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Q&A How to Paste as Plain Text in Scrivener on Windows?

I did an install of Scrivener Version: 1.9.9.0 - 03 Oct 2018 on a Windows 10 computer. In the paste, I know I used to be able to copy formatted text from any source and paste it as plain text into...

0 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Innertube‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:32:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41174
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Innertube‭ · 2019-12-08T10:32:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
I did an install of Scrivener Version: 1.9.9.0 - 03 Oct 2018 on a Windows 10 computer.

In the paste, I know I used to be able to copy formatted text from any source and paste it as plain text into Scrivener using Ctrl+Shift+V.

That doesn't appear to work in this install.

Is this some new 'feature' for Scrivener?

If not, how could I fix this?

It's horrific having all those different styles at once.

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BKlassen suggested "a simple trick to remove formatting from text is to paste it first into a simple notepad application and then copy again from there." This worked without fail.

weakdna said it "should be under Edit\>Paste and Match style." This works occasionally for some reason.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-09T22:44:37Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 2