How can I paste as plain txt into IE?

[Domo]

We use a web app and users are expected to copy and paste from Office docs and other sources into it.

The problem is, formatting is also carried across, to the extent that text formatting tools in the web app don't do anything when applied.

Means data looks messy and inconsistent. I've seen there are some tools out there but third party tools are not permitted.

Any ideas? Running IE7/8

Cheers.

 

[sidethink]

I really wish there was an easy way to do this. 99% of the time I want to paste as plain text. I wish it was default.

While there are some plugins for Firefox, the only way I can do it on my corporate laptop is to paste through Notepad as an intermediate step. Useless.

As a result, I pretty much always have Notepad++ running on my machine.

 

[d_brennen]

How about forcing plain text copying in Word. That is possible iirc, in the Copy/Pate options. Not sure about other Office apps

 

[Domo]

Thanks guys. Users are already resorting to pasting into notepad then copy & paste into IE. Not a welcomed suggestion!

I remember seeing some funky key combo which involves the spacebar which drops some but not all formatting. Will investigate the copy options in Word.

 

[chaosophy]

Google seems to throw up various things from ctrl+shift+v or ctrl+alt+v seeming to working in some software, to writing a macro and binding it to a keyboard shortcut. Other than that it all seems to be third party add ons.

Must admit I've also been using the via notepad method for years and tend to do it with out thinking now.

 

[Hagar]

sounds like a coding solution for your web app is required to strip out formatting and convert all input to unicode text.

 

[Memphis]

sounds like a coding solution for your web app is required to strip out formatting and convert all input to unicode text.

Yep. Find an app that works properly or get the one you use written properly to suit your needs.

Sick of the "find a bodge to make it work" mentality in IT.