Pasting Unformatted Text in Word by default

As I was editing a document today, I was reminded by how much I despise the operation of <ctrl>-<v>, (paste), in Microsoft Word. Key shortcuts for paste (<ctrl>-<v>) will always paste Formatted Text. But 99% of the time, I want unformatted text. Even if I wanted formatted text, what are the odds I would want to use the same format in the new document as what is in the clipboard?

Unfortunately, the approach I ended up with involved adding a Macro and assigning <ctrl>-<shift>-<v> as the key shortcut.

1. The link below has more on adding a macro to Office. I added mine to the Normal.dot template, which might cover all documents, as it's the default template type.

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

2. The following link as the code for a macro to paste unformatted text from the clipboard.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/Pasting-unformatted-text-default.htm

3. Assign a key shortcut. I recommend <ctrl>-<shift>-<v>.

http://misterslimm.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/microsoft-word-paste-special-as-unformatted-text-keyboard-shortcut-2/

You should now be able to use <ctrl>-<shift>-<v> to paste unformatted text!