How can I paste text without format in Lync's chat window?

text-formatting lync skype-for-business paste

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Solution 1

You can use ctrl-alt-v to paste without formatting.

Solution 2

Copy and paste it to notepad or another plain text editor.

Copy it from notepad into your target application, Lync in this case.

Solution 3

You can use PureText or other similar utilities. I use it and it works with Lync flawlessly. By default it allows to convert'n'paste text by pressing Win+V, but seems like it can override Ctrl+V too.

Solution 4

I use ClipX as a clipboard tool, and when I paste from its menu (Win+Insert) it pastes plain text.

Solution 5

Ctrl+Alt+V doesn't work for me in Skype for business 2016. However Ctrl+Shift+V works gracefully

Or you can simply press Menu button (the key between right Ctrl and right Windows) then N

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epzee

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

epzee over 1 year

Is there any way to disable the paste-with-format feature on Lync? I'd like to paste only the text instead of having something like this:
awe over 11 years

Seems this is the only option. I would prefer this to be an option in Lynch though... Both as a global option to use source text styles, and as a local function to paste as plain text directly in the chat window.
dunxd almost 10 years

That is stripping some annoying formatting such as bullet points, but keeping colour and font. I don't know where all this crap about pasting the source formatting came from - does anyone really want to do that by default?
default over 9 years

When I use C-A-v it strips color and font as well. Not sure why your lync behaves differently..
Kris Erickson about 8 years

My Lync pastes nothing...
Nick about 8 years

@dunxd, Aw, I love it when I get light gray on white text pasted in Lync. Makes my chats look extra professional.
phuclv almost 7 years

so complex. in newer Skype for business you just need to use Ctrl+Shift+V
Noumenon about 4 years

In Skype for Business, it's Ctrl+Shift+V now.
saulius2 almost 4 years

@phuclv: it doesn't in Skype for Business for Office 365 MSI (16.0.11328.2586) 32-bit
saulius2 almost 4 years

@Noumenon: it doesn't work in Skype for Business for Office 365 MSO (16.0.11328.2586) 32-bit for me.
Noumenon almost 4 years

@saulius2 Thanks for comparing, I should have provided a version number myself. My comment applies to Skype for Business 2016 (16.0.4978.1000).