This little AutoHotKey snippet will make copying rich text and pasting as clean text a bit less hassle:
^+v::
clipboard := ClipboardAll ;Copy clipboard contents to a variable
Clipboard = %clipboard% ;Save content of the variable back to the clipboard
Send ^v ;Send Ctrl+V command
return
The assigned shortcut key is Ctrl+Shift+V
, which you can change per your preference. Copy any rich text from a website, open a Word document or new email in Outlook, and press Ctrl+Shift+V
. AutoHotKey snippet will remove all style formatting and will paste just the clean text.