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Paste text only not working in Word
It has been reported in the past that Word may ignore that option unless you keep "Show Paste Options button" enabled.
Note that the Paste Options button may appear intrusive, but if you ignore it and continue typing it will hide by itself. Alternatively, you can press the ESC key to hide it immediately.
Stefan_Blom
That worked for me too.
But I must admit, it's pretty poor form from the developers to get the "Keep text only" to work, you have to check "Show Paste Options".
Maybe a smarter idea was to disable the Cut, copy, paste options until the "Show.." is checked.
Hopefully it will be fixed in future versions.
It is of course confusing that you have enable the Paste Options button for Word to honor the default paste options.
You can report the issue in your version of Word, via the Feedback facility (see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-365-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11).