Pasting Into An Email

[Khandro]

Using Windows Live Mail, if I cut and paste, say a sentence from another email into the one I'm writing, it appears in whatever font the original it was sent in, which is no problem, but when I continue it stays in that font, the only way I have found to go back to my own font, is to highlight the insert, and go to the top and search through the font options. and re-select my font.
Is there any way this can be prevented, please?

[Buenchico]

When pasting, try using Ctrl + Shift + V instead of Ctrl + V. (That pastes without formatting in some programs but, since I don't use WLM myself, I don't know whether it will help you with your problem or not).

Or try highlighting the errant text and using Ctrl + Space. (That removes formatting from text in some Windows programs but I don't know whether it works in WLM).

Or use PureText 4.0 to remove the formatting directly:
http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/

[Khandro]

Chris; //When pasting, try using Ctrl + Shift + V instead of Ctrl + V.//

I don't know that system, when I cut and paste, I highlight the text I want, and then right-click on it, in the drop down I select 'copy', go to wherever, right click on the place I want it and in that drop down select 'paste'.
What is the method you are using ?

[hc4361]

Buenchico's method is easy.

Put the cursor where you want the text to start, then hold the CRTL, Shift, V keys together. This is how pasting was done before the invention of the mouse.

[Khandro]

hc: If I take your post for example, if I want to copy it I can only put the cursor in front of the first word, 'Put ...' left click and hold, and drag across the text to highlight as much of it as I require. I don't understand what you mean by the key method.

[naomi24]

Type your message into a Word document, then copy and paste the bit you want into that document too. When you're finished. highlight the whole document and change the font - and then copy and paste the whole lot into your blank email.

[hc4361]

Copy the text as you normally would then continue as my earlier post.

[Fitzer]

They're talking about pasting and in your last you seem to be talking about copying. Copy as usual, position the cursor where you want the text to go then do the ctrl+shift+V.
As an aside, to copy using the keys you position the cursor at the start of the text and then hold down the shift key whilst using the cursor right arrow key to highlight the text you want then hit ctrl+C

[Buenchico]

In case you're still confused, Khandro, (and temporarily ignoring what your question's actually about just for the moment) . . .

Once you've highlighted text in a Windows-based program, there are three ways of copying it to your clipboard:
1. Go to Edit > Copy ;
2. Press Ctrl and C together ; or
3. Right-click on it and select 'Copy'.

Similarly, once you've clicked where you want text to appear, there are three ways of pasting it:
1. Go to Edit > Paste ;
2. Press Ctrl and V together ; or
3. Right-click on it and select 'Paste'

You can 'mix and match' those methods if you want to. (e.g. you could use 'Method 1' for copying but follow it with 'Method 3' for pasting).

To return to your question:
My first suggestion (in my original post, above) was to try 'Method 2' for pasting but to modify it by pressing Shift as well as both Ctrl and V. In some programs that pastes without formatting.

My second suggestion (above) was to paste as you usually do (thus gaining the unwanted formatting) but to then highlight the text which has appeared in the wrong font and press Ctrl and Space together. (Again, that works in some programs but not all).

My final suggestion (above) should definitely work though. You simply set up PureText to run automatically as soon as you start your computer and then choose a hot key combination (such as the Windows key and V together, or anything else you choose) to use as an alternative to 'Method 2' above.

[Khandro]

Chris, thanks so much. I've just discovered that I don't appear to have clipboard, I have notepad, which I thought was the same thing. I see there is an app which can provide it, do you recommend?

[hc4361]

Khandro, you DO have a clip board. It is where the text/image is stored when you right click and 'copy'. You are not meant to see it.
It is temporary storage and the data is overwritten next time you 'copy'.

[Khandro]

Ah! an automatic feature I need not bother about?