How can I use “Ctrl + Shift + V” to paste plain, non-formatted text, into a Word document?

Question

In Chrome, I can paste text without any formatting using ctrl+shift+V. How can I do something like this in in Microsoft Word?

Answer 1

Here are the steps:

• From the View tab, click on Macros -> View Macros
• In the Macros dialog, enter PasteSpecial in the macro name field and click Create.
• Replace the contents of the code editor with the following code:

Sub PasteSpecial()
On Error GoTo errHandler
    Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
    Exit Sub


errHandler:
        Selection.Paste
End Sub

• Save and close the code editor
• Go to File tab -> Options -> Customize Ribbon, click on the Customize... button after "keyboard shortcuts:"
• Choose Macro in the Categories box and choose PasteSpecial in the Macros box. In Press new shortcut key box, enter ctrl+shift+V, then click Assign.
• Click OK to close the Word Options dialog.

Answer 2

Go to File> Options> Customize Ribbon> [Keyboard Shortcuts] Customize... > All Commands > PastTextOnly> Press new shortcut key: > Assign> Close.

It doesn't need any codes or something!

Answer 3

"Paste as plain text" – Universal macro which works with any application

This is AutoHotKey macro which will paste clipboard content as non-formatted text in any application which by default works with formatted text (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Write, you name it.)

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Win + V

^#v::   ;work with clipboard: paste clipboard content as plain text
    ClipboardOld := ClipboardAll  ;save original clipboard contents
    Clipboard = %Clipboard%  ;store plain text from clipboard to clipboard
    Send ^v  ;send the Ctrl+V command
    Sleep, 250  ;give some time to finish paste (before restoring clipboard)
    Clipboard := ClipboardOld  ;restore the original clipboard contents
    ClipboardOld =  ;clear temporary variable (potentially contains large data)
    Return

Answer 4

After all these years, Microsoft is finally adding the ability to Shift-Control-V paste as value natively. It's in the Beta versions of Word as of March 2023.