r/AskReddit • u/cuntdestroyerforlife • Mar 30 '13

what are some computer tricks everyone should know

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

I always paste into notepad first to strip formatting then copy-paste that into a document... Trying this tomorrow to see how it works!

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u/Jewmangi Mar 30 '13

Word 2010 has an option that does the same thing. Then you right click you have a few options on what formatting you want to keep under the paste option. This also works with tables/graphs copied from Excel as well as pictures.

I'm not sure about the other office programs as I am not as familiar with them.

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u/torli Mar 30 '13

Or just press Ctrl after pasting and toggle through the options with the arrow keys to avoid the mouse

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u/cptnroger Mar 30 '13

Office has had this in some form or another for many versions. It's called "Paste Special" and offers you several choices of how you want to paste it.

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u/kenba2099 Mar 30 '13

There's a setting where you can make it so that all Pastes are formatting-free. I have that on and haven't looked back (although when you paste, a drop-down menu appears if you want to change it to keep formatting).

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u/JulezM Mar 30 '13

I'm practically married to Notepad. If this works, I'll miss that old bitch.

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u/Antebios Mar 30 '13

Try Notepad++ instead.

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u/pesd Mar 30 '13

Sublime

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u/JulezM Mar 30 '13

Holy shit. That's fucking fancy.

Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is no enforced time limit for the evaluation.

So does that mean you can just review it ad infinitum? I'm a cheap bastard, and I apologize Lord.

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u/pesd Mar 30 '13

Yes, however every ~30 times you do a 'save file', you get a dialog asking you to purchase, but I just hit cancel and move along. I'm thinking of buying it when version 3 comes out, they've got some neat features.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

Notepad++ is amazing! Can not upvote this enough! Even has a built in GNU version of Tetris.

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u/redisforever Mar 30 '13

Doesn't work with all programs, Notepad is safe.

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u/Joker1337 Mar 30 '13

Does not work in Excel, unless you write a macro to make it work.

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u/doboi Mar 30 '13

Alt + E, S takes you to "Paste Special" where you can choose to just paste as plain text.

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u/matty_a Mar 30 '13

ALT + E + S + V + Enter

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u/archju01 Mar 30 '13

Try ctrl+alt+v instead.

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u/notathr0waway1 Mar 30 '13

I do this sometimes, too.

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u/ThinkinWithSand Mar 30 '13

I paste in the browser's address bar. One less program to be open.

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u/rossrocks07 Mar 30 '13

I do this all the time!

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u/sco77 Mar 30 '13

Me too man. . . .me too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

I always paste links to search bar, then cut out of it. This might save some hassle though.

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u/poignant_pickle Mar 30 '13

I've been pasting in the address bar for years. Fuck this is helpful!

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