: Illustrator: paste text without formatting Is it possible to somehow copy and paste text from TEXT-A into TEXT-B and make the pasted text formatted like TEXT-B? It always keeps source formatting.

@Marchetta832

On Mac, if you use Alfred, the workaround I use is to copy, ignite Alfred, paste the text, select all, cut and then paste into illustrator.

This works with spotlight as well.

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@Deb5748823

I use Text Editor, copy the original contents, cut it again and paste it to InDesign. Also, in CS6, you can see a popup while pasting content. You can work around the settings there as well.

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@Margaret771

we could put the Search box to good use and skip the text editor.


Copy your text as usual
Ctrl+V to paste here and get rid of formatting





Ctrl+A to select it
Ctrl+C to copy it again
Paste as usual


[edit]

or better yet, for multi-line copy/pasting


open the Attributes Panel
in the flyout menu click on Show Note
paste it there





Ctrl+A to reselect All
Ctrl+X to Cut (and remove the note from the text frame)
paste as usual

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@Harper654

If you dont creat a type area and paste the text in work area the text come without formating. Or you can paste in text editor first like notepad ++ and then copy to illustrator type area
I hope this help

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