CTRL + ALT + V is the keyboard shortcut to get the paste menu with an option for unformatted. It still needs a mouse click to select unformatted though.



On Saturday, June 17, 2006 at 1:51:02 PM UTC+1, Thrawn05 wrote:

The problem is fundamentally Word. Copy/Paste has always been a two step keyboard shortcut task. Your solution is not very good when copying lots of snippets of text off the internet, and Word will STILL try to access the internet (although it doesn't slow down the computer, it is still very worrying).
Using Notepad in between is faster then having to constantly refer to the paste special dialog box. Unless of course you can provide me with a
Keyboard shortcut, right?
"Carol" wrote:

I am aware that he is copying from a web page (HTML) and pasting into Word or
Excel. Basically, when you paste into Notepad and then into Word or Excel you are doing the same as Paste Special|Unformatted text.
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"Thrawn05" wrote:

He is referring to copying text from a webpage and pasting it into Word or
Excel.

Neil, the reason for the slowdown is that when paste information from a webpage, Word, Excel, etc... will try to contact that webpage for some odd
reason (possibly for formatting info I guess). I learned this because Kurio
firewall kept blocking Word whenever I try to paste info from a website. If
I let Word access the internet, it would take forever and the text would not
be in font style that I wanted.

There are two workarounds I find that work. One is have a software firewall
block Word, Excel, etc... . This will speed up the paste operation. Two is
to paste in the info in notepad, and then copy it again into your office product. I prefer the second method myself.

Turning off all that fancy clipboard stuff in the office products never solved this problem (for me anyway).

"Carol" wrote:

I can't answer your question about why it makes it so slow, but why would you
want to paste HTML into a Word or Excel document? It makes it extremely difficult to edit.
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Carol A. Bratt, MCP

"Neil" wrote:

Yes, that's one of the work-arounds, none of which should be required.
Also can copy and paste to Notepad or other text windows, then copy and
paste to Word or Excel. The problem is copying from a website, whereby
the HTML somehow really slows down the paste function in Word and Excel. Always astonishes me that Microsoft does nothing about such deficiencies in their software -- they have long since reached the point where there is no threat of competition, so no need to stay on top of customer needs.

Carol wrote:

Have you tried Paste Special|Unformatted Text?
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Carol A. Bratt, MCP

"Neil" wrote:

This topic has been posted before, but no one had an answer. Copy and
Paste in Word and Excel takes minutes! I usually am copying from a
website. Is there a solution?

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I recommend downloading and running the Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT). This utility analyzes Microsoft Office programs for known settings that cause difficulties in a fast and straightforward manner. OffCAT may be downloaded and
launched by visiting the following link: OffCAT (Office Configuration Analyzer Tool) data.

If the problem continues, I suggest doing a clean boot and then opening Word. A clean boot is used to launch Windows with the bare minimum of drivers and starting apps. This aids in the elimination of software and driver problems. Check out the
following website for instructions on how to conduct a clean boot: How to Perform a Windows Clean Boot (https://fivenightsatfreddys.online).

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