

This is true only if you open the destination app after the material you want to paste has been added to the clipboard. (Note that the original post of this tip reported that PureText required that you click its icon in your system tray before you press the shortcut keys to paste plain text.

You can create a macro to get the same functionality in Word and Excel, without having to download anything. Now, whenever you want to paste values, all you need to do is press Ctrl+G, the macro is run, and the values in the Clipboard are pasted to the selected cell.Last week I described the PureText utility that lets you paste plain text in Word and other applications via a keyboard shortcut. Click on Cancel to close the Macro dialog box.Click on OK to close the Macro Options dialog box.For instance, if you want Ctrl+G to execute the macro, then enter a G in the Shortcut Key area. In the Shortcut Key area, indicate the key you want used with the Ctrl key as your shortcut.Excel displays the Macro Options dialog box. From the list of available macros, select the PasteVal macro you just created.Press Alt+F8 to display the Macro dialog box.For instance, create the following simple macro: If you want a shorter keyboard shortcut, the best way to do it is to create a macro that does the pasting for you, and then make sure that you assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro. This sequence selects the menus and dialog box options necessary to paste values. If you don't want to use the mouse to paste values, then you can use the tried-and-true keyboard sequence to paste values: Alt+E, S, V, Enter. Now, whenever you want to paste just the values, you can click on the new toolbar button.

