Pre-2007: Select Tools -> Macros.
2007: Click Macros on the View ribbon.
Type PasteSpecialUnformattedText into the Macro Name box and click Create. This launches Microsoft Visual Basic.
Replace the auto-generated code with this.
Sub PasteSpecialUnformattedText()
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
End Sub
File -> Save Normal
File -> Close and Return to Microsoft Word
Pre-2007: Select Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard…
2007: Select Office button (at the top left), then click Word Options. Select Customize, then find Keyboard shortcuts and click the Customize button next to that.
In the Customize Keyboard window, select Macros. Then under Macros, select PasteSpecialUnformatted Text.
Click in the "Press new shortcut key" field, and press your desired keyboard shortcut. I use Ctrl+Shift+V.
Click Assign.
Click Close. This closes the Customize Keyboard window.
Then click OK to close the Word Options window.
2007: Click Macros on the View ribbon.
Type PasteSpecialUnformattedText into the Macro Name box and click Create. This launches Microsoft Visual Basic.
Replace the auto-generated code with this.
Sub PasteSpecialUnformattedText()
Selection.PasteSpecial DataType:=wdPasteText
End Sub
File -> Save Normal
File -> Close and Return to Microsoft Word
Pre-2007: Select Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard…
2007: Select Office button (at the top left), then click Word Options. Select Customize, then find Keyboard shortcuts and click the Customize button next to that.
In the Customize Keyboard window, select Macros. Then under Macros, select PasteSpecialUnformatted Text.
Click in the "Press new shortcut key" field, and press your desired keyboard shortcut. I use Ctrl+Shift+V.
Click Assign.
Click Close. This closes the Customize Keyboard window.
Then click OK to close the Word Options window.
(Originally found these instructions here.)
