Hi Re-Na You can use Paste Special from the Edit menu and choose Paste Unformatted. Or for a quicker solution, create a macro to paste unformatted text each time you use the keyboard shortcut.. I've got that macro running for more than a year now and it works great. Here's the instruction from Microsoft: http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HA010429611033&CTT=6&Origin=EC010553071033 Hope that helps. Tonia "G.R. Hanson" <grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Cy. By the way, I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003. Re-Na --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.