Apr 22 2020 02:08 PM - edited Apr 22 2020 02:09 PM
Huge need:
Using a Mac: I am constantly needing to copy formatted text from another source (like Jira) and paste it into a Teams chat as plain text and am astounded that this cannot be done in Teams. It is a productivity killer to have to constantly paste single lines into the browser address bar or a search field and then select and copy again in order to paste as plain text into a chat. Worse is when the content is several lines and I have to open a plain text editor, paste, select, copy, switch to Teams, and paste. MS of all companies should be able to do this in Teams.
Apr 22 2020 03:23 PM
Good call @Cloudstepper ,
Add it to the Uservoice! The Teams team looks at that source to decide what to build next.
Apr 23 2020 06:33 AM
Thank you @marijnsomers. I thought this was that place. I appreciate you directing me to the right place.
Best,
Larry
Feb 11 2021 10:10 AM
SolutionI was playing around with Teams one day and tried this, when you paste, use Shift + Option + Command + V, it appears to work for me. The Shift + Option modifiers doesn't seem to work with the right-click menu, but it does wth the keyboard.
Cheers!
Feb 11 2021 10:25 AM
Yes, that works. Thank you very much for sharing!
Feb 25 2021 10:50 AM
For Windows users this is Ctrl+Shift+V. On some machines this keyboard shortcut is already assigned to some other action, like taking a screen shot. If this is the case then you can disable it in that application. For example, in HyperSnap go to Setup | Hot keys | Customize Keyboard and scroll down to Virtual Desktop the click the Remove button.
Jul 01 2021 05:50 AM
Nov 09 2021 02:43 AM
@cstepanuk Thanks, never noticed that there is an option to "Paste and Match Style"
To make life less miserable, you can override the shortcut for this to be Command + V
1. open System Preferences
2. navigate to Keyboard
3. select Shortcuts tab
4. select App Shortcuts from the left side
5. Click on '+' to create a new App Shortcut
5.1 Select "Microsoft Teams" as Application
5.2 Enter "Paste and Match Style" as menu item
5.3 Set cmd-v as shortcut
Repeat for "Paste" menu item, setting the shortcut for it to eg. shift-cmd-v so you can still paste formatted things if you really need to..
Jan 06 2022 10:33 AM
@ikaakkola THIS is a great solution. Thank you!
Mar 31 2022 01:26 AM
Apr 02 2024 10:42 AM
@cstepanuk I could right-click and get the option of pasting in plain text today. I haven't had this option in the past.
Feb 11 2021 10:10 AM
SolutionI was playing around with Teams one day and tried this, when you paste, use Shift + Option + Command + V, it appears to work for me. The Shift + Option modifiers doesn't seem to work with the right-click menu, but it does wth the keyboard.
Cheers!