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How to make copy and pasting just a little easier

21 February 2006 by Frank Meeuwsen

[[image:ptext.jpg::left:0]]Don’t you hate that? You want to copy something from a webpage or a formatted document into another document. Biggest issue (on a Windows machine) is that all formatting comes with the copying. So you end up using a reroute like notepad where you temporarily paste the text, re-copy it and paste it in the proper document. Fear no more! The answer is here! And we shall call it “Pure Text”:http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/! Just download this 13Kb standalone executable and it will nest in your systemtray. Now, the fun starts. Copy a chunk of heavilly formatted text. But! Instead of using Control-V to paste it, use Windows-V. It’s magic! It’s incredible! All text is pasted but without the formatting! A little timesaver, nice and warm in your systemtray. Wouldn’t it be great if everything was as simple?

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  1. Lorie says

    21 February 2006 at 6:15 pm

    The Firefox extension “Copy as Plain Text” has the same function. Once installed, it appears in the right-click menu just under “Copy”.

  2. Doug says

    21 February 2006 at 10:11 pm

    Edit/Paste Special, using “unformatted text” works too.

  3. Stewart says

    18 April 2006 at 7:29 pm

    Another usefull tool for copying screen shots and the likes is snagit. I avoid add-ons, but this one is great – can copy sections, windows, or rolling screens to the clipboard with basic editing such as crops a couplke of clicks away. Thanks for the tip

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