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doralinkelly
doralinkelly
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May 8, 2020
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Paste text in Illustrator 2020 without formatting

  • May 8, 2020
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Hey everyone, is there a keyboard shortcut I'm missing to be able to paste text from A to B without B inheriting A's format/style? 

 

I've been using Sketch and Figma for awhile and only just picked up Illustrator again so I'm relearning keyboard shortcuts. Appreciate the help! 

Correct answer ferrelldesign

Additionally, Illustrator might have disabled your preferred formatting.

Look under Settings (aka, Preferences) under Clipboard Handling -- uncheck "When Pasting...Paste text without Formatting". Then use the quick key references like Gerone mentioned if need to paste text with no formatting.

This had been a pain for me over many months after upgrading systems. Hopefully this helps. 

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Gerone
Participant
May 12, 2023

Copy: Ctrl/Cmd C

Paste: Ctrl+Alt V / Cmd+Opt V

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    ferrelldesignCorrect answer
    Participant
    June 2, 2023

    Additionally, Illustrator might have disabled your preferred formatting.

    Look under Settings (aka, Preferences) under Clipboard Handling -- uncheck "When Pasting...Paste text without Formatting". Then use the quick key references like Gerone mentioned if need to paste text with no formatting.

    This had been a pain for me over many months after upgrading systems. Hopefully this helps. 

      pixxxelschubser
      Community Expert
      pixxxelschubserCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 7, 2021

      @movidagraficamarketing 

      The workaround has worked for the OP. That's why I think.

       

      If you want to help to change the behaviour - please vote here:

      https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/31954825-paste-with-formatting-cmd-shift-v

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      movidagraficamarketing
      Participant
      April 7, 2021

      why is this marked as SOLVED . It is NOT solved.

      Met1
      Met1
      Legend
      April 7, 2021

      Paragraph Styles...

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      piccolo pablo
      Participant
      September 20, 2022

      elaborate plz sir

       

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      Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 8, 2020

      Nothing native that i know of, i found an link for the same issue with some workarounds, have a look

      https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/51833/illustrator-paste-text-without-formatting

       

      -Manan

      -Manan
      doralinkelly
      doralinkellyAuthor
      Participant
      May 8, 2020

      Yeah I saw this but since it was from 5 years ago I was hoping they fixed this issue for the newest version 😞 Ah well 

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