add "paste unformatted text only" to shortcut/right-click menu

[rockhammer]

Sorry, I don't know which exact group to put this into...

I tried to follow CyberTaz's instructions in the reply to "customize right
click menu" on 2007/09/14 to add a "paste unformatted text only" item to my
shortcut/right-click menu but was not able to get the desired effects.

By that I mean:
- the item only shows up in a blank row and does not show up, for example,
in text that is formatted as bullets - I'd like the added shortcut menu item
to show up anywhere text can be inserted
- even when I right click on a blank row, it does not actually paste
automatically but pops up the paste special window where I have to chose
"unformatted text" and click ok, which kind of defeats the purpose

In following CyberTaz's instructions, I was not able to find in
tools->customize->commands tab a "paste unformatted text only" item but only
"paste special" item.

If someone can provide more detailed instructions to accomplish this it
would be much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Russ]

Rockhammer,
It doesn't appear to be a separate choice in the menu commands. So, you
probably have to resort to using a macro and add that macro to the right
button context short cut menus. Look up PasteAndFormat method in VBA Help
for all the options and an example of how to use the method.

 

[rockhammer]

Hi Russ, thanks for your input. In another post I found a reference to this:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...management/browse_frm/thread/94bce5771fb2da20

which showed the code to a "paste unformatted text" macro which I
subsequently successfully added to the shortcut menu.

However, I am still having trouble getting this new shortcut menu item to
appear when the cursor is in a bulleted paragraph. Any idea how I can get it
to show up more universally? Thanks.

 

[Russ]

Rockhammer,
When you go to customize the right-button-short-cut menu via its toolbar
customization, it will have a list of items and you'll notice that it is
contextual, which means you'll see a different right button menu depending
on the context of what you are doing in Word at the time. You'll have to add
the macro to all the different right button menus in that list that may
appear when you want to use that special paste and format method. Under the
main group Text is one named List, which is a right button menu that appears
when you are in a list. When you are done adding to the shortcut toolbar,
you can uncheck it to hide the toolbar, if you want, and your changes will
still show when you right click under the correct circumstances.

 

[rockhammer]

Thanks a lot, Russ. That worked.

Rockhammer,
When you go to customize the right-button-short-cut menu via its toolbar
customization, it will have a list of items and you'll notice that it is
contextual, which means you'll see a different right button menu depending
on the context of what you are doing in Word at the time. You'll have to add
the macro to all the different right button menus in that list that may
appear when you want to use that special paste and format method. Under the
main group Text is one named List, which is a right button menu that appears
when you are in a list. When you are done adding to the shortcut toolbar,
you can uncheck it to hide the toolbar, if you want, and your changes will
still show when you right click under the correct circumstances.