November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
424 pages
11h 59m
English
| Tip 320 | Copy and Paste Without the Formatting |
Like most modern operating systems, Mac OS X will retain text formatting when you copy and paste text from one place to another. For example, copying a paragraph of text from a website and then pasting it into a TextEdit document will mean it keeps the same font and point size.
There are several ways to avoid this, as follows:
In some apps, you can click the Paste→Paste and Match Style entry on the Edit menu.
In some apps, holding down Shift+Option+Command+V will paste without formatting—I usually hold down Option+Command with my thumb and hold down Shift with my pinkie before reaching across with my index finger to hit V.
In Microsoft Office applications, you can click Edit→Paste Special and select ...
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