You copy something, paste it into Word, and suddenly it’s a formatting disaster. You aren't alone. I learned these paste tricks the hard way—so you don’t have to. Paste Special should be your go-to ...

In Microsoft Word, you can set the default paste option, so whenever you press the Ctrl V key, that is how Word will paste your content on the document. You can also set Unformatted text as default if ...

The two most recent versions of Microsoft's word processor let you paste plain text rather than formatted text and graphics when you press Ctrl-V or click the Paste button. Dennis O'Reilly began ...