don’t want. Word can paste the text only, and let it pick up the style of the paragraph you’re in.
On Windows, press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste as plain text (Paste Text Only). On a Mac, use Command+Shift+V.
You can also go to the Home tab, select the arrow under Paste, and choose Keep Text Only. If you want that to be the default for all pastes, open File > Options > Advanced (Windows) and change the paste options for pasting between programs, or set it from the Paste menu’s default paste options.
Ctrl+V still pastes with formatting. Use Ctrl+Shift+V when you’re pulling in a paragraph you want to look like the rest of the document.