Paste text in Illustrator 2020 without formatting

[doralinkelly]

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! 

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

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

[doralinkelly]

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 

[movidagraficamarketing]

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

[Met1]

Paragraph Styles...

[piccolo pablo]

elaborate plz sir

[pixxxelschubser]

@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/319...

[Gerone]

Copy: Ctrl/Cmd C

Paste: Ctrl+Alt V / Cmd+Opt V

[ferrelldesign · Accepted solution]

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.