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Shortcut to paste without formatting in Word?

Copying text from websites into Word brings the fonts and colours with it. Right-click and choose Keep Text Only works but is slow. Is there a keyboard shortcut, or a way to make plain paste the default?
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michael_27 Oct 29, 2026
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Ctrl+Shift+V in the current Microsoft 365 version of Word. It pastes as plain text and takes on the formatting of wherever your cursor is. If you're on an older Word where that does nothing, you can make plain text the default instead: File > Options > Advanced, then under Cut, copy, and paste set "Pasting from other programs" to Keep Text Only. After that a normal Ctrl+V pastes clean.
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