Do You Know the Ctrl+Shift+V Shortcut?
Copy & paste is one of the most frequently used features of computing. It works in all operating systems including Windows, Mac, Android, IoS, and Linux. In Windows, we use the shortcut Ctrl+c to copy and Ctrl+v to paste.
The Ctrl+Shift+v shortcut
Here’s a simple and easy trick that I’d forgotten. It works great and is very useful if you copy things from the web and paste them into emails or social media posts to share with others. And it works with any version of Windows.
Below are two samples that I copied from an article that appeared on the TechRadar website on May 19, 2023.
For “Example #1”, I copied part of a TechRadar article and pasted it here using the Ctrl+v shortcut to paste it into this post.
For “Example #2”, I copied the same part of the article and pasted it here using the Ctrl+Shift+v shortcut.
Windows 11 is so broken that even Microsoft can’t fix it
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Microsoft has just made a pretty remarkable admission, essentially conceding that it doesn’t have a solution for some Windows 11 problems.
As Neowin reports, some people using Windows 11 and Windows 10 have found a bug which prevents the Start menu, Windows search bar and some Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps from starting or working correctly.
Windows 11 is so broken that even Microsoft can’t fix it
By Matt Hanson published 2 days ago
Microsoft admits there are Windows 11 problems it just can’t fix
Angry businessman destroying his desk and laptop with a baseball bat
(Image credit: Stokkete / Shutterstock)
Microsoft has just made a pretty remarkable admission, essentially conceding that it doesn’t have a solution for some Windows 11 problems.
As Neowin reports, some people using Windows 11 and Windows 10 have found a bug which prevents the Start menu, Windows search bar and some Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps from starting or working correctly.
Use the Ctrl+Shift+v shortcut to remove the text formatting and paste plain text only
So, if you’re sharing an article by email social media site and you only want to paste text without any formatting, try using the Ctrl+Shift+v shortcut to paste it into your email or social media post.
I read & liked the idea, but ALAS – it didn’t work for me 🤔
I took “Ctrl+C” from a piece of a Web page and tried to perform “Ctrl+Shift+V” into an empty Notepad window – but nothing happened!
Similar attempts with Word or Outlook were ended similarly.
Eldad
Worked for me.
It worked for me too. Just as shown. Thanks for the tip!
Didn’t work for me either, don’t know why.
It won’t work in MS Office (including MS Outlook) and it may not work in free Office programs (I don’t have any installed), but it does work in Gmail and other Webmail apps like Outlook.com and some social media apps.