Copy-paste with the right text format

[noutters]

Ever had this annoying problem when copy-pasting text? The text you write sometimes looks in the end like a mix of fonts, font size, etc...
Something like : "Show recent posts (full text display). Show recent topics."
You have then to select everything and select your font, font size, etc... 

I have coded an application that cleans your copied text of all format. The text you paste adopts the style of the text already written 
An option permits to remove line-breaks and glues the words that are cut at the end of a line (very useful when copying from a PDF)

This app is coded with Autohotkey and available for download at http://www.autohotkey.net/~noutters/Clipboard2PlainText.exe
Right click the tray icon for options.

Ask if you want the original script.

Enjoy! 

[mouser]

nice 

[lanux128]

good job, noutters.. the script will come in handy, i'm sure.. btw, if you don't mind, can i have a look at the AHK script? this is because i have my own AHK script into which i shoehorn all kinds of script that i need instead of running them separately..

[noutters]

Here is a link to the AHK source:
http://www.autohotkey.net/~noutters/Clipboard2PlainText.ahk

[nogojoe]

Just what I needed  many thanks. 

[cnewtonne]

I was struggling with this issue for ages myself. In addition to what you described, I wanted a solution that allows you to do ...
- create a text styles (saved font color, size, indentation, ...etc)
- apply any of these styles on existing text.
- Save text snippets in RTF format including images and be able to retrieve them with hotkeys.

I could not do it using MacroExpress. I knew it was possible with AutHotKey, I just did not want to spend time learning the syntax. I eventually did it with Perfect Keboard, and it works just fine.

But I do urge you or even Mouser to develop such a tool that allows you to do all of the above.

[Coffman]

I realize this post is a little outdated but I thought I would throw out one more possibility - PureText by Steve Miller.  This is a handy little utility that runs in the taskbar notification area and can be assigned to a specific key.  When used, it will copy the text as plain text.  It is extremely useful for developers who use IDEs that have special formatting. 

http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/

[lanux128]

thanks for the tip but PureText has been mentioned several times before..