This solution seems to only work in certain places. For example, it's not working in MS Word. Also, why is it "shift command V" in some places and "shift option command V" in others?
People seem to be under the impression that Ctrl-Shift-V is a Windows feature, when in reality it is part of three specific applications and then the wild-west everywhere else.
My point being: I'm unsurprised MS gets the MacOS norms wrong when they cannot even get it right on Windows.
(Don't get me wrong, macOS is slowly getting there too, it gets worse every year.)
When I type the characters 'zv' it substitutes for the clipboard. This gets around any smartness with formatted text and apps trying to be clever. I also chose zv because the substring is unlikely to appear naturally when being typed anywhere. (I prefix most of my substitutions with jj but wanted as few characters for this as possible).
I also use Keyboard Maestro to get around apps and websites that block pasting (like password validation fields).
Macros:
- type from clipboard: instead of pasting, it simulates each character as a keystroke
- insert then type: same thing but shows a text input window
- insert then type (50ms/200ms): same thing, but also simulates latency in case certain apps can't handle unthrottled keyboard input (found this when typing into remote terminals sometimes for whatever reason)
Also check out Pasteboard Viewer.app to see what the MacOS pasteboard actually contains (it can contain text and formatted text and images and lets the app choose what to paste, which can be very confusing).
Amazes me how many hacks like this are required just to use a computer the way I want.
Firstly, the menu item is “Paste and Match Formatting” in Word, not “Paste and Match Style”, so you’d have to tweak that separately.
Word also has quite a few settings for copy/paste behavior that will affect what it does (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/control-the-forma...).
I think those vary by version. For example, Word for Mac 2019 has “Merge formatting when pasting from PowerPoint” and “Adjust formatting when pasting from Excel” checkboxes. Don’t ask me what the difference between “Merge” and “Adjust” is.
> Also, why is it "shift command V" in some places and "shift option command V" in others?
It’s a relatively late addition to ‘standard’ commands. I guess the search for an unused combo that’s reasonably logical led to different results in different applications.
I guess Apple went for option-shift-command-V (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236) because it’s fairly complex, and less likely to be already taken.