This will remove the text style, spacing and everything related to formatting on the copied text, and paste it just as text which will look something like this. This is the tab which must be used to remove all sorts of formatting from a copied text. The third tab is for ‘Keep Text Only’.Merge Formatting, Notice that the paragraphing and spacing of the text is the same as the original text, while the font style is according to Microsoft Words default setting. And give you something that looks like this. Using this tab will merge both the formatting, of the original text from the internet, and the formatting set by default on the program. The second tab is for ‘Merge Formatting’.Look at the image in the previous step to see that the formatting has not changed. It will keep the formatting of the copied text the same as it was on the internet. This should be clicked when you don’t want the formatting of the copied text to change and should remain the way you saw it on the internet. The first tab in the dropdown list is for ‘Keep Source Formatting’.Each one of these tabs gives you a different ‘pasting’ option for your pasted text. Clicking on the downward facing arrow here will show you three more tabs which are options for you to choose from when pasting text from somewhere else. Notice the ‘paste’ icon that appears right under the pasted text on Microsoft Word as soon as you paste your copied text.This is how the copied text looks like once it has been pasted. I pasted the text as it is on Microsoft Word. You will notice that the formatting is the same as it was on the website. Now, Open Microsoft Word to an empty document and paste the copied text there.I selected a small part of the text just for showing you readers how to go about it. As an example, I opened a random website for Quotes (I love collecting quotes), and copied the text.If you have copied text from the internet, and when you paste it on Microsoft Word and notice that the formatting has not been changed, this is what you can do to change or remove the original formatting for that specific copied text. And because the demand for MS Word is so high, it offers its customers one of the best features which could help them edit and format their work to the highest quality possible.

Microsoft Word is one of the most commonly used programs for documents.

Using Microsoft Word Tools to Paste Copied ‘Text Only’

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