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Remove Formatting after Copying + Pasting from Microsoft Word

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Whenever you copy and paste text from a Word document to a Blackboard text editor, you’ll notice the formatting copies over. You’ll want to remove the formatting for the text to appear correctly on Blackboard. Luckily, there’s a way to do that.

  1. First, copy the text you want to bring over from a Word document to Blackboard. Highlight the text and press Ctrl + C on the keyboard (Cmd + C on a Mac) or right-click the text and select Copy.Copy text
  2. Go to the Blackboard text editor and paste the text, either by pressing Ctrl + V on the keyboard (Cmd + V on a Mac) or right-click the text and select Paste. Notice the formatting carries over. Pasted text
  3. Highlight the entire text, and locate the Remove Formatting icon.Remove Formatting buttonClose up Remove Formatting button
  4. The formatting has now been removed. Text with formatting removed