AppleScript: Paste Text Unformatted in One Click
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You can use these AppleScripts to paste special with just a single click.
What's the Difference Between These Two Macros?
Paste Text Unformatted does exactly what it says. Paste Text Matching Destination Format will change the underlying font and style, but if individual words are italicized or bold, it keeps those single-word emphases.
You can also access these functions by using the Paste Options clipboard, which appears at the end of a paste and lets you choose Keep Text Only, Match Destination Formatting or Keep Source Formatting. The Paste Options clipboard can be turned on and off in Preferences>Edit.
Help! What do I do with this gibberish?
Paste Text Unformatted
tell application "Microsoft Word"
paste special (text object of selection) data type paste text
end tell
Save the script in ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Word Script Menu Items as "Paste Without Formatting.scpt \cV" in the script menu to paste via control+V .
Paste Text Matching Destination Format
tell application "Microsoft Word"
paste and format (text object of selection) type format surrounding formatting with emphasis
end tell
Save the script in ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Word Script Menu Items as “Paste Matching Destination Format.scpt \coV” to run it via control+option+V.