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Originally Posted by Parody
I'd never want this; Paste should always be "paste exactly what's there". Instead, I'd want a keyboard shortcut for Paste Plain Text, which would end up doing what you describe. My desktop publishing apps use Ctrl-Shift-V for Paste Plain Text.
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Originally Posted by ShadowChemosh
How is this not already what RW does by using CTRL-ALT-V? This brings up this window that allows for unformatted text which then defaults to the RW style, size, font set for the realm.
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Well, not exactly what I describe. I specifically mentioned only the font and size, leaving out
bold,
italic, superscript, subscript, and others because often after pasting with Ctrl-Alt-V I need to go back and restore the bold, italic, and such. My present work-around is to paste "as-is", then Select All (Ctrl-A) and manually apply the font and size in each snippet. If there are many, it becomes quite a hassle. Some may also require that I use the snippet menu command to "Re-format as single paragraph".
I suggested font and size only specifically because those are the two formatting elements I have to correct most often when I want to save myself the hassle of finding and re-applying all of the bold, italic, and other decorative embellishments that may mean something depending on the game system and publisher (Pathfinder, in my case, where italics are used frequently for spell names, magic items, and ship name).
On the other hand, I understand the "I'd never want this". There are plenty of suggestions that make me cringe and think "oh, no, don't do that!" In the end, as long as they are options, I'm fine with the give-and-take. My suggestion could be done as another option in the Ctrl-Alt-V dialog (though I'd then want to have a way to define my own keyboard shortcut to bypass that dialog).
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Presently, "Normal" is the workhorse style and my suggestion mostly applies to such snippets. Snippets intended for specific purposes (Read Aloud, Message, Flavor Text, and Callout) would probably be used with pasted text lacking in bold, italic, and other decorative elements, so using the Paste as Plain Text option is more usable with those.